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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...
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Umber pocket flask gunner
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
I only like botw
cocky abode therapy
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I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Olive 180 patrolman trailer park
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Adventurous crystalline doctorate base
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
misanthropic indirect expression
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Adventurous crystalline doctorate base
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
provocative rigor
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Arrogant Impertinent Parlour
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Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Peach gaming laptop bawdyhouse
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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
flushed queen of the night
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
provocative rigor
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
flushed queen of the night
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Vengeful demanding meetinghouse
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Aphrodisiac nibblets house
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
mahogany bossy elastic band
  04/22/26
Shots fired
fighting at-the-ready locus
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
odious nursing home internal respiration
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Aphrodisiac nibblets house
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
fighting at-the-ready locus
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i enjoyed daggerfall
mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter
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180
fighting at-the-ready locus
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
awkward painfully honest jewess
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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😆
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Brass stimulating space
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fighting at-the-ready locus
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crackdown was badass
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mahogany bossy elastic band
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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fighting at-the-ready locus
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
provocative rigor
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180
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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fighting at-the-ready locus
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fighting at-the-ready locus
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Soggy Histrionic Striped Hyena
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Soggy Histrionic Striped Hyena
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
Stirring gaped spot tank
  04/22/26
ff7
thirsty dilemma
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A triumph
flushed queen of the night
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Hardwar
massive point
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galvanic potus psychic
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a rich open world
Translucent sexy step-uncle's house
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180!
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
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😴
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  04/23/26
...
mahogany bossy elastic band
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(Goymer)
mahogany bossy elastic band
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Umber pocket flask gunner
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: Umber pocket flask gunner

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: cocky abode therapy

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: Olive 180 patrolman trailer park

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: Adventurous crystalline doctorate base

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: misanthropic 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: Adventurous crystalline doctorate base

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: provocative rigor

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: Exciting bisexual round eye athletic conference

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: Arrogant Impertinent Parlour

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: Peach gaming laptop bawdyhouse

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: flushed queen of the night

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: provocative rigor

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: flushed queen of the night

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: Vengeful demanding meetinghouse

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: Aphrodisiac nibblets house

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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: odious nursing home internal respiration

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: Aphrodisiac nibblets house

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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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: mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter

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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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: awkward painfully honest jewess

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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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: pungent native

😆

(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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: Soggy Histrionic Striped Hyena



(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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: Brass stimulating space



(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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: odious nursing home internal respiration

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: mahogany bossy elastic band



(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: Motley Obsidian Location New Version

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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: provocative rigor

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: pungent native

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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter

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: pungent native

*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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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

(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: mahogany bossy elastic band



(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: fighting at-the-ready locus



(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: Soggy Histrionic Striped Hyena

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: mind-boggling lavender gas station faggot firefighter

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: Soggy Histrionic Striped Hyena

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: Stirring gaped spot tank

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: thirsty dilemma

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: flushed queen of the night

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: massive point

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: galvanic potus psychic



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2#49837470)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Translucent sexy step-uncle's house

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: fighting at-the-ready locus

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: mahogany bossy elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2#49837335)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: fighting at-the-ready locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2#49837337)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: sapphire spectacular main people



(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: hyperactive beta state idea he suggested

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: Aqua lascivious sex offender menage

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: flushed queen of the night

😴

(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: mahogany bossy elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2#49837336)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: mahogany bossy elastic band

(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: Umber pocket flask gunner

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: mahogany bossy elastic band

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: fighting at-the-ready locus



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