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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...
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
free-loading out-of-control juggernaut sweet tailpipe
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Bespoke mauve selfie tank
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
contagious flushed international law enforcement agency
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Brindle station turdskin
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Jade buck-toothed national
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Brindle station turdskin
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
vivacious candlestick maker
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Orchid Temple Sound Barrier
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Low-t Know-it-all Hairy Legs
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
180 dopamine multi-billionaire
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Fiercely-loyal Fanboi
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
vivacious candlestick maker
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Fiercely-loyal Fanboi
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
rebellious french voyeur pocket flask
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Spectacular whorehouse factory reset button
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Fake open world linear game
Racy Domesticated Church
  04/22/26
Shots fired
flirting amethyst hospital
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
vigorous coiffed electric furnace keepsake machete
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Spectacular whorehouse factory reset button
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
flirting amethyst hospital
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate
  04/22/26
180
flirting amethyst hospital
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
turquoise potus
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
flirting amethyst hospital
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😆
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flirting amethyst hospital
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crackdown was badass
vigorous coiffed electric furnace keepsake machete
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Racy Domesticated Church
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Odious maize fortuitous meteor
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flirting amethyst hospital
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
vivacious candlestick maker
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180
Racy Domesticated Church
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
glassy point
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flirting amethyst hospital
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
glassy point
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
cream frisky alpha office
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
cream frisky alpha office
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
blathering cordovan ticket booth idea he suggested
  04/22/26
ff7
Angry bat-shit-crazy foreskin stage
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A triumph
Fiercely-loyal Fanboi
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Hardwar
cerebral pistol
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...
swashbuckling underhanded half-breed
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a rich open world
aquamarine useless house partner
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180!
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flirting amethyst hospital
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Carnelian persian
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
impressive bbw
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
floppy mediation
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😴
Fiercely-loyal Fanboi
  04/23/26
...
Racy Domesticated Church
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(Goymer)
Racy Domesticated Church
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
free-loading out-of-control juggernaut sweet tailpipe
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

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=2E#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: free-loading out-of-control juggernaut sweet tailpipe

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

Crackdown is a masterpiece

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: Bespoke mauve selfie tank

I only like botw

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

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=2E#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: contagious flushed international law enforcement agency

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

Ubisoft 🤮

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: Brindle station turdskin

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=2E#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: Jade buck-toothed national

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=2E#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: Brindle station turdskin

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=2E#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: vivacious candlestick maker

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=2E#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Orchid Temple Sound Barrier

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=2E#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: Low-t Know-it-all Hairy Legs

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: 180 dopamine multi-billionaire

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Fanboi

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=2E#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

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=2E#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: vivacious candlestick maker

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=2E#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Fanboi

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=2E#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: rebellious french voyeur pocket flask

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Spectacular whorehouse factory reset button

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

Fake open world linear game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

Shots fired

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: vigorous coiffed electric furnace keepsake machete

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=2E#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: Spectacular whorehouse factory reset button

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=2E#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

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=2E#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate

i enjoyed daggerfall

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: turquoise potus

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: glassy point

😆

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: cream frisky alpha office



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: electric apoplectic locus marketing idea



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: vigorous coiffed electric furnace keepsake machete

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Odious maize fortuitous meteor

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=2E#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: vivacious candlestick maker

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=2E#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: glassy point

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=2E#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate

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=2E#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: glassy point

*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=2E#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: cream frisky alpha office

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=2E#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone queen of the night senate

I think lawman8 really loved this game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: cream frisky alpha office

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: blathering cordovan ticket booth idea he suggested

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: Angry bat-shit-crazy foreskin stage

ff7

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Fanboi

A triumph

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: cerebral pistol

Hardwar

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: swashbuckling underhanded half-breed



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: aquamarine useless house partner

a rich open world

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital

180!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Carnelian persian



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: impressive bbw

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: floppy mediation

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Fanboi

😴

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

(Goymer)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: free-loading out-of-control juggernaut sweet tailpipe

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=2E#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Racy Domesticated Church

I should try that

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: flirting amethyst hospital



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