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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...
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Excitant Forum Fortuitous Meteor
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
I only like botw
talented apoplectic bawdyhouse
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
indecent university
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Slate lay
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Shivering titillating theatre
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Slate lay
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
sick state
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
hilarious vibrant factory reset button
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
federal piazza
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Fragrant angry stain
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
sick state
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
180 stead toilet seat
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Hairless station
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Shots fired
orchid abode
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
stimulating cordovan queen of the night giraffe
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Hairless station
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
orchid abode
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
big yellow tanning salon
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180
orchid abode
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Cocky range
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
orchid abode
  04/22/26
😆
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orchid abode
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crackdown was badass
stimulating cordovan queen of the night giraffe
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Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
drab double fault
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orchid abode
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
sick state
  04/22/26
180
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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orchid abode
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
big yellow tanning salon
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
kink-friendly idiot brunch
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
orchid abode
  04/22/26
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Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
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orchid abode
  04/22/26
Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Lilac set
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
big yellow tanning salon
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Lilac set
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
trip pisswyrm
  04/22/26
ff7
mauve chapel
  04/22/26
A triumph
cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter
  04/22/26
Hardwar
sexy tattoo temple
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Razzle Stubborn Principal's Office
  04/23/26
a rich open world
claret national
  04/22/26
180!
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orchid abode
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Electric carnelian windowlicker kitchen
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
pearly stage
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
pink charismatic police squad love of her life
  04/23/26
😴
cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter
  04/23/26
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Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
Vivacious new version step-uncle's house
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Excitant Forum Fortuitous Meteor
  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: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

Zelda Breath of the Wild but not the sequel

Crackdown 1

The Rest are abysmal gash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: Excitant Forum Fortuitous Meteor

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

Crackdown is a masterpiece

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: talented apoplectic bawdyhouse

I only like botw

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I never did any "missions" or story

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: indecent university

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

Ubisoft 🤮

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: Slate lay

GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying Tears of the Kingdom despite it being The Same Game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: Shivering titillating theatre

BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in because it was the same. i'd never played GTA before i just fired up GTA III on steam the other night, but the entire game just seems to be running driving missions for scum NPCs for virtual money (ie take this hooker to this house and get the car painted at this other place). is that the entire game?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: Slate lay

You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just going straight to GTA 5. GTA III is great, but it is dated. It gets to be more fun for sure, but it doesn't have the variety or dynamism of later games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: sick state

Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go to VC and SA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: hilarious vibrant factory reset button

GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever lived in nyc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: federal piazza

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: Fragrant angry stain

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter

Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time on your hands or ingenious intuition about things. The way that some quests progress is like NES Simon’s Quest tier if not more cryptic.

Every one of these games that has lots of Fields and Land bores me automatically btw. They need to stop making these imo. Like Zelda’s open world has shrines which have Things inside of them. Land and trees and Herbs and Caves are bullshit if that’s all there is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/ sword games that Fromsoft churns out, it just looks like way too much going on for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: sick state

Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of nothing. Oversized World just for the sake of being Oversized, no real point.

Oh yeah, and the "rolling INTO the attack" mechanic is fucking gay as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter

You never saw the late game and its Dungeons.

Also there’s a cool af underground area with multiple entrances and exits on the overworld. Other things like that too probably which I never found.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: 180 stead toilet seat

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Hairless station

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

Fake open world linear game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: orchid abode

Shots fired

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: stimulating cordovan queen of the night giraffe

it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the least open world bits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: Hairless station

1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty neverwinter nights engine. I still enjoyed doing side quests and other open world stuff in 3 than pretty much every oblivion-esque game, although the dlc and main story were far better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: orchid abode

On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v/ Witcher 3 waifu threads, either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: big yellow tanning salon

i enjoyed daggerfall

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: orchid abode

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Cocky range

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: orchid abode

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: kink-friendly idiot brunch

😆

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Lilac set



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: mewling casino



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: stimulating cordovan queen of the night giraffe

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: drab double fault

Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic promise of an open world fantasy game

And then New Vegas is an obvious top tier game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: sick state

glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. That Game was fun as fuck back in the day. The sequel was really disappointing

I would add GTA 5 to the OP List.

Otherwise, he is pretty much spot on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: kink-friendly idiot brunch

I realize these are completely different games than what OP is talking about, but Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal on PlayStation 1 were fun as fuck to mess around with your bros and I don’t know why they don’t ever make games like that any more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: big yellow tanning salon

people dont see each other irl

twisted metal would be made into an online only shit fest where u play against no life losers who MUST win every game at all costs

people cant even have fun anymore

i remember spending hours on the paris map in twisted metal trying to get to the top of teh effiel tower then destroying it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: kink-friendly idiot brunch

*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart on a 20 inch CRT on our day off from school, eating Dunkaroos (after we were done with our Torino’s pizza rolls)*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: orchid abode

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Lilac set

Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue

https://www.reddit.com/r/Shenmue/comments/1dh3i6t/shenmue_was_truly_the_first_true_3d_open_world/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: big yellow tanning salon

I think lawman8 really loved this game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Lilac set

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: trip pisswyrm

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: mauve chapel

ff7

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter

A triumph

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: sexy tattoo temple

Hardwar

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: Razzle Stubborn Principal's Office



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: claret national

a rich open world

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: orchid abode

180!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: orchid abode



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Electric carnelian windowlicker kitchen



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: pearly stage

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: pink charismatic police squad love of her life

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: cerise seedy box office faggot firefighter

😴

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

(Goymer)

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: Excitant Forum Fortuitous Meteor

MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off at the end. But best gameplay outside of GTA games and Saints Row 1/2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Vivacious new version step-uncle's house

I should try that

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: orchid abode



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