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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...
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Comical Crimson Fortuitous Meteor
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
I only like botw
chocolate diverse stage
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Racy Walnut Business Firm
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
mint step-uncle's house pistol
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Exciting stain
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
mint step-uncle's house pistol
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
razzmatazz space
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
cyan laser beams
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Stirring slate cruise ship
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Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Talented cuckoldry french chef
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
narrow-minded immigrant
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
razzmatazz space
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
narrow-minded immigrant
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Exhilarant mad cow disease
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Azure potus cumskin
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
Shots fired
floppy onyx partner
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Charismatic Avocado Hominid
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Azure potus cumskin
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
floppy onyx partner
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression
  04/22/26
180
floppy onyx partner
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
Rusted Pontificating Stead
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
floppy onyx partner
  04/22/26
😆
Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage
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Obsidian contagious native
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floppy onyx partner
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crackdown was badass
Charismatic Avocado Hominid
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soul-stirring karate
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Flesh Jet-lagged Church Building Volcanic Crater
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floppy onyx partner
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
razzmatazz space
  04/22/26
180
soul-stirring karate
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage
  04/22/26
...
floppy onyx partner
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
floppy onyx partner
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floppy onyx partner
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Green Titillating Property Idea He Suggested
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Green Titillating Property Idea He Suggested
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
cracking box office mad-dog skullcap
  04/22/26
ff7
Angry galvanic school boiling water
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A triumph
narrow-minded immigrant
  04/22/26
Hardwar
Sienna godawful boistinker pit
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territorial vermilion messiness forum
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a rich open world
smoky razzle public bath community account
  04/22/26
180!
floppy onyx partner
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soul-stirring karate
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floppy onyx partner
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Sickened Insecure Field
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
provocative white affirmative action legend
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
Brass Rough-skinned Site Sandwich
  04/23/26
😴
narrow-minded immigrant
  04/23/26
...
soul-stirring karate
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
soul-stirring karate
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Comical Crimson Fortuitous Meteor
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: soul-stirring karate

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: Comical Crimson Fortuitous Meteor

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: soul-stirring karate

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: chocolate diverse stage

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: soul-stirring karate

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: Racy Walnut Business Firm

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: soul-stirring karate

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: mint step-uncle's house pistol

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: Exciting stain

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: mint step-uncle's house pistol

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: razzmatazz space

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: cyan laser beams

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: Stirring slate cruise ship

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: Talented cuckoldry french chef

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: narrow-minded immigrant

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: soul-stirring karate

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: razzmatazz space

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: narrow-minded immigrant

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: Exhilarant mad cow disease

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: soul-stirring karate

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: Azure potus cumskin

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: soul-stirring karate

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: floppy onyx partner

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: Charismatic Avocado Hominid

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: Azure potus cumskin

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: floppy onyx partner

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: Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression

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: floppy onyx partner

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: Rusted Pontificating Stead

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: floppy onyx partner

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: Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage

😆

(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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Green Titillating Property Idea He Suggested



(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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Obsidian contagious native



(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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Charismatic Avocado Hominid

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: soul-stirring karate



(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: Flesh Jet-lagged Church Building Volcanic Crater

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: floppy onyx partner



(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: razzmatazz space

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: soul-stirring karate

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: Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage

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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression

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: Vengeful chestnut old irish cottage

*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: floppy onyx partner

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

(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: soul-stirring karate



(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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Green Titillating Property Idea He Suggested

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: Hairraiser Dark Dilemma Indirect Expression

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: Green Titillating Property Idea He Suggested

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: cracking box office mad-dog skullcap

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: Angry galvanic school boiling water

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: narrow-minded immigrant

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: Sienna godawful boistinker pit

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: territorial vermilion messiness forum



(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: smoky razzle public bath community account

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: floppy onyx partner

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: soul-stirring karate



(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: floppy onyx partner



(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: Sickened Insecure Field



(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: provocative white affirmative action legend

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: Brass Rough-skinned Site Sandwich

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: narrow-minded immigrant

😴

(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: soul-stirring karate



(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: soul-stirring karate

(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: Comical Crimson 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/en-en/#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: soul-stirring karate

I should try that

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: floppy onyx partner



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