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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...
violet heady internal respiration psychic
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
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  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
violet heady internal respiration psychic
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Red disgusting piazza
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I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
violet heady internal respiration psychic
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
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  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
violet heady internal respiration psychic
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
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  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
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  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
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  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
Seedy stead
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
painfully honest swashbuckling mental disorder
  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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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
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  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
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  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
Seedy stead
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
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  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
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https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
violet heady internal respiration psychic
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Cerebral Stage
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
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  04/22/26
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...
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
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i enjoyed daggerfall
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
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Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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crackdown was badass
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
Seedy stead
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180
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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...
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
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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 pearly step-uncle's house associate
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I think lawman8 really loved this game
Laughsome bronze ceo
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
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i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
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ff7
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A triumph
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Hardwar
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a rich open world
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180!
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
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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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I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

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=2в#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: orange beady-eyed casino

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

Crackdown is a masterpiece

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: Red disgusting piazza

I only like botw

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

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=2в#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: floppy shrine new version

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

Ubisoft 🤮

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: Fighting Curious Telephone Crackhouse

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=2в#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: histrionic mexican toaster

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=2в#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: Fighting Curious Telephone Crackhouse

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=2в#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: Seedy stead

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=2в#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: painfully honest swashbuckling mental disorder

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=2в#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: transparent volcanic crater theater

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: Effete stimulating parlor

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: zippy navy masturbator

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=2в#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

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=2в#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: Seedy stead

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=2в#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: zippy navy masturbator

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=2в#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: Black trip plaza personal credit line

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Cerebral Stage

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

Fake open world linear game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

Shots fired

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Marvelous Snowy Business Firm

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=2в#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: Cerebral Stage

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=2в#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

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=2в#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Laughsome bronze ceo

i enjoyed daggerfall

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

180

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: jet diverse half-breed deer antler

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: charcoal overrated friendly grandma

😆

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Comical pearly step-uncle's house associate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: aphrodisiac light gunner theater stage



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Marvelous Snowy Business Firm

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: lavender giraffe

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=2в#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: Seedy stead

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=2в#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: charcoal overrated friendly grandma

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=2в#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: Laughsome bronze ceo

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=2в#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: charcoal overrated friendly grandma

*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=2в#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Comical pearly step-uncle's house associate

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=2в#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Laughsome bronze ceo

I think lawman8 really loved this game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Comical pearly step-uncle's house associate

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: Arousing henna juggernaut

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: Bateful Saffron Tanning Salon

ff7

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: zippy navy masturbator

A triumph

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: Rambunctious rusted hominid

Hardwar

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: Stubborn thriller theatre quadroon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: cracking location

a rich open world

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank

180!

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Metal opaque address affirmative action



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Orchid Set

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: Soul-stirring mustard university

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: zippy navy masturbator

😴

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

(Goymer)

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: orange beady-eyed casino

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

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: violet heady internal respiration psychic

I should try that

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Excitant ultramarine tank



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