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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...
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
pea-brained lake market
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
I only like botw
excitant naked dog poop
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I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Titillating step-uncle's house
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
sexy doobsian plaza
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Bateful mahogany athletic conference
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
sexy doobsian plaza
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
stimulating theater stage
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Awkward Party Of The First Part
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Hyperactive Big Bbw
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Wine Insecure Crackhouse Telephone
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
shimmering puppy
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
stimulating theater stage
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
shimmering puppy
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
scarlet flatulent jap keepsake machete
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
bespoke stock car
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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Shots fired
unhinged chapel
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
abusive liquid oxygen philosopher-king
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
bespoke stock car
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
unhinged chapel
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
cheese-eating digit ratio legend
  04/22/26
180
unhinged chapel
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
passionate onyx elastic band immigrant
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
unhinged chapel
  04/22/26
😆
Bright love of her life
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unhinged chapel
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marvelous foreskin property
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unhinged chapel
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iridescent private investor
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unhinged chapel
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crackdown was badass
abusive liquid oxygen philosopher-king
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Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Spectacular dopamine internal respiration
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unhinged chapel
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
stimulating theater stage
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180
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
Bright love of her life
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...
unhinged chapel
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
cheese-eating digit ratio legend
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Bright love of her life
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unhinged chapel
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Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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unhinged chapel
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
marvelous foreskin property
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
cheese-eating digit ratio legend
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
marvelous foreskin property
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
Flickering Prole Stage
  04/22/26
ff7
flushed cruise ship people who are hurt
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A triumph
shimmering puppy
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Hardwar
rusted roommate
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...
outnumbered lavender rigpig nursing home
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a rich open world
Bat-shit-crazy fighting address
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180!
unhinged chapel
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Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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unhinged chapel
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Violent arousing milk haunted graveyard
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
gold area jew
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
Cerise sticky station organic girlfriend
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😴
shimmering puppy
  04/23/26
...
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
pea-brained lake market
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: pea-brained lake market

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: excitant naked dog poop

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: Titillating step-uncle's house

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: sexy doobsian plaza

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: Bateful mahogany athletic conference

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: sexy doobsian plaza

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: stimulating theater 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: Awkward Party Of The First Part

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: Hyperactive Big Bbw

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: Wine Insecure Crackhouse Telephone

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: shimmering puppy

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: stimulating theater 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: shimmering puppy

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: scarlet flatulent jap keepsake machete

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: bespoke stock car

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: unhinged chapel

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: abusive liquid oxygen philosopher-king

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: bespoke stock car

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: unhinged chapel

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: cheese-eating digit ratio legend

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: unhinged chapel

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: passionate onyx elastic band immigrant

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: unhinged chapel

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: Bright love of her life

😆

(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: unhinged chapel



(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: marvelous foreskin 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: unhinged chapel



(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: iridescent private investor



(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: unhinged chapel



(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: abusive liquid oxygen philosopher-king

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse



(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: Spectacular dopamine internal respiration

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: unhinged chapel



(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: stimulating theater 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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: Bright love of her life

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: unhinged chapel



(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: cheese-eating digit ratio legend

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: Bright love of her life

*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: unhinged chapel

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

(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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse



(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: unhinged chapel



(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: marvelous foreskin 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: cheese-eating digit ratio legend

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: marvelous foreskin 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: Flickering Prole Stage

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: flushed cruise ship people who are hurt

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: shimmering puppy

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: rusted roommate

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: outnumbered lavender rigpig nursing home



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy fighting address

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: unhinged chapel

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: unhinged chapel



(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: Violent arousing milk haunted graveyard



(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: gold area jew

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: Cerise sticky station organic girlfriend

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: shimmering puppy

😴

(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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

(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: pea-brained lake market

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: Heady Volcanic Crater Whorehouse

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: unhinged chapel



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