Top 98 greatest video games ever made

39. Grand Theft Auto (1997)

Bank robberies, assassinations, and other hideous crimes is what you could come to expect when entering the top-down world of GTA. The player’s ultimate objective is to reach a target number of points, achieved by performing tasks for the crime syndicate, but the free roam, driving and random carnage introduce a previously unrealized element of randomicity to the mix.