You'll never look at a cop car the same way again.

Now that GTA 2 is out the original is taking a back seat, so to speak, but it is still a great game. There is no substitute for the pure carnal FUN you get from playing GTA. The game is incredible from stealing cars to running over cops to running errands for crime lords this game has it all. And for those of you out there who think games like this make people bad... well yea you're right. Ok fine this game won't actually make you a bad person but it is frightening walking down the street and actually thinking to yourself, if I just stole that cop car and ran over the cop I could jump the bridge to get to the pay phones and snag some mad points.
But in all seriousness the notion that this game will actually turn a law abiding citizen into a hardened criminal is absurd. The game is easily foolish enough, and you are rather detached from your character (bird's eye view), to be completely harmless.
So if you want all the fun of a great game I support GTA wholeheartedly.