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Grand Theft Auto Iv 2 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TABLE OF CONTENTS STORY FAQ ACHIEVEMENTS WALKTHROUGH STORYLINE THE COUSINS BELLIC IT’S YOUR CALL THREE’S A CROWD FIRST DATE BLEED OUT EASY FARE JAMACIAN HEAT CONCRETE JUNGLE BULL IN A CHINA SHOP HUNG OUT TO DRY CLEAN GETAWAY IVAN THE NOT SO TERRIBLE UNCLE VLAD CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DO YOU HAVE PROTECTION FINAL DESTINATION NO LOVE LOST RIGGED TO BLOW SHADOW THE MASTER AND THE MOLOTOV RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ROMAN’S SORROW LOGGING ON SEARCH AND DELETE EASY AS CAN BE OUT OF THE CLOSET NO. 1 ESCUELA OF THE STREET STREET SWEEPER THE PUERTO RICAN CONNECTION LUCK OF THE IRISH BLOW YOUR COVER THE SNOW STROM HAVE A HEART DECONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS PHOTO SHOOT RUFF RIDER UNDRESS TO KILL THE HOLLAND PLAY HOSTILE NEGOTIATION WRONG IS RIGHT PORTRAIT OF A KILLER DUST OFF PAPER TRIAL CALL AND COLLECT FINAL INTERVIEW HOLLAND NIGHTS LURE HARBOURING A GRUDGE WASTE NOT WANT KNOTS THREE LEAF CLOVER A LONG WAY TO FALL 3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKING IN THE TRASH MELTDOWN MUSEUM PIECE NO WAY ON THE SUBWAY LATE CHECKOUT WEEKEND AT FLORIAN’S HATING THE HATERS UNION DRIVE BUOYS AHOY ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS I NEED YOUR CLOTHES, YOUR BOOTS AND YOUR MOTORCYCLE SMACKDOWN BABYSITTING TUNNEL OF DEATH BLOOD BROTHERS UNDERTAKER I’LL TAKE HER RANSOM SHE’S A KEEPER DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIENDS TRUCK HUSTLE CATCH THE WAVE TRESPASS TO LIVE AND DIE IN ALDERNEY PEGORINO’S PRIDE PAYBACK FLAT LINE PEST CONTROL ENTOURAGE DINING OUT LIQUIDIZE THE ASSETS THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE ONE LAST THING IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT [DEAL] MR. & MRS. BELLIC [DEAL] A REVENGER’S TRAGEDY [DEAL] A DISH SEVERED COLD [REVENGE] MR. & MRS. BELLIC [REVENGE] OUT OF COMMISSION [REVENGE] SIDE MISSIONS ASSASSINATIONS CAR THEFT EXOTIC EXPORTS FRIENDS GAMES MOST WANTED CRIMINALS PACKAGE DELIVERIES PIGEONS RACES RANDOM PEDS STUNT JUMPS VIGILANTE COPYRIGHTS STORY Niko, who comes to Liberty City in dreams of living an American life and in search of his former comrade, who has betrayed him killing his teammates, learns that his cousin, Roman Bellic’s stories of rich and luxury life’s a lie. Soon Niko gets entangled in clearing Roman’s gambling debts for which he starts working for a guy named, Vlad, who threatens to 4 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV kill Roman if he don’t pay his debts. In the process, Niko befriends with a drug and weapons dealer, Little Jacob and car mod shop owner, Brucie, whom Roman met online. While trying to clear the debts Niko learns Vlad’s dating with Roman’s girlfriend, Mallorie and kills him, which causes Vlad’s employer, Faustian and his partner, Dimitri to kidnap Niko and Roman. After seeing Niko’s guts, Faustian admits Vlad’s a dickhead and hires Niko to his post. After spending some time seeing Dimitri’s struggle to clear Faustian’s mess, Niko learns Faustian’s hot-headed person, who don’t think about the consequences of actions. But it was too late, Faustian orders Niko to kill his daughter’s boyfriend, son of Petrovik. Petrovik confronts Dimitri and threatens to kill him if he doesn’t handover his friend’s head, which forces Dimitri to have Niko carry out the hit. Niko attacks Faustian in his club and kills him. Dimitri then asks Niko to meet in a warehouse so that he can handover the money he promised. But when Niko meets Dimitri in the warehouse, he launches an ambush on Niko and tries to kill him. With Jacob’s help Niko manages to escape the warehouse and leave the city with Roman. In Bohan, Niko meets Manny, Mallorie’s childhood friend, who’s trying to clean the streets of Bohan by killing the drug dealers and Elizabeth, an obsessed drug dealer, who kills Manny while he’s trying to shoot her hideouts for his next movie. Elizabeth then makes Niko to steal a huge deal of drug from the rival gangs, who was entering a deal in an abandoned hospital. Niko steals the heroine but Michele, an undercover agent, whom Niko met in Broker, ambushes Niko and Jacob in an alley, where they were supposed to deliver the drugs. Michele takes the drugs and allows Niko and Jacob to escape so that they can help her track down the remaining targets, whom they are trying to get rid off. Niko then starts working for Playboy X, who asks him to help his old friend, Dwayne, who just got released from the jail. But the friendship between Play X and Dwayne gets destroyed, when Niko rides a club, which belongs to Dwayne before he goes to the jail. Playboy becomes mad because Niko destroyed his client’s business whereas Dwayne pissed because Playboy’s treating him like nobody. Both confronts and asks Niko to kill each other though the decision is left to the player. Soon after dealing with Play X and Dwayne, Mallorie calls and informs Dimitri has kidnapped Roman for the money he owed in gambling. Niko travels to the old warehouse, where Dimitri’s men are holding Roman and frees him, which enrages Dimitri. Both Niko and Roman decides Bohan’s not safe for them and moves to their new house in Algonquin. Michele takes Niko to her employer/client/contact, U.L.P.C, who promises to look for the guy Niko’s trying to find if he helps them solve their problems. An unknown contact, who then reveals himself to be Frankie McReary, starts blackmailing Niko to do jobs for him. He makes Niko destroy all the evidence preventing him from becoming the commissioner. Niko then contacts Packie McReary, who’s currently running the McReary family and helps him rob a bank for a healthy amount of reward along with getting close to the his family. Niko starts helping Gerry and Packie regain their family’s lost honor but the arrival of their elder brother creates a rift between Derrick and Frankie, who never had brotherly-love for each other. Frankie, who had documents of Niko previous crimes blackmails Niko to kill his brother whereas Derrick, who has just arrived in the city after going through a lot of troubles and hard times asks to kill his brother so that he can settle down with his family. Here also the player has the freedom to kill whoever they want and it has nothing to do 100% completion. Ray, Jimmy Pegorino’s employee, who becomes aware of Niko presence in the city, contacts Niko offering jobs. Niko teams up with Luca and others, Ray’s employees, and steals the diamonds, which then gets robbed by Luca. But Niko manages to retrieve the stolen and arranges a deal between the Russians in a museum, which gets ambushed by Lopez and Johnny, stealing the diamonds and the money leaving Niko stranded. Ray then orders Niko to kill a guy, who has been threatening Ray for the loss of the diamonds and money. While working for Ray, Niko meets his partner, Phil, who asks Niko to help him recover his loss from the previous deal. Niko attacks the docks and steals a shipment of drugs from the Vice City and leaves it at Phil’s young Nephew’s hands, which then gets attacked by the cops. But Niko manages to save the drugs and escapes with Phil. As promised U.L.P.C tracks down one of two Niko’s companions, Florian, who has changed his name to Bernie. Niko confronts Florian only to find out his no longer the same person he used know leaving him with one suspect, Darko. U.L.P.C assures to look for him as long as Niko works for them. Gerry, who gets caught by the police, asks Niko to create a rift between the Ancelottis and Albanians for which Niko and Packie kidnaps Ancelotti’s daughter, Gracie. The Ancelottis finally agrees to pay the ransom, which are the same diamonds Ray lost during the deal but the exchange gets ambushed leaving Niko and McRearys stranded in the middle with no diamonds or money. Ray and Phil then influence Niko to their boss, Jimmy Pegorino, who’s trying to place his mafia in the top by destroying the remaining families. After several deals, which either went bad or gets ambushed, Jimmy realizes someone’s been giving information to his rivals. He then contacts Niko and reveals that someone is non-other than Ray and asks to 5 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV eliminate him. U.L.P.C then asks Niko to help their old client, Jon Gravelli, save his mafia family. Niko contacts Gravelli, who’s been admitted to the hospital and helps him liquidize his rival families’ assets. Finally as a return gift, U.L.P.C brings Darko to the city, leaving him in Niko’s hand. Here the player can either choose to execute him for his betrayal or spare his miserable life, leading to the final act of the game, where Niko will be confronted by Pegorino asking for a final favor to save his family. He asks Niko to co-operate with Dimitri and enter a deal, which’ll net them fortunes, here Niko will be forced to choose between Deal or Revenge, which’ll effect the final outcome of the game. If the player choose to enter the deal then Phil and Niko manages to get cash from the exchange point but Dimitri’s men attacks Niko in Roman and Mallorie’s wedding and kills Roman leaving Niko enraged, which makes him track down and kill Dimitri and Pegorino.
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