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There are like 4 total "open world" video games that have been actually good

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1) Mercenari...
Lime newt
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
At-the-ready dingle berry
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Lime newt
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Lascivious public bath headpube
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Lime newt
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Bat shit crazy trust fund hissy fit
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Lime newt
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
turquoise shitlib theater
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Amber irradiated crotch
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
turquoise shitlib theater
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
trip state
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Smoky range indirect expression
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
avocado magical stage
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Lemon Provocative Toilet Seat
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Stirring yapping brethren
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Lime newt
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
trip state
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Stirring yapping brethren
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
beady-eyed den
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Lime newt
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Insane olive box office becky
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Lime newt
  04/22/26
Shots fired
motley temple
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Obsidian Chad Station
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Insane olive box office becky
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
motley temple
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
know-it-all pervert pozpig
  04/22/26
180
motley temple
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Magenta Titillating Sandwich
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
motley temple
  04/22/26
😆
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motley temple
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motley temple
  04/22/26
crackdown was badass
Obsidian Chad Station
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Lime newt
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
comical senate
  04/22/26
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motley temple
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
trip state
  04/22/26
180
Lime newt
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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  04/22/26
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motley temple
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
know-it-all pervert pozpig
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Razzmatazz chrome sex offender
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
motley temple
  04/22/26
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Lime newt
  04/22/26
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motley temple
  04/22/26
Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
plum people who are hurt
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
know-it-all pervert pozpig
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
plum people who are hurt
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
Indigo hairy legs lodge
  04/22/26
ff7
Bright Haunting Theater Stage Giraffe
  04/22/26
A triumph
Stirring yapping brethren
  04/22/26
Hardwar
Jade Skinny Woman Deer Antler
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...
aromatic orange ceo
  04/23/26
a rich open world
Cheese-eating stead
  04/22/26
180!
motley temple
  04/23/26
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Lime newt
  04/23/26
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motley temple
  04/23/26
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laughsome tan lay death wish
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
Cocky Gold Piazza
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
charcoal metal psychic
  04/23/26
😴
Stirring yapping brethren
  04/23/26
...
Lime newt
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
Lime newt
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
At-the-ready dingle berry
  04/23/26
I should try that
Lime newt
  04/23/26
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motley temple
  04/23/26


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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Lime newt

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

Zelda Breath of the Wild but not the sequel

Crackdown 1

The Rest are abysmal gash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: At-the-ready dingle berry

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835698)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Lime newt

Crackdown is a masterpiece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836194)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: Lascivious public bath headpube

I only like botw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49833951)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Lime newt

I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I never did any "missions" or story

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: Bat shit crazy trust fund hissy fit

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49833992)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Lime newt

Ubisoft 🤮

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834006)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: turquoise shitlib theater

GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying Tears of the Kingdom despite it being The Same Game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: Amber irradiated crotch

BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in because it was the same. i'd never played GTA before i just fired up GTA III on steam the other night, but the entire game just seems to be running driving missions for scum NPCs for virtual money (ie take this hooker to this house and get the car painted at this other place). is that the entire game?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: turquoise shitlib theater

You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just going straight to GTA 5. GTA III is great, but it is dated. It gets to be more fun for sure, but it doesn't have the variety or dynamism of later games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: trip state

Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go to VC and SA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Smoky range indirect expression

GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever lived in nyc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: avocado magical stage

Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American War.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836154)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: Lemon Provocative Toilet Seat

Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? What about Majora's Mask?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834783)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: Stirring yapping brethren

Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time on your hands or ingenious intuition about things. The way that some quests progress is like NES Simon’s Quest tier if not more cryptic.

Every one of these games that has lots of Fields and Land bores me automatically btw. They need to stop making these imo. Like Zelda’s open world has shrines which have Things inside of them. Land and trees and Herbs and Caves are bullshit if that’s all there is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Lime newt

I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/ sword games that Fromsoft churns out, it just looks like way too much going on for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: trip state

Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of nothing. Oversized World just for the sake of being Oversized, no real point.

Oh yeah, and the "rolling INTO the attack" mechanic is fucking gay as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: Stirring yapping brethren

You never saw the late game and its Dungeons.

Also there’s a cool af underground area with multiple entrances and exits on the overworld. Other things like that too probably which I never found.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: beady-eyed den

Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834903)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Lime newt

https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835324)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Insane olive box office becky

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49834913)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Lime newt

Fake open world linear game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835338)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: motley temple

Shots fired

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835411)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Obsidian Chad Station

it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the least open world bits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: Insane olive box office becky

1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty neverwinter nights engine. I still enjoyed doing side quests and other open world stuff in 3 than pretty much every oblivion-esque game, although the dlc and main story were far better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: motley temple

On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v/ Witcher 3 waifu threads, either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: know-it-all pervert pozpig

i enjoyed daggerfall

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835328)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: motley temple

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835418)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Magenta Titillating Sandwich

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835332)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: motley temple

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835420)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Razzmatazz chrome sex offender

😆

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835551)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835555)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: plum people who are hurt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835752)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835875)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: blue associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835911)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836022)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Obsidian Chad Station

crackdown was badass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835406)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Lime newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836191)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: comical senate

Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic promise of an open world fantasy game

And then New Vegas is an obvious top tier game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835556)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: trip state

glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. That Game was fun as fuck back in the day. The sequel was really disappointing

I would add GTA 5 to the OP List.

Otherwise, he is pretty much spot on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Lime newt

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835735)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Razzmatazz chrome sex offender

I realize these are completely different games than what OP is talking about, but Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal on PlayStation 1 were fun as fuck to mess around with your bros and I don’t know why they don’t ever make games like that any more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835682)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: know-it-all pervert pozpig

people dont see each other irl

twisted metal would be made into an online only shit fest where u play against no life losers who MUST win every game at all costs

people cant even have fun anymore

i remember spending hours on the paris map in twisted metal trying to get to the top of teh effiel tower then destroying it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Razzmatazz chrome sex offender

*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart on a 20 inch CRT on our day off from school, eating Dunkaroos (after we were done with our Torino’s pizza rolls)*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: motley temple

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835874)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Lime newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835898)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: motley temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836021)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: plum people who are hurt

Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue

https://www.reddit.com/r/Shenmue/comments/1dh3i6t/shenmue_was_truly_the_first_true_3d_open_world/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: know-it-all pervert pozpig

I think lawman8 really loved this game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835751)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: plum people who are hurt

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49835754)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: Indigo hairy legs lodge

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836144)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: Bright Haunting Theater Stage Giraffe

ff7

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836164)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: Stirring yapping brethren

A triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836176)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: Jade Skinny Woman Deer Antler

Hardwar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836184)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: aromatic orange ceo



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Cheese-eating stead

a rich open world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836188)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: motley temple

180!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836227)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Lime newt



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: motley temple



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: laughsome tan lay death wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49837585)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Cocky Gold Piazza

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836218)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: charcoal metal psychic

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836224)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: Stirring yapping brethren

😴

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49836467)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Lime newt



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Lime newt

(Goymer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49837338)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: At-the-ready dingle berry

MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off at the end. But best gameplay outside of GTA games and Saints Row 1/2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Lime newt

I should try that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2:#49837449)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: motley temple



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