- Faustin: "So, Niko Bellic. You think it's okay to kill my employees?"
- Niko: "If he is an asshole, yes."
- Faustin: "I agree!"
- —Mikhail Faustin and Niko Bellic, before the former kills Andrei
Crime and Punishment is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV given to protagonist Niko Bellic by his cousin Roman Bellic in front of the Perestroika nightclub in Hove Beach, Broker, Liberty City.
Description[]
Niko Bellic receives a frantic phone from Roman Bellic imploring him to meet him at Tulsa Street. Niko arrives to find a Roman hiding inside a dumpster, terrorized after Niko killed Vladimir Glebov. Niko tries to reassure him by saying that the Russians don't care much for Vlad at all. Suddenly, Roman gasps and ensconces himself back into the dumpster as Andrei appears from behind Niko and knocks him out with the butt of an AK-47. Andrei asks Roman to come out, banging the dumpster with the butt of the rifle. Roman comes out slowly with his hands in the air as Andrei points his rifle at him. "The boss wants a little chat", he says.
Niko regains consciousness, tied to a chair in the basement of Mikhail Faustin's house, to discover Dimitri Rascalov and Andrei standing before him. Dimitri slaps Niko to wake him up, and points to a Roman tied up and gagged, saying "We had to gag him to stop the screaming". Dimitri walks off, and Andrei grabs a hacksaw, asking Niko who he works for. When Niko says he works for Roman, Roman flinches in terror. Andrei, dissatisfied with his answer, threatens to cut his arm off if he doesn't say the truth. Niko makes a facetious remark which results in Andrei hitting him in the forehead with the tip of the saw and slapping him.
Suddenly, Faustin descends the stairs, angrily telling them to stop making noise as his wife is watching television. Faustin, bewildered, asks Andrei what he's doing. Andrei hesitantly says that he's finding out who he is. Faustin asks who he is and he responds that he's Roman's cousin. Faustin isn't happy with such little information yet so much noise. When he asks Dimitri "Where did you find this idiot?", Dimitri replies that he was a friend of his sergeant in Vladivostok. Faustin approaches Niko and asks him, rhetorically: "Do you think it's O.K. to kill my employees?" Niko responds "If he's an asshole, yes."
Mikhail suddenly shoots Andrei in the forehead in cold blood. "I agree", he says, amid Roman's muffled frenzy of indignation. "Asshole look at me like I'm a piece of shit", he tells an outraged Dimitri in justification. He returns to Niko and agrees that Vlad was an "idiot" and that the only value he saw in him was his sister he had an affair with. Faustin spares Niko on the condition that he starts working for him. Niko’s first task is to steal a van full of television sets so he can make a sale. Niko asks that Roman's gag be removed, and Faustin accedes to his demand. Dimitri unties his gag, resulting in Roman starting to scream for help. Mikhail shoots him in the stomach to stop his frenzy. Dimitri entreats him to "stop shooting people". Dimitri advises Niko to get the televisions as soon as possible - "Or I will personally pull your cousin's stitches out, one by one, and watch his guts spill onto the floor" threatens Faustin. Dimitri reassures Niko that they will "take care" of Roman and tells him to acquire a police car, before untying him loose.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
- Find a cop car.
- Find and pull over the vans before they reach their destinations.
- Stay close to the van to make it pull over.
- Park up and approach the driver's window.
- Steal the van.
- Drive to the lockup.
Walkthrough[]
The player must acquire a police car. Shortly after the opening cutscene, a scripted police car will always pull down the road to respond to an incident. It is advised that the player wait for the police officer to go away so that the player can steal the car without receiving a wanted level. Niko will call Dimitri once he's in the car and Dimitri informs Niko that the van is driving around South Broker, without revealing the exact location. The player must resort to pull over three random vans marked on the map and ask the drivers if they carry the TVs. The target van is spontaneous, so the player can never be sure which one of the three is the right one. Once the player finds the van carrying the TVs, one of the occupants will pull out a pistol and shoot at him. The player must drive the van to the lockup on Hooper Street in East Island City to complete the mission.
Aftermath[]
- The mission Do You Have Protection? and the side missions Most Wanted and Vigilante are unlocked.
- Roman will call Niko to tell him that he is all stitched up and asks Niko if he could pick up some adult diapers for him.
Transcript[]
This section/page depicts all cutscenes and dialogues in the mission "Crime and Punishment" in Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Trivia[]
- Even though the cop who gets out of the police cruiser at the end of the street runs as if he is responding to a crime, when he gets to the backyard of the house, he will stop running and begin walking like a normal cop on foot.
- All three vans will be driving in circles around South Broker in a clockwise pattern.
- No matter which van Niko pulls over first, the van will never contain the flat screens.
- After Niko pulls over the vans that do not contain the TVs and lets them drive away, if the player follows their van, they can notice that the driver of the van will change completely. When Niko pulls the vans over at first, the drivers will be overweight African American men, after he drives away he will become an entirely different NPC with different clothes. In order to see this in action the player will need to let the vans gain a little bit of distance and then perform a carjack on the van. It is unknown why this occurs, but it is likely a developer oversight.
- The flatscreens in the back of the vans are manufactured by Schmidt & Priss.
- The mission's name is a reference to Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
- The driver of the desired van with the TV's may say "You're making a mistake. We're paying protection money to Kenny Petrovic".
- If the player parks the van with the TVs in a parking space and reloads the game, the TVs will disappear.
- While in the van with the TVs Niko will not be able to pick up prostitutes.
- If the player pulls over the target van and attacks the driver and passenger before approaching the window, they will fail the mission due to not checking the van first.
- Dimitri orders Niko to take the van with the TVs to a lockup on Dukes Drive, although the lockup in question is actually located on Hooper Street.
