1. Cutscene: Niko Bellic arrives at Liberty City on a ship. Niko's cousin Roman greets him.
2. Drive Roman's taxi to Roman's Place, which is located in Hove Beach (on lower right hand corner of the map).
3. When you get there, you quickly find out that Roman's house isn't the the mansion he made it out to be.
4. Achievement: Off the Boat
5. Go visit Roman at his Cab Depot. When you get there, a guy named Vlad shows up and tells Roman to pay up the money he owes. Roman schemes to get Vlad's money by winning it at card game.
6. Drive him to the hardware store on Dillon Street, where the card game is taking place. Stay outside and keep a watch out for some Albanians in beige Willard (who are also looking to collect from Roman).
7. As soon as the Albanians arrive, call Roman by pressing up on the D-Pad and A. Lose the Albanians and then go back to Cab Depot.
   • Tip: Get rid of Roman's car as soon as possible. It handles terribly!

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• Michelle Preferences:

1. Food: Diners, pizza
2. Bars: Steinway Beer Garden, Lucky Winkles
3. Activities: Darts, pool
4. Shows: Split Sides comedy
5. Clothes: Russian clothes, glasses and hats
6. Cars: Blista, Voodoo, Banshee, Merit, Roman's Cab

• First Date:
• When you are given the option to do so, go to Michelle's apartment to start the date mission. Your first date with her will be a date to the carnival, which Niko calls the "funfair." When you get arrive, she tells you that she wants to go bowling. Go to the Bowling Alley, and walk up to the desk to start a game.

• Use L to position yourself left to right in front of the bowling lane. Press A when you're ready to proceed to the next phase. To throw the ball, push R down and up, faster or slower depending on how hard to want to throw the ball. Use R to add an angle to the ball while its in the process of rolling down the lane. Press Y to check your score at any time. After the game, take Michelle home. At this point, you can now date Michelle. She will call you occasionally to arrange dates, or you can also call her to go on a date.

• YouTube: Grand Theft Auto 4 Walkthrough - Michelle - First Date (Time: 7:13)

• Second Date
• Michelle calls for a second date. Make your way to Michelle's house and pick her up. Remember you can always click a location on the map, and it will create a way-point and generate a route for you, highlighted in green.

• For the second date, we took Michelle to a bar, north of Michelle's house. To enter the bar, you have to enter in through the front entrance, through the archway facing the street. After you enter the bar and order drinks, the scene changes, and the date is over. You'll be very drunk, stumbling every which way. The controls become less responsive, and the screen gets blurry while you're drunk. Driving in this condition is challenging. Be careful not to wreck the car with Michelle inside.

• When we arrived at Michelle's house, we went ahead and pressed our luck. She turned Niko down, but did give him a kiss goodnight.

• Third Date
• The the third date, we took Michelle out to a restaurant in town. When you arrive at the restaurant, the scene immediately changes to the end of the the date, and it's time to take Michelle home. When we arrived, we decided to press our luck yet again. This time Michelle cautiously agreed, triggering a cutscene: the camera pans around Michelle's house, while she moans and yells exclamations about how good of a talker you are.

• Note: This unlocked the Warm Coffee Achievement

• Fourth Date
• For the fourth date, we took Michelle to the fast food restaurant. When the date ended, we pressed our luck again, and she accepted trigger a similar cutscene as before. It looks like at this point Michelle is starting to like and trust Niko.

• Fifth Date
• For the fifth date, we took Michelle to play pool at the pool hall. This trigger the pool minigame. While playing, you use L to line the pool cue left to right, using the virtual path coordinator to help you. When ready, press A to proceed to the next part. You can press X to slow down the movement of the virtual path coordinator, to add finishing touches to your choice. When ready, press R up and down, faster or slower depending on how hard you want to hit the ball.

• Michelle ended up winning, but she is beatable. When we arrived back at her house, we pressed our luck and were successful yet again.

• Follow the map to the nav point. The car will be parked in an alley. You have until 15:00 to get the car to Beechwood City. Follow the map and enter the garage door at the waypoint.

• After calling up Roman he tells you that he has a job. Pick up the car and drive towards the waypoint to pick up the customer. When you arrive, the customer will hop in the back. Drop him off in East Island City. You are rewarded for your efforts with a mere $39 cab fare.

• YouTube: Grand Theft Auto 4 Walkthrough - Deconstruction for Beginners (Time: 8:49)

• Manny is filming Elizabeth and her patience wears thin. She ends up shooting both Mannie and his camera, then asks you to help deal with the bodies. Get into the car and take the bodies to the doctor.

• YouTube: Grand Theft Auto IV - Mission 33 - Have A Heart (Time: 5:34)

• Get in a good car and drive to the diner. You'll see two of the Pavanos' meeting. One spots you and tells the other to lose you in a car chase. Drive the car, following as closely as possible. Track him to an auto repair shop. The Pavanos' begin shooting. Blow up the two cars with a rocket launcher, killing everyone in the area. If cops appear, escape from them. Then return to kill the remaining Pavanos' and end the mission.

• YouTube: Let's Play Grand Theft Auto IV Ep. 86 (Time: 9:59)

• At the end of the last mission, "Liquidize the Assets," call Jon Gravelli to let him know that the "van job" is complete. Mr. Gravelli says he is glad to help with your current issue (Darko). He says he will call you on the matter as soon as Darko Brevic arrives in the country.

• You and your cousin Roman must drive to a location to meet Darko Brevic, a childhood friend.

• Once you arrive at the destination (marked on your map), a cutscene follows where a van drives by, stops and Darko is thrown out by someone who appears to be a Fed. The van drives off.

• Niko confronts Darko about his betrayal of their friendship after so many years. Darko killed Niko's friends and now he must pay. Continue to watch the cutscene until the very end, at which time you will have two options:

1. Extract revenge and kill him
2. Let him go

• We decided to kill him.

• Take Roman to Bruce's house and the mission is complete.

• Achievement Unlocked: That Special Someone

• YouTube: Grand Theft Auto IV: That Special Someone (Time: 9:29)