- Roman: "Niko, you wanna go on a date? Come on, what's wrong with you?"
- Niko: "Eh...OK. Who is she?"
- Roman: "That's the thing, it's a guy."
- Niko: "Fuck you."
- — Roman Bellic tells Niko Bellic about Tom Rivas
Out of the Closet is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV given to protagonist Niko Bellic by Brucie Kibbutz from his flat on Mohanet Avenue in East Hook, Broker, Liberty City.
Description
Brucie wants Niko to kill Tom Rivas, cousin of Lyle Rivas, because he hasn't paid his debt. Rivas is in hiding and the only way to get him out is to arrange a date through the website www.love-meet.net. Roman helped Niko create a profile to attract Rivas. Niko heads to an internet cafe to arrange a date with Rivas. Later on, Niko receives an e-mail from him informing Niko where and when he will be available. Niko arrives to The 69th Street Diner to meet with Rivas. After a small talk with Niko revealing that he's there to deal with Rivas' unpaid debt, Rivas attempts to escape. Niko chases Rivas and eventually kills him.
Mission objectives
Out of the Closet… (Part 1)
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go to the internet cafe.
- Use a computer to get on love-meet.net and find FRENCH TOM.
…Out of the Closet (Part 2)
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get to the diner to meet French Tom.
- French Tom is inside the diner. Look for him.
- Take down French Tom.
Aftermath
Liberty Tree Newspaper
"There was another brutal murder in Hove Beach today. This time, however, police do not believe it is related to the ever-tightening hold of the Russian Mafia on the area. The victim, a Mr. Tom Rivas, had told the owner of the 69th Street Diner that he was on a "hot date". He was then seen in a romantic context with an older, " foreign-looking" man. Moments later, he was dead. Mr. Rivas was unemployed but is reported to have had a number of older boyfriends who supported him. Police are currently pursuing all leads in the hope that one will lead them to the killer."
Video Walkthrough
Tips
- The player does not need to sit down beside Tom in order to kill him. Once Niko enters the diner, the player can turn auto-aim off and shoot Tom in the back of the head. However, the player should use caution as members of the Russian Mafia regularly patrol the area around the diner.
After the mission
Brucie will call Niko to ask him about his date. He will say that it "didn't go so good" because Rivas now dead, much to Brucie's satisfaction. He will also text Niko to look at his "hot date" story on the Liberty Tree online.
Rewards
- $6750
- Use of reminders on phone
- Lovemeet profile (ability to date)
Gallery
Trivia
- During their meeting, Tom asks Niko if he knows "Gay Tony". Tony becomes involved in several plot twists later in GTA IV, and appears as the deuteragonist in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- If the player listens long enough to the conversation between Niko and French Tom, Niko will say that he's been sent out to kill him.
- Humorously, Niko's fake profile in love-meet.net seems to have been written by both Roman and Brucie, with the writer apparently changing in the middle of various sentences. Various parts mention steroids and VIP living (Brucie) and other parts are more fitting of Niko's character (Roman).
- Strangely, the picture of Niko on the Love Meet profile shows him in Star Junction in Algonquin. However, only Broker and Bohan are accessible at this point in the game unless the player "ignores" this mission until Algonquin becomes available. This may suggest that this mission originally took place later in the game.
- The name of the mission is a slang term to admitting one's homosexuality to family or friends.
- This mission is mentioned in an email from Roman titled "Great News" about his upcoming marriage to Mallorie Bardas, and that he cannot have any more threesomes. If Niko responds positively to the email, he will mention that Brucie will be disappointed about the threesomes, to which Roman will respond "Fuck you! At least I never dated a man! Unlike you!".
- One of Niko's likes is "people who use bull shark testosterone so long as they don't have funny balls." This is a reference to the mission Easy as Can Be, where Brucie tells Niko he uses bull shark testosterone and Niko replies to him by claiming it will "do funny things" to his testicles.
