GTA 4 (english version)

Niko is the main protagonist of GTA IV.  He is an immigrant from the Balkans who came to Liberty City because his cousin Roman was luring him with fairytale letters about the American Dream, fifteen hot rod cars, two girlfriends, and a mountain of money.  After Niko arrives, he figures out that Roman’s letters were just a put-up job and a desperate attempt to be saved from gangsters and criminals who want to destroy Roman and his taxi service.

However, Niko is also running away from his past, and another reason is his desire to catch the person who betrayed his old army squad.  Niko served in elite army squads, and he knows some martial arts (mostly KravMaga).  He also participated in peacekeeping military operations in the Balkans.  He spent most of his life in prison.

 

 

 

 

Vlad feels like an important man with great power.  In reality, he is a low-level Russian criminal, who tries to get respect through loan-sharking.  He provides protection and offers loans with enormous interest rates.  He even has Roman’s taxi service under his thumb.  He was born in Russia, and he thinks that he is a top-class international businessman.  He owns a bar—“Comrades”.

Manny is a former gangster; he changed from a street thug to a community guardian.  Previously, he was never missing from any sprayer, hip-hopper, or breakdance event.  Now, he is trying to go clean, and he is making a documentary film about himself.

 

Elizabetha

She has been successfully selling drugs in Bohan for more than ten years.  She knows exactly when she should bribe or kill someone.   She hasn’t ventured into bigger operations, and she deals in small amounts.  After some time, she became fully addicted to drugs and started to experience delusions and paranoia.

A fanatic for fitness and his well-developed body, he calls himself “VIP”.  He thinks mainly about himself.  His lifestyle is full of expensive cars, beautiful woman, hip-hop, and money.

McReary is a corrupt cop, same as Tenpenny in San Andreas or Leon McCaffrey in Liberty City Stories.  His visage is covered by a thick beard that takes up a quarter of his face.  He knows Niko’s past, and he forces Niko to cooperate.  He is gaining greater power in Liberty City, and he is connected to organized crime.  His brother, Packie McReary, is Niko’s good friend. Patrick is an Irish vagabond and a hooligan.  He knows Elizabeta very well, and those who know him don’t call him anything besides “Packie”.  He lives with his sister, Kate, at their mother’s place.  His sister is in love with Niko, which Packie doesn’t like. Phil is a businessman and a Mafioso who lives in Alderney.  He helps catch the betrayer of Niko’s squad (see the description of Niko above), but in return, Niko must work for him.  Phil is also a long-time associate of a Mafioso known as Ray.

 

 Lyla Rivas
A witness at court and Brucie wants to stop it—that’s why she’ll be killed in the mission “Search and Delete”.