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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...
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if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
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Crackdown is a masterpiece
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I only like botw
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I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
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Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
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Ubisoft 🤮
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GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
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BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
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You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
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Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
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GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
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Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
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I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
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Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
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You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
marvelous garrison
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Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
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https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
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Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
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Fake open world linear game
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Shots fired
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
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i enjoyed daggerfall
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
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crackdown was badass
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
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I think lawman8 really loved this game
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series was really good and i hate these types of games
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i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
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ff7
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A triumph
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Hardwar
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
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(Goymer)
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: stimulating slimy rehab

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: Insane plum national macaca

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: Curious Theater

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: Light harsh den reading party

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: Hairraiser Ticket Booth

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: Light harsh den reading party

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: fuchsia stain stage

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: Arousing Up-to-no-good Native Mental Disorder

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: sickened principal's office associate

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: Glassy prole shrine

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: marvelous garrison

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: fuchsia stain stage

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: marvelous garrison

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: Rose electric hall black woman

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: Carmine haunting house affirmative action

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: obsidian tanning salon

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: Concupiscible bbw piazza

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: Carmine haunting house affirmative action

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: obsidian tanning salon

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: Pungent psychic point

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: obsidian tanning salon

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: medicated nubile church ape

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: obsidian tanning salon

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: mustard rigpig

😆

(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: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: spruce pisswyrm property



(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: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: fear-inspiring theatre



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Concupiscible bbw piazza

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Tan hunting ground

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: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: fuchsia stain stage

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: mustard rigpig

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: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: Pungent psychic point

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: mustard rigpig

*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: obsidian tanning salon

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

(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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: spruce pisswyrm property

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: Pungent psychic point

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: spruce pisswyrm property

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: exciting alcoholic immigrant

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: Self-absorbed feces wrinkle

ff7

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: marvelous garrison

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: Kink-friendly Rigor Cumskin

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: cocky chad office



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: avocado personal credit line dingle berry

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: obsidian tanning salon

180!

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: obsidian tanning salon



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Exhilarant Indecent Box Office



(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: Unhinged dilemma

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: Titillating Nibblets

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: marvelous garrison

😴

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

(Goymer)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: stimulating slimy rehab

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: passionate french sandwich famous landscape painting

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: obsidian tanning salon



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