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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...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Curious den
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
I only like botw
fighting fantasy-prone cuckoldry theater stage
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
dashing scarlet foreskin wagecucks
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Mustard patrolman
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
indigo apoplectic place of business
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Mustard patrolman
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
ungodly location
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
maniacal citrine temple
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
razzle-dazzle misanthropic dragon
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Aphrodisiac Spot
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
big hominid friendly grandma
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
Shots fired
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Ebony painfully honest kitty cat heaven
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
big hominid friendly grandma
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon
  04/22/26
180
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Free-loading nubile bbw
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
😆
mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water
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very tactful mad cow disease plaza
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lascivious insanely creepy theater
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Carmine space
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very tactful mad cow disease plaza
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crackdown was badass
Ebony painfully honest kitty cat heaven
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sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Metal Orange House Queen Of The Night
  04/22/26
...
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/22/26
180
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water
  04/22/26
...
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/22/26
...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/22/26
...
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
lascivious insanely creepy theater
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
lascivious insanely creepy theater
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
Thriller Vermilion Elastic Band Whorehouse
  04/22/26
ff7
chartreuse round eye jew
  04/22/26
A triumph
Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness
  04/22/26
Hardwar
contagious smoky jap
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...
Supple Amethyst Background Story
  04/23/26
a rich open world
Talented Crystalline Toilet Seat
  04/22/26
180!
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
  04/23/26
...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/23/26
...
very tactful mad cow disease plaza
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shaky multi-colored state pozpig
  04/23/26
fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
cyan seedy brethren
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
Stirring Coiffed Institution
  04/23/26
😴
Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness
  04/23/26
...
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Curious den
  04/23/26
I should try that
sepia abnormal lodge
  04/23/26
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very tactful mad cow disease plaza
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge

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: Curious den

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: fighting fantasy-prone cuckoldry theater stage

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: dashing scarlet foreskin wagecucks

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: Mustard patrolman

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: indigo apoplectic place of business

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: Mustard patrolman

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: Bat shit crazy chapel

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: ungodly location

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: maniacal citrine temple

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: razzle-dazzle misanthropic dragon

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: Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: Bat shit crazy chapel

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: Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness

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: Aphrodisiac Spot

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: big hominid friendly grandma

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

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: Ebony painfully honest kitty cat heaven

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: big hominid friendly grandma

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

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: Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Free-loading nubile bbw

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

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: mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water

😆

(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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: lascivious insanely creepy theater



(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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: Carmine space



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Ebony painfully honest kitty cat heaven

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: sepia abnormal lodge



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Metal Orange House Queen Of The Night

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

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: sepia abnormal lodge

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: mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon

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: mewling tantric keepsake machete boiling water

*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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: lascivious insanely creepy theater

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: Appetizing sexy newt tanning salon

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: lascivious insanely creepy theater

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: Thriller Vermilion Elastic Band Whorehouse

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: chartreuse round eye jew

ff7

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness

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: contagious smoky jap

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: Supple Amethyst Background Story



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Talented Crystalline Toilet Seat

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: very tactful mad cow disease plaza

180!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: shaky multi-colored state pozpig



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: cyan seedy brethren

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: Stirring Coiffed Institution

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: Sickened kitty twinkling uncleanness

😴

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge

(Goymer)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: Curious den

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=2в#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: sepia abnormal lodge

I should try that

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: very tactful mad cow disease plaza



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