For Niko Bellic, fresh off the freighter in which he left Europe, his arrival is the hope of escaping his past.
For his cousin, Roman, it's the chance to make a fortune together in Liberty City, a city where anything is possible.
As their debts pile up and they fall into the underworld of crime driven by a series of crooks, thieves, and sociopaths, they discover that reality is far different from the dream in a city that dooms a cult of money and social status, a city that turns out to be a paradise for some and a living nightmare for others.
