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The guy is guilty as sin, he is sin. But, it'll take me a year to get the evidence. More maybe. Maybe good men will be taken down by that evidence. Maybe people make mistakes.
Holland Nights is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV given to protagonist Niko Bellic by LCPD Deputy Police Commissioner Francis McReary from the police station in Westminster, Algonquin, Liberty City.
Description[]
Francis orders Niko to eliminate Clarence Little, who is responsible for some of the drug dealing and pimping activities in East Holland. Niko at first is a little reluctant on doing the job, but after negotiating $5,000 with Francis, he accepts, saying that this is the last job he will do for him.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go to the projects in East Holland.
- Take down Clarence.
- Choose Clarence's fate.
- Lose your wanted level.
Walkthrough[]
The target is located in the 65 Uranium Street housing projects in East Holland, on the second floor. There are multiple ways of approaching this mission:
- The most conventional way is to directly enter the building and chase down Clarence. As soon as the player starts eliminating Clarence's thugs, he will run to the stairs and stop on the third floor. The player must keep following him and kill all of his thugs on the way until Clarence reaches the rooftops. On the roof, the player will have the option to spare him, or kill him. If the player spares him, he will appear as a random character later in the storyline. Regardless of the player's choice, police will be warned and the player must evade them.
- The player can throw a Molotov Cocktail at Clarence from downstairs.
- The player can go to the tower crane across the projects, climb to the top and use a sniper rifle to eliminate Clarence. This way the player will not get a wanted level and the mission will be completed immediately. However, if the player tries to use a sniper rifle from the ground level Clarence will flee the moment the crosshair moves over him and the player will be forced to give chase. If Niko crosses the street opposite the yellow marker and snipes him from there, Clarence will not flee, but Niko will still receive a wanted level.
- It is also possible to use the other staircase opposite Clarence's location. Clarence will cross the rooftop, go down the stairs and leave the projects. Then, he will get into a Marbelle with two of his sidekicks armed with SMGs sitting inside already. The game will not allow the player to spare him if this is done. The chase isn't scripted, so he will drive anywhere fairly slowly and won't stop until the player kills him.
Enemies[]
Deaths[]
- Clarence Little (optional) - Killed by Niko on orders of Francis McReary.
Gallery[]
Video Walkthrough[]
Trivia[]
- Attacking Clarence's henchmen before entering the yellow marker will fail the mission under the pretense that Clarence escaped the area.
- It is possible to kill Clarence by accessing the police database, this however cancels the mission and doesn't get the player the money.
- The mission's title may be a reference to the 1989 film Harlem Nights.
- The way Niko refuses to work for $2,000, and asks for $5,000, is similar to a scene in Rockstar Vancouver's video game Bully, specifically in a mission where protagonist Jimmy Hopkins demands $5 when Algie offers to pay him $2 for a task.
