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The 10 Most Ambitious Video Games Ever Made
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Jason Venter Polygon
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Star Citizen
2013 ·6 writers · 16 pieces
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020 ·46 writers · 57 pieces
Eve Online
2003 ·22 writers · 14 pieces
Baldur's Gate III
2023 ·250 writers · 1152 pieces
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017 ·97 writers · 152 pieces
L.A. Noire
2011 ·52 writers · 52 pieces
No Man's Sky
2016 ·169 writers · 391 pieces
Daikatana
2000 ·1 writers · 1 pieces
Fable
2027 ·103 writers · 331 pieces
Shenmue
1999 ·8 writers · 5 pieces
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