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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...
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
pontificating site
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
I only like botw
nubile kitchen regret
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
plum trust fund locus
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Crimson Sickened Location
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Pungent menage old irish cottage
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Crimson Sickened Location
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Dashing twinkling uncleanness
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Puce up-to-no-good resort mad cow disease
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Frozen dark casino
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Pale personal credit line center
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Pale personal credit line center
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Ebony Stage Community Account
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Lascivious hospital legal warrant
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
Shots fired
haunting sable senate
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
disrespectful wild range doctorate
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Lascivious hospital legal warrant
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
haunting sable senate
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Duck-like dilemma
  04/22/26
180
haunting sable senate
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Chrome comical point persian
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
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😆
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haunting sable senate
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crackdown was badass
disrespectful wild range doctorate
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Chestnut Abode
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Poppy fear-inspiring half-breed
  04/22/26
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haunting sable senate
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse
  04/22/26
180
Chestnut Abode
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
odious indian lodge
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haunting sable senate
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Duck-like dilemma
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
odious indian lodge
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chestnut Abode
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haunting sable senate
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Avocado field
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Duck-like dilemma
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Avocado field
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
aphrodisiac azn theatre
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ff7
Racy church building factory reset button
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A triumph
Pale personal credit line center
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Hardwar
umber arousing station
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pea-brained box office
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a rich open world
Pearl magical school
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180!
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haunting sable senate
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Vigorous space
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
Big-titted ape hall
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
vivacious heaven
  04/23/26
😴
Pale personal credit line center
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...
Chestnut Abode
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
Chestnut Abode
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
pontificating site
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Chestnut Abode

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=2most#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: pontificating site

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

Crackdown is a masterpiece

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: nubile kitchen regret

I only like botw

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Chestnut Abode

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=2most#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: plum trust fund locus

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Chestnut Abode

Ubisoft 🤮

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: Crimson Sickened Location

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=2most#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: Pungent menage old irish cottage

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=2most#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: Crimson Sickened Location

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=2most#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse

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=2most#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Dashing twinkling uncleanness

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=2most#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: Puce up-to-no-good resort mad cow disease

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: Frozen dark casino

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: Pale personal credit line center

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=2most#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

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=2most#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse

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=2most#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: Pale personal credit line center

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=2most#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: Ebony Stage Community Account

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Lascivious hospital legal warrant

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

Fake open world linear game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: haunting sable senate

Shots fired

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: disrespectful wild range doctorate

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=2most#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: Lascivious hospital legal warrant

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=2most#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: haunting sable senate

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=2most#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Duck-like dilemma

i enjoyed daggerfall

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: haunting sable senate

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Chrome comical point persian

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: haunting sable senate

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: odious indian lodge

😆

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Avocado field



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: Aqua pistol church



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: disrespectful wild range doctorate

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Poppy fear-inspiring half-breed

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=2most#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: Marvelous Cheese-eating Whorehouse

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=2most#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: odious indian lodge

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=2most#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: Duck-like dilemma

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=2most#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: odious indian lodge

*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=2most#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: haunting sable senate

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Avocado field

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=2most#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Duck-like dilemma

I think lawman8 really loved this game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Avocado field

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: aphrodisiac azn theatre

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: Racy church building factory reset button

ff7

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: Pale personal credit line center

A triumph

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: umber arousing station

Hardwar

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: pea-brained box office



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Pearl magical school

a rich open world

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: haunting sable senate

180!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Vigorous space



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Big-titted ape hall

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: vivacious heaven

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: Pale personal credit line center

😴

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

(Goymer)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: pontificating site

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=2most#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Chestnut Abode

I should try that

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: haunting sable senate



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