Grand Theft Auto IV/Roman

Niko's cousin Roman has lived in Liberty City for the last fifteen years, and is your first point of contact in the city.

The Cousins Bellic
Your exuberant cousin has had a little too much to drink to celebrate your imminent arrival in Liberty City, and decides it would be better if Niko took the wheel for the trip home.
 * Starts: Automatically

Follow the yellow GPS line on your mini-map to Roman's less-than-impressive apartment. Niko is understandably disappointed by the harsh reality after Roman's optimistic email descriptions of his standard of living, but Roman's got to take the car back to the cab depot. He gives Niko directions to the depot as he rushes out the door.

It's Your Call
Get into the cab and follow your GPS to the hardware store on ?? St. Park the car in the marked area and Roman will get out, and hands you a cellphone. He's expecting some Albanian loan sharks to show up looking for him, and wants you to call when they appear.
 * Starts: Bellic Enterprises Cab Depot

Roman will phone you after a few minutes of your lookout duty, and a few minutes more after that the Albanians will appear. Pull up your cellphone and call Roman; he'll run out of the hardware store's back door and jump into the car beside you.

From here, you've got to lose the loan sharks; take a few corners and they should be taken care of. Once they're off your tail, drive Roman back to the cab depot to complete the mission.

Three's A Crowd
Get in Roman's Cab, and drive to to the subway station where Mallorie and Michelle are waiting. Take the girls to Michelle's house in Rotterdam Hill.
 * Starts: Bellic Enterprises Cab Depot

Once you've dropped them off, Niko will call Roman and talk about the experience; Roman will direct you to a clothing store near his apartment. Go there and buy a new outfit - this first time is free - and you'll get Michelle's phone number, which unlocks the dating sub-game.

Bleed Out

 * Starts: Activated by phone call from Roman.
 * Unlocks friend activities with Roman.

Roman is still in debt to the Albanians, and they have trapped him on the basketball court in Firefly Island. After you get a phone call from Roman, head to the basketball courts where you find Roman being approached by the loan sharks, Bledar and Kalem. Bledar approaches you first. As he gets closer, an on-screen tutorial demonstrates the melee combat controls. It's quite easy to take him out using the various buttons. After you knock him out, take down Kalem, who isn't much harder.

After you have finished off Kalem, a third loan shark, Dardan, approaches. He realizes the situation and dashes off before you get a chance to fight him too, so hop into Roman's taxi and chase after him. If you lose him, you fail the mission. After a short chase, he pulls up in BOABO and runs up a side staircase. More on-screen instructions teach you how to disarm a player. Finish him off and then drive Roman back up the hill to his garage to complete the mission.

Easy Fare

 * Starts: Bellic Enterprises Cab Depot
 * Opens Vlad mission strand.

Roman is still in debt to Vlad, but now he wants you to go and pick up one of his regular customers, Jermaine. Head to Rotterdam Hill and pickup Jermaine, who wants to be taken to Masterson Street. Drive him there, and pull into the marker in the parking lot just off the main road. Jermaine goes to pick up some stolen parts from his lockup, when a swarm of police cars surround the area.

Here you will be shown a tutorial on wanted levels. After that, escape the area before the police close in on you. As soon as you escape the flashing area on the map, pull over and avoid police attention. When the wanted level disappears, take Jermaine to Gibson Street to complete the mission. You are shown a quick introduction to the use of Pay 'n' Spray.

Shortly after you finish this mission, you receive a call from Vlad, who has work for you. A "V" mission icon now appears on your game map.

Uncle Vlad
You must have completed all of Vlad's missions to unlock this mission.

Roman's Sorrow
Go to the alleyway Roman is hiding in. Then drive to the apartment and then the depot. Then go to Mallories' cousins apartment.
 * Starts: Answer the phone call from Roman.