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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...
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
I only like botw
The Penis
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
oomox
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
Richard Ames
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
nude redditor
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
Richard Ames
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
michael doodikoff
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Junko Enoshima
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
cowgod
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
michael doodikoff
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Giant Naked Hitler
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
lex
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Jason Clothmoa
  04/22/26
Shots fired
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
fairy queen
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
lex
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
i gave my cousin head
  04/22/26
180
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
buttsex enjoyer
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
😆
lsd
  04/22/26
...
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
crackdown was badass
fairy queen
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
hank_scorpio
  04/22/26
...
goys_of_summer
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
michael doodikoff
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
lsd
  04/22/26


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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Jason Clothmoa

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 10:03 AM
Author: The Penis

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: Jason Clothmoa

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: oomox

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: Jason Clothmoa

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: Richard Ames

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: nude redditor

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: Richard Ames

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: michael doodikoff

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 4:02 PM
Author: Junko Enoshima

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: cowgod

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: Jason Clothmoa

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: michael doodikoff

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 4:54 PM
Author: Giant Naked Hitler (hitler did nothing wrong)

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: Jason Clothmoa

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: lex

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: Jason Clothmoa

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: goys_of_summer

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: fairy queen

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: lex

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: goys_of_summer

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: i gave my cousin head

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: goys_of_summer

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: buttsex enjoyer

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: goys_of_summer

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: lsd

😆

(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: goys_of_summer



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: fairy queen

crackdown was badass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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: goys_of_summer



(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: michael doodikoff

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 8:10 PM
Author: lsd

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)