"If there's one thing I have learned, it's that we must obey the rules of the game. We can pick the game, Niko Bellic, but we must obey the rules." This closing comment from a character who's just given Niko Bellic a mission is how Rockstar justifies one of Grand Theft Auto 4 's earliest moments of clumsy storytelling. From here, Niko (i.e., you) must do something that makes no sense in the context of the story and character ...