Playable
A veteran of the Balkan wars who arrives in Liberty City on his cousin's promise of a mansion and finds a cab office and a debt. He stays because the man who sold out his unit is somewhere in the city.
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GTA IV
Ivan the Not So Terrible
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Mission 14 of 90Story mission
Briefing
Ivan Bytchkov has been caught trying to rob Roman's garage, and Vlad wants him dealt with. The pursuit runs from the garage onto a construction site and ends on scaffolding with Ivan hanging from a ledge and Niko standing over him.
This is the first of the game's spare-or-kill choices. Vlad is paid the same either way; Ivan, if he lives, turns up again later.
Objectives
- Go to Roman's garage
- Ivan is already making an escape — chase him
- Ivan is escaping into the construction site — chase him
- Choose Ivan's fate
Walkthrough
After the Ruiner
Ivan leaves in a Ruiner, so something quick and easy to place is worth arriving in. He drives until he reaches the construction site and abandons the car there.
The construction site
He goes up the ladders and across the roofs, and the pursuit follows on foot. He can also simply be shot during this stage with a pistol or SMG, which ends the mission before the ledge and forfeits the choice.
The ledge
Ivan reaches scaffolding he cannot get past and ends up hanging from it. Pull him up to spare him or push him off to kill him — the payment is the same, and neither answer changes a mission that follows.
Where this mission leads
Who this mission brings together, and the ground it covers.
Gives the job
A loan shark working out of a Hove Beach bar who holds Roman's debt and mistakes Niko for somebody who will tolerate him.
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