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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...
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
cerebral doctorate
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
I only like botw
multi-colored codepig station
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
cowardly hall rigor
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
misanthropic round eye
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
disturbing mediation stage
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
misanthropic round eye
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
Hyperactive mind-boggling locale
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
alcoholic milk hissy fit
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
lemon tank
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
thriller rigpig
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
comical clear background story
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
Hyperactive mind-boggling locale
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
comical clear background story
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Coiffed Emerald National Mexican
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
cyan ape
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
  04/22/26
Shots fired
Beady-eyed public bath
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Abnormal becky
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
cyan ape
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
Beady-eyed public bath
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Glassy galvanic rehab halford
  04/22/26
180
Beady-eyed public bath
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Misunderstood box office
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
Beady-eyed public bath
  04/22/26
😆
Bright shrine
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...
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Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace
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spectacular ocher friendly grandma potus
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Beady-eyed public bath
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crackdown was badass
Abnormal becky
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Citrine infuriating athletic conference
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
claret internal respiration juggernaut
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Beady-eyed public bath
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
Hyperactive mind-boggling locale
  04/22/26
180
Citrine infuriating athletic conference
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
Bright shrine
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...
Beady-eyed public bath
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Glassy galvanic rehab halford
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Bright shrine
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Beady-eyed public bath
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Glassy galvanic rehab halford
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
frum mauve water buffalo useless brakes
  04/22/26
ff7
Bat-shit-crazy meetinghouse
  04/22/26
A triumph
comical clear background story
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Hardwar
Trip Harsh Fortuitous Meteor
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...
Talented flirting immigrant university
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a rich open world
bateful temple
  04/22/26
180!
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Supple Genital Piercing
  04/23/26
fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
Chartreuse digit ratio
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
Sick Mustard Sanctuary
  04/23/26
😴
comical clear background story
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...
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(Goymer)
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
cerebral doctorate
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

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/en-en/#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: cerebral doctorate

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

Crackdown is a masterpiece

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: multi-colored codepig station

I only like botw

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

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/en-en/#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: cowardly hall rigor

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

Ubisoft 🤮

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: misanthropic round eye

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/en-en/#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: disturbing mediation stage

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/en-en/#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: misanthropic round eye

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/en-en/#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: Hyperactive mind-boggling locale

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/en-en/#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: alcoholic milk hissy fit

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/en-en/#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: lemon tank

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: thriller rigpig

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/en-en/#49834783)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: comical clear background story

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/en-en/#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

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/en-en/#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: Hyperactive mind-boggling locale

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/en-en/#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: comical clear background story

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/en-en/#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: Coiffed Emerald National Mexican

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: cyan ape

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

Fake open world linear game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

Shots fired

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Abnormal becky

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/en-en/#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: cyan ape

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/en-en/#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

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/en-en/#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Glassy galvanic rehab halford

i enjoyed daggerfall

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Misunderstood box office

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Bright shrine

😆

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: spectacular ocher friendly grandma potus



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Abnormal becky

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: claret internal respiration juggernaut

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/en-en/#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: Hyperactive mind-boggling locale

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/en-en/#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

180

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Bright shrine

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/en-en/#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: Glassy galvanic rehab halford

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/en-en/#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Bright shrine

*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/en-en/#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace

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/en-en/#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Glassy galvanic rehab halford

I think lawman8 really loved this game

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Pea-brained Principal's Office Electric Furnace

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: frum mauve water buffalo useless brakes

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy meetinghouse

ff7

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: comical clear background story

A triumph

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: Trip Harsh Fortuitous Meteor

Hardwar

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: Talented flirting immigrant university



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: bateful temple

a rich open world

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath

180!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Supple Genital Piercing



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Chartreuse digit ratio

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: Sick Mustard Sanctuary

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: comical clear background story

😴

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

(Goymer)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: cerebral doctorate

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/en-en/#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Citrine infuriating athletic conference

I should try that

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Beady-eyed public bath



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