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There are like 4 total "open world" video games that have been actually good

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1) Mercenari...
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
boyish violet dysfunction feces
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Purple Curious Haunted Graveyard Crotch
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Coiffed Stead Party Of The First Part
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
metal spectacular immigrant persian
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Deranged stage striped hyena
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
metal spectacular immigrant persian
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
maniacal topaz love of her life
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Crystalline Mother
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
silver racy associate
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
cyan dragon
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
honey-headed psychic
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
maniacal topaz love of her life
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
honey-headed psychic
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Puce milk
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Dashing ticket booth
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
Shots fired
white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
irradiated ivory parlor
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Dashing ticket booth
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Laughsome primrose pervert
  04/22/26
180
white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
mind-boggling crimson menage
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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  04/22/26
😆
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white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
crackdown was badass
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electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
maniacal topaz love of her life
  04/22/26
180
electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
swashbuckling self-absorbed area queen of the night
  04/22/26
...
white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Laughsome primrose pervert
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
swashbuckling self-absorbed area queen of the night
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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electric beta state filthpig
  04/22/26
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white fragrant liquid oxygen
  04/22/26
Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Slate Vigorous Home Toilet Seat
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Laughsome primrose pervert
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Slate Vigorous Home Toilet Seat
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
sienna crackhouse selfie
  04/22/26
ff7
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A triumph
honey-headed psychic
  04/22/26
Hardwar
Odious Sneaky Criminal Point
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...
Apoplectic know-it-all deer antler
  04/23/26
a rich open world
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180!
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  04/23/26
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Nudist Abode
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
maize hell
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
lemon excitant bawdyhouse
  04/23/26
😴
honey-headed psychic
  04/23/26
...
electric beta state filthpig
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
electric beta state filthpig
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
boyish violet dysfunction feces
  04/23/26
I should try that
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  04/23/26
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: electric beta state filthpig

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: boyish violet dysfunction feces

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: Purple Curious Haunted Graveyard Crotch

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: Coiffed Stead Party Of The First Part

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: metal spectacular immigrant persian

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: Deranged stage striped hyena

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: metal spectacular immigrant persian

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: maniacal topaz love of her life

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: Crystalline Mother

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: silver racy associate

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: cyan 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=2E#49834783)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: honey-headed psychic

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: maniacal topaz love of her life

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: honey-headed psychic

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: Puce milk

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: Dashing ticket booth

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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: irradiated ivory parlor

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: Dashing ticket booth

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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: Laughsome primrose pervert

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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: mind-boggling crimson menage

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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: swashbuckling self-absorbed area queen of the night

😆

(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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: Slate Vigorous Home Toilet Seat



(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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: Cerebral parlour roommate



(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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: irradiated ivory parlor

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: electric beta state filthpig



(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: Marvelous National Lettuce

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: maniacal topaz love of her life

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: swashbuckling self-absorbed area queen of the night

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: Laughsome primrose pervert

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: swashbuckling self-absorbed area queen of the night

*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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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

(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: electric beta state filthpig



(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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: Slate Vigorous Home Toilet Seat

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: Laughsome primrose pervert

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: Slate Vigorous Home Toilet Seat

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: sienna crackhouse selfie

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: Sadistic genital piercing meetinghouse

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: honey-headed psychic

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: Odious Sneaky Criminal Point

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: Apoplectic know-it-all deer antler



(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: up-to-no-good low-t indirect expression digit ratio

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen

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: electric beta state filthpig



(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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(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: Nudist Abode



(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: maize hell

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: lemon excitant bawdyhouse

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: honey-headed psychic

😴

(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: electric beta state filthpig



(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: electric beta state filthpig

(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: boyish violet dysfunction feces

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: electric beta state filthpig

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: white fragrant liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2E#49837456)