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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...
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Brilliant bisexual locus giraffe
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Pea-brained Impressive Theater Stage
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I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
copper haunting really tough guy
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
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BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Ultramarine Space Round Eye
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
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Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
shimmering bonkers chad
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
talented deer antler
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Supple digit ratio
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Galvanic Roast Beef Alpha
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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
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  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
shimmering bonkers chad
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Onyx fanboi step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
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https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
dun boyish friendly grandma point
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
ruby bull headed mental disorder
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
dun boyish friendly grandma point
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Shots fired
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
ruby bull headed mental disorder
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
flickering resort idiot
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
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180
flickering resort idiot
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
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Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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😆
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flickering resort idiot
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crackdown was badass
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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flickering resort idiot
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
shimmering bonkers chad
  04/22/26
180
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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flickering resort idiot
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
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I think lawman8 really loved this game
Ivory arousing meetinghouse
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
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i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
embarrassed to the bone bistre sex offender national
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ff7
Fragrant sickened range
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A triumph
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Hardwar
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...
Histrionic lemon rigpig telephone
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a rich open world
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180!
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
Apoplectic Area Sound Barrier
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
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😴
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...
dun boyish friendly grandma point
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(Goymer)
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Brilliant bisexual locus giraffe
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: Brilliant bisexual locus giraffe

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: Pea-brained Impressive Theater Stage

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: copper haunting really tough guy

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: wonderful site travel guidebook

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: Ultramarine Space Round Eye

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: wonderful site travel guidebook

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: shimmering bonkers chad

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: talented deer antler

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: Supple digit ratio

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: Galvanic Roast Beef Alpha

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: Onyx fanboi step-uncle's house

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: shimmering bonkers chad

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: Onyx fanboi step-uncle's house

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: Shivering passionate university mad-dog skullcap

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: ruby bull headed mental disorder

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: flickering resort idiot

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: Magenta diverse business firm gaming laptop

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: ruby bull headed mental disorder

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: flickering resort idiot

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: Ivory arousing meetinghouse

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: flickering resort idiot

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: bat-shit-crazy well-lubricated garrison selfie

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: flickering resort idiot

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: Hyperactive library

😆

(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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Emerald sanctuary place of business



(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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Very tactful mind-boggling rehab



(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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Magenta diverse business firm gaming laptop

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point



(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: Slate Stimulating Old Irish Cottage

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: flickering resort idiot



(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: shimmering bonkers chad

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: Hyperactive library

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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Ivory arousing meetinghouse

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: Hyperactive library

*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: flickering resort idiot

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

(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: dun boyish friendly grandma point



(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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Emerald sanctuary place of business

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: Ivory arousing meetinghouse

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: Emerald sanctuary place of business

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: embarrassed to the bone bistre sex offender national

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: Fragrant sickened range

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: Onyx fanboi step-uncle's house

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: Multi-colored burgundy ceo

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: Histrionic lemon rigpig telephone



(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: exhilarant stage mad cow disease

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: flickering resort idiot

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point



(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: flickering resort idiot



(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: Marvelous smoky tanning salon skinny woman



(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: Apoplectic Area Sound Barrier

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: bateful iridescent hospital indirect expression

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: Onyx fanboi step-uncle's house

😴

(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: dun boyish friendly grandma point



(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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

(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: Brilliant bisexual locus giraffe

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: dun boyish friendly grandma point

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: flickering resort idiot



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