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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...
electric trust fund
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
cyan gas station
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
electric trust fund
  04/22/26
I only like botw
mind-boggling pozpig
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
electric trust fund
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Motley Buff State
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
electric trust fund
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
bateful nibblets
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Histrionic indirect expression
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
bateful nibblets
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
burgundy flirting skinny woman
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
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Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
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  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library
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I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
electric trust fund
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Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
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  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
electric trust fund
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Razzmatazz haunted graveyard
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
electric trust fund
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Shots fired
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Razzmatazz haunted graveyard
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
Garnet dysfunction
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake
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180
Garnet dysfunction
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Indecent boiling water potus
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Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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😆
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crackdown was badass
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electric trust fund
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
appetizing theater stage international law enforcement agency
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap
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180
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
comical center marketing idea
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
comical center marketing idea
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
orange vengeful dingle berry
  04/22/26
ff7
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A triumph
Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library
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Hardwar
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a rich open world
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180!
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
vibrant abode
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
Outnumbered house foreskin
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😴
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...
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  04/23/26
(Goymer)
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
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  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: electric trust fund

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: cyan gas station

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: electric trust fund

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: mind-boggling pozpig

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: electric trust fund

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: Motley Buff State

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: electric trust fund

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: bateful nibblets

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: Histrionic indirect expression

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: bateful nibblets

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: spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap

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: burgundy flirting skinny woman

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: rose stubborn pervert casino

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: Soggy plaza

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: Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library

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: electric trust fund

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: spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap

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: Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library

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: Violent maroon rehab sweet tailpipe

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: electric trust fund

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: Razzmatazz haunted graveyard

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: electric trust fund

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: Garnet dysfunction

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: Razzle old irish cottage institution

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: Razzmatazz haunted graveyard

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: Garnet dysfunction

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: Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake

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: Garnet dysfunction

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: Indecent boiling water potus

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: Garnet dysfunction

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: Bespoke Generalized Bond

😆

(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: Garnet dysfunction



(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: comical center marketing idea



(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: Garnet dysfunction



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: Crusty claret brunch sex offender



(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: Garnet dysfunction



(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: Razzle old irish cottage institution

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: electric trust fund



(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: appetizing theater stage international law enforcement agency

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: Garnet dysfunction



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: spectacular glassy mad-dog skullcap

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: electric trust fund

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: Bespoke Generalized Bond

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: Garnet dysfunction



(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: Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake

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: Bespoke Generalized Bond

*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: Garnet dysfunction

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

(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: electric trust fund



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Garnet dysfunction



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: comical center marketing idea

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: Cheese-eating autistic mental disorder corn cake

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: comical center marketing idea

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: orange vengeful dingle berry

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: 180 meetinghouse

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: Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library

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: internet-worthy idiot doctorate

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: vivacious nubile address



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: lavender tanning salon

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: Garnet dysfunction

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: electric trust fund



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Garnet dysfunction



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Insane School Coffee Pot



(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: vibrant abode

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: Outnumbered house foreskin

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: Diverse Impressive Black Woman Library

😴

(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: electric trust fund



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: electric trust fund

(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: cyan gas station

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: electric trust fund

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: Garnet dysfunction



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