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  • Niko talks about his time in the war - GRAND THEFT AUTO 4
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  • @ricoco7891
    @ricoco7891 3 роки тому +4792

    I don't know if it's intentional, but Niko seems really awkward at the start of this scene, like he's not at all used to kindness and good manners coming from Faustin's wife. I think that's honestly beautiful and kind of sad

    • @TheRaccoonDealer98
      @TheRaccoonDealer98 3 роки тому +665

      Yep. Its like he doesn't know what to do with himself when presented with kindness. It happens a few times throughout the game, I never really noticed until now

    • @Trillioons
      @Trillioons 3 роки тому +214

      @@TheRaccoonDealer98 I fw it cause it builds up his character even more and makes him human.

    • @ricoco7891
      @ricoco7891 3 роки тому +17

      @Lochlan Kaiser obviouuus hack and double account 😂

    • @Trillioons
      @Trillioons 3 роки тому +8

      @@ricoco7891 Damn how tf they raided a GTA IV section 💀

    • @ricoco7891
      @ricoco7891 3 роки тому +7

      @@Trillioons they raid fuckin everything, got two of em on my comments in the past day or smth lol

  • @thebiggerboat3236
    @thebiggerboat3236 2 роки тому +879

    Always found it interesting that so many people offer Niko whiskey, vodka, beer, etc and he always turns them down, but when Ms. Faustin offers him tea, he takes it and drinks it. Just a funny little detail about how he's really a nice person like she is, and he doesn't REALLY align well with the individuals he so often works for.

    • @siavashmassoudi
      @siavashmassoudi 2 роки тому +110

      I noticed the same thing! It’s definitely well writing and detailing that the developers and writers did to game. It shows how Ms. Faustin is one of the few people he trusts and is comfortable being around and talking to. 10/10 writing.

    • @wills.junks7
      @wills.junks7 Рік тому +86

      Well it's probably mostly because those are alcohol and Niko wants to keep his minds sharp for the job he's doing

    • @chasevids14
      @chasevids14 Рік тому +46

      It could be the reason he doesn’t drink is because he might have gotten hammered during the war and something popped off while he was drunk and he lost people and couldn’t do anything about it due to being inebriated.

    • @premium_chrome
      @premium_chrome 11 місяців тому +4

      I always looked it as nico just doing what he has to do to survive. His whole life he has done fucked up things and its the only thing he is good at so he does it. Never outta want but outta need.

    • @TotalCruiserBabe
      @TotalCruiserBabe 9 місяців тому +6

      It was only in One Last Thing where Niko orders a Vodka on the rocks.

  • @thorbat
    @thorbat 3 роки тому +5821

    I always loved how even though he was a borderline sociopath he was always extremely polite and gentlemanly to people that were good to him.

    • @mixrable1212
      @mixrable1212 3 роки тому +1584

      He wasn't a sociopath. He's just a broken man. War does that to you. Whatever he went through gradually broke his soul. Can't blame the poor guy

    • @abdullayaser700
      @abdullayaser700 3 роки тому +94

      @@mixrable1212 nope remember he is a gta character

    • @Garrus1995
      @Garrus1995 3 роки тому +909

      I think it’s unfair to call him a sociopath. He’s a product of his upbringing. Robbed of a happy childhood and forced to be a soldier, forced to witness atrocities and watch the people he loved die. He just buried whatever morality and idealism he may have once had deep because the world just hurt him one too many times.

    • @scorpion6328
      @scorpion6328 3 роки тому +294

      @@Garrus1995 This! A sociopath is more like Trevor. Or maybe psychopath is the proper term for him.

    • @justbeingarationalperson.228
      @justbeingarationalperson.228 3 роки тому +219

      @@abdullayaser700 A GTA Character doesn't mean shit, if we're taking the canon route of the story, then he's not all that bad as what you did.

  • @platinumvideos9810
    @platinumvideos9810 4 роки тому +5000

    GTA 4 could be a 2+ hour long movie and I’d buy it without a second thought

    • @v3rcetti716
      @v3rcetti716 4 роки тому +33

      what im sayin lmaoo

    • @PlaystationGamerZX
      @PlaystationGamerZX 4 роки тому +201

      Make it 3 hours, this could have been perfect gta movie, Game itself is just like a movie, i mean gta 5 and San andreas is great story is great as well but this story gta 4 is a real deal! Better story than San andreas and V

    • @BeexDubb
      @BeexDubb 4 роки тому +28

      I replayed this game so many times I lost count. At least 10 times.

    • @platinumvideos9810
      @platinumvideos9810 4 роки тому +9

      Manuel Amaya Exactly. The story is absolutely perfect and is really really good movie material.

    • @zachyoungmusic06
      @zachyoungmusic06 3 роки тому +1

      I'm writing one right now

  • @nolanrux7866
    @nolanrux7866 3 роки тому +1187

    1:55 Notice how the camera's FOV becomes more intense as Niko talk's about his PTSD, almost like you can feel like his ears are ringing when he's telling the church story. Like it's all coming back to him.

    • @mybrickhead
      @mybrickhead 2 роки тому +69

      Digital version of panning out and zooming in at the same time

    • @SaberRexZealot
      @SaberRexZealot 2 роки тому +26

      @@mybrickhead dolly zoom

    • @MrBrandonStar
      @MrBrandonStar 2 роки тому

      @@SaberRexZealot pov he means

    • @realjoshhayes
      @realjoshhayes 2 роки тому +19

      Also known as the Hitchcock effect.

    • @GivenchyMo
      @GivenchyMo 2 роки тому

      I never noticed that 😳

  • @bogdanmunteanu9639
    @bogdanmunteanu9639 4 роки тому +1804

    GTA IV so far has the best and the most complicated story ever, Niko Bellic has the most complex personality a GTA character ever had, he's one of those soldiers who forced by orders or by their own frustration committed genocide against the innocent and now they're self loathing and have troubled consciences. Even if he's a war criminal, I still feel bad for the things that have happened to him even tho he's just a bloody video game character.

    • @ss64vids84
      @ss64vids84 4 роки тому +120

      Actually he wasn't the one who did it. He was actually talking that in general human creatures don't have a soul because human's do these kinds of things all over the world. Niko actually saw somebody doing this and it must have scarred his mind heavily.

    • @robertomanfinfla7090
      @robertomanfinfla7090 3 роки тому +68

      @@ss64vids84 Nah, in the Yugoslav wars the Serbs did horrible things, so Niko most likely killed a lot of innocents

    • @ss64vids84
      @ss64vids84 3 роки тому +42

      @@robertomanfinfla7090 he may have been forced to do it. It isn't clear but I understand what you're saying. We can see even in cutscenes Niko always appears disturbed by his past.

    • @СтефанЂукић-с7л
      @СтефанЂукић-с7л 3 роки тому +64

      @@robertomanfinfla7090 serbs didn’t do horrible things,everyone was,but it was politicians fault

    • @МихаилГребенщиков-н8к
      @МихаилГребенщиков-н8к 3 роки тому +18

      ​@@robertomanfinfla7090 Bro, have you ever heard about the Gospić massacre or Pakračkoj Poljani? Do you realize that everyone did bad things?

  • @ek7404
    @ek7404 2 роки тому +1998

    GTA 4's story makes GTA 5's look like a comedy.

    • @Stop_Sign21
      @Stop_Sign21 2 роки тому +224

      Well GTA 5 had a lot of funny moments. GTA 5 is very lighthearted compared to GTA 4

    • @theamazingcj2748
      @theamazingcj2748 2 роки тому +275

      That's because GTA 5 is a comedy

    • @Spitfire_94
      @Spitfire_94 2 роки тому +103

      It more or less was, right? It put the satire at the forefront while GTA4 was a lot more story and character focused.
      It still has its dark and serious moments but you can tell they wanted GTA5 to be lighter and more glamour focused after GTA4s dark story and serious tone.

    • @jeremyallen492
      @jeremyallen492 2 роки тому +24

      @@theamazingcj2748 it's a shame the joke wasn't very funny

    • @theamazingcj2748
      @theamazingcj2748 2 роки тому +37

      @@Spitfire_94 basically like real life LA vs. NY

  • @cerealkellah3947
    @cerealkellah3947 3 роки тому +368

    Love this scene. Niko was able to bond with Ms. Faustin due to a shared attachment to their past. However, their attachments are completely opposite in nature. Ms. Faustin fondly remembers the happy times that she and Mikhail had together, where as to Niko, the past is a horrific abyss that he tries so hard to runaway from, yet no matter how hard he tries, the past sucks him back in.

    • @CevicheGato
      @CevicheGato Рік тому +10

      Surprising that the 90s wasn’t friendly or fondly favored by Eastern Europe at that time. Criminality dominated Russia. 🇷🇺 War dominated former Yugoslavia. 🇷🇸

  • @justinjenkins3064
    @justinjenkins3064 3 роки тому +202

    We got to give props to Niko’s voice actor. He put such great emotion and likability in Niko.

  • @floydthomas2194
    @floydthomas2194 5 років тому +2015

    The war must've been tough and horrifying for niko man

    • @caseyfreshman1202
      @caseyfreshman1202 5 років тому +160

      Yeah and that's possibly why he act's the way he does in this game sometime's.

    • @geranball9678
      @geranball9678 5 років тому +272

      @deloreandmc85 it was the fall of Yugoslavia, completely different to the fall of USSR.

    • @--NikolA--
      @--NikolA-- 4 роки тому +32

      @deloreandmc85 What does Yugoslavia have to do with USSR?

    • @pain002
      @pain002 4 роки тому +181

      @@--NikolA-- Yugoslavia was an odd country. Being right inbetween the US and UDSSR influenced by both communism and captialism, polarizing the people unbelievably, leading to the horrid conflict

    • @--NikolA--
      @--NikolA-- 4 роки тому +41

      @@pain002 i was born in Yugoslavia, but end of USSR had nothing to do with Balkans

  • @markanthony4546
    @markanthony4546 3 роки тому +661

    Who knew the haha funny satire series where you had a jet pack would give commentary on the horrors committed in the Yugoslav Wars.

    • @jeremyallen492
      @jeremyallen492 3 роки тому +82

      They should've kept with the tone. GTA 5s wacky nonsense just sucked

    • @adamk1429
      @adamk1429 3 роки тому +8

      @@jeremyallen492 Not really Buddy

    • @jeremyallen492
      @jeremyallen492 3 роки тому +63

      @@adamk1429 puh-lease, the game was a goddamn chore to sit through

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 3 роки тому +34

      @@adamk1429 one of the most boring games i have ever played. And i have played desert bus

    • @Christian-97
      @Christian-97 3 роки тому +14

      While GTA 5's story was okay at best it never kept me bored.

  • @brendanburgess7949
    @brendanburgess7949 Рік тому +35

    2:17 "God is very complicated, you mustn't give up hope" Hard to believe now but that quote got me through some of my darkest times.

    • @SYDAirlineEnthusiast
      @SYDAirlineEnthusiast 8 місяців тому +6

      That is why people are religious.

    • @karolinakuc4783
      @karolinakuc4783 3 місяці тому

      At the same time we must remember God is not where church is

  • @siavashmassoudi
    @siavashmassoudi 4 роки тому +376

    This is probably one of the most under appreciated cutscenes in the game. It shows the vulnerable side of Niko and has him truly open up to someone in the story.

  • @supremeghost7950
    @supremeghost7950 2 роки тому +1243

    I just noticed how Nico always is on alert.
    For example, before he entered the house he looked around, searching for enemies.
    The same when he entered the living room; looking around for ambushes or dangers in general.
    Small little details, which is why I loved GTA IV. The story was so dark and realistic.

    • @Somewhat-Sinister
      @Somewhat-Sinister Рік тому +62

      (Late reply, ik) even when moving into the new apartment mallory set up for him and Roman it's like his eyes are glued to the other side of the room, where there's a door or 2 he was looking at, scanning for anyone hiding.

    • @muhibaqeel9709
      @muhibaqeel9709 Рік тому +75

      War must've made him paranoid

    • @casparvonbergliez7738
      @casparvonbergliez7738 Рік тому +13

      I just thought Niko had ADHD or was just nervous

    • @SherLock55
      @SherLock55 11 місяців тому +30

      Yeah R* really do go above and beyond for the minor details, Niko is a war vet and now hardened criminal so he is always alert and scanning the room and looking for exits. Makes sense.

    • @amf9354
      @amf9354 8 місяців тому +9

      PTSD

  • @yigitpunkyigit
    @yigitpunkyigit 3 роки тому +198

    I felt bad for Ilyena throughout the whole playthrough.

    • @GoGetYourShinebox
      @GoGetYourShinebox 3 роки тому +40

      After Faustin dies there’s a random character mission with her

    • @BadassKenway535
      @BadassKenway535 3 місяці тому

      ​@@GoGetYourShineboxhow?

    • @GoGetYourShinebox
      @GoGetYourShinebox 3 місяці тому +2

      @@BadassKenway535 She appears on Firefly Island in a random encounter. You’ll see a green human shaped icon on the map when you’re in the area, but only after the mission where Niko kills Faustin

  • @sudiptasen6855
    @sudiptasen6855 3 роки тому +941

    "After you walk into a village , and you see all fifty children sitting in a row against the church wall each with their throats cut and their hands chopped off, you realize the creature could do this doesn't have a soul"
    Man touches my heart❤

    • @mitchontop
      @mitchontop 3 роки тому +15

      Can someone explain this quote to me?

    • @patricktate5734
      @patricktate5734 3 роки тому +49

      Niko killed those children. Notice how he never makes eye contact

    • @qwertyqwerty-dr4ni
      @qwertyqwerty-dr4ni 3 роки тому +211

      @@patricktate5734 Wrong. Also the quote is referencing the Yugoslav Wars.

    • @matteoviola5760
      @matteoviola5760 3 роки тому +219

      @@patricktate5734 he didn’t. He said he walked into the village and saw them.

    • @captainsoul18
      @captainsoul18 3 роки тому +104

      @@matteoviola5760 the woman legit sayed:
      dont you worry about your soul?
      niko: the creature who did this doesnt have a soul.

  • @brendanburgess2071
    @brendanburgess2071 4 роки тому +842

    This one cutscene is why Niko Bellic is GTA's greatest character

    • @thorbat
      @thorbat 3 роки тому +50

      Everything about him was so genuine, there has not been one GTA protagonist that wasn't an excellent character but by far Niko's story was the most fascinating.

    • @justgohan6346
      @justgohan6346 3 роки тому

      Franklin is better

    • @gaityx9385
      @gaityx9385 3 роки тому +35

      @@justgohan6346 lol no

    • @justgohan6346
      @justgohan6346 3 роки тому +1

      @@gaityx9385 yeah he is

    • @gaityx9385
      @gaityx9385 3 роки тому +23

      @@justgohan6346 alright tell what makes him better than Niko

  • @Stevo_1998
    @Stevo_1998 Рік тому +52

    When he starts talking about the atrocities he's seen ( 1:55 ) and talking about his PTSD, his mannerisms completely change
    Before that ( 1:40 ), he doesn't blink once while telling her about some of the things he did
    But afterwards, when he's going in to detail, initially he rapidly blinks _a lot,_ followed by him scrunching his eyes together ( 2:00 ) for a couple seconds
    I've seen some videos of veterans and ex-army members talking about their own PTSD, and almost always I end up seeing that same kind of thing - rapid blinking and tightly closing their eyelids - so whoever animated Niko in that one bit must have spent a good amount of time watching/talking with people who have PTSD and taking a lot of notes for how their face contorts when they recount stuff, cause that's some incredible detail that most probably never would have noticed.

    • @SYDAirlineEnthusiast
      @SYDAirlineEnthusiast 8 місяців тому

      Honestly, PTSD isn’t a real disease. It’s basically just emotionally painful trauma. If it’s a real disease, then, more than half of the world right now has it.
      The only reason why doctors call it a disease is to get money from medicines patients buy.
      However, I agree it is very serious and should not be taken lightly as this happens to most people.

  • @alejandrorebolloso4679
    @alejandrorebolloso4679 2 роки тому +185

    I’ve been playing gta iv recently and it’s hitting differently with everything going on in Eastern Europe rn , it’s sad to see

    • @trer24
      @trer24 2 роки тому +50

      That part of the world has seen too many wars unfortunately. Niko is likely a veteran of the Yugoslav wars in the 90s where a lot of atrocities happened.

    • @seekthelighttruth3207
      @seekthelighttruth3207 2 роки тому

      It’s all a lie like covid. Just cuz you seen news covering war or covid doesn’t mean it’s real

  • @Stormertheboy
    @Stormertheboy 3 роки тому +210

    Niko Bellic was the only protagonist in the entire franchise that felt human to me

    • @Avolition617
      @Avolition617 2 роки тому +36

      Niko and Victor Vance are probably the most humane characters in the franchise.

    • @flygod916
      @flygod916 2 роки тому +8

      I'd argue CJ & Franklin did as well cause of their up bringings

    • @frate2727
      @frate2727 Рік тому +16

      @flygod916 CJ is basically a super soldier at the end of the game: A gangbanger invading a military base and stealing a jetpack. You could argue about Franklin, but the more goofy narrative of GTA V is more at fault here then Franklin as a character.
      Niko is a soldier, he fought in a war, for me he is the only gta character, where his actions, accomplishments seem believable to me.

  • @AlexKS1992
    @AlexKS1992 3 роки тому +334

    Niko’s story made me want to research about the history of the Balkans and since I have some heritage from the Balkans I was intrigued about learning the history but what I learned is that the history of the Balkans is hardship, brutality and war. Which is why I live in The United States and not in the Balkans. The cultures there are interesting though.

    • @DrazCo88
      @DrazCo88 3 роки тому +65

      I was born in 1993 in Serbia. I left Serbia in 97 and came to America to live with my American family. I am glad to be in America and to call myself American but I am glad I'm a Serb also. I grew up and seen what war does to people and how it turns men into monsters. People say nico is a sociopath. No, I disagree, Nico is a broken man, he has seen the horrors and atrocities of war and atrocities he had probably had to do. War is a scary and sad thing how it turns some into monsters and others into brokenness

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 3 роки тому +29

      @@DrazCo88 I’d read some of the things that happened during the war and I can definitely see Niko becoming a broken man. He’s not a sociopath because he does have a conscious.

    • @DrazCo88
      @DrazCo88 3 роки тому +20

      @@AlexKS1992 exactly man. GT IV is the best story Rockstar has ever made. It takes itself seriously while also being comical and funny at the same time. Something GTA V fails at, it almost never takes itself seriously and there isn't a moment that actually makes you think...

    • @toledochristianmatthew9919
      @toledochristianmatthew9919 3 роки тому +3

      @@DrazCo88 The story between Michael and Trevor though is probably the core of the story and most intriguing.

    • @lamlelamatsiliza8550
      @lamlelamatsiliza8550 2 роки тому +3

      @@toledochristianmatthew9919 that's probably the most interesting part of the story

  • @kristijansekulic1327
    @kristijansekulic1327 3 роки тому +380

    As a young Serbian born 7 years after the war and living in Bosnia, witch is mixed with the three nations that had war with eachother, I can tell you it is very acurate the fact Niko doesn't bealive in God after what he saw in the war, a lot of war veterans are like that here in ex-Yugoslavia where Niko was in the war

    • @perun6688
      @perun6688 3 роки тому +17

      Also after what he did, keep in mind he is a Serb

    • @DanijeI
      @DanijeI 3 роки тому +38

      @@perun6688 yes, he protected his people

    • @perun6688
      @perun6688 3 роки тому +51

      @@DanijeI No he did not, As we all know, Bosnia did not attack Serbia, Serbia attacked Bosnia, it was an agression, so protecting his people doesnt make sense cuz they werent affected at all. And Niko is a war criminal

    • @DanijeI
      @DanijeI 3 роки тому +64

      @@perun6688 Oops now you are spreading false information... Bosnia is a very divided country as you know for sure. Half of the country is actually populated by Serbs since many centuries and it was a necessity to defend themselves against aggressions coming from Bosniaks. It was often the case that Bosniaks committed terrible atrocities in various villages where they killed Serbian civilians (children also).

    • @touqeerahmed3420
      @touqeerahmed3420 2 роки тому +7

      @@DanijeI It is just that bosniaks were muslim if they would have been Christians any war wouldn't have taken place

  • @floydthomas2194
    @floydthomas2194 5 років тому +345

    2:32 niko's reaction was like mikahli you didn't have to do that

  • @howardmctroy3303
    @howardmctroy3303 3 роки тому +80

    Niko’s story and GTA 4 has this maturity and wisdom that GTA 5 lacks.

    • @CevicheGato
      @CevicheGato Рік тому +7

      I wished gta v did had gta iv’s maturity and wisdom. But I supposed that Hollywood style action and cliche criminal plot was what was on rockstars agenda. That and of course the current gta online itself

  • @8ball704
    @8ball704 4 роки тому +148

    This GTA and its DLC has the best history of the entire saga

    • @elperrodelautumo7511
      @elperrodelautumo7511 3 роки тому +2

      Gta San Andreas and gta iv and EFLC has the best storylines in the entire gaming saga

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 3 роки тому +1

      @@elperrodelautumo7511 Sorry to break it to you, but you’re wrong. Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 have better stories

    • @wockhardtgh817
      @wockhardtgh817 3 роки тому

      @@Johnnysmithy24 opinions vs facts

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 3 роки тому

      @@wockhardtgh817 Good point

    • @GoGetYourShinebox
      @GoGetYourShinebox 3 роки тому +8

      The way Rockstar entwined GTAIV, TLaD & TBoGT was great storytelling. Excellent world building.

  • @isaaciktaile1118
    @isaaciktaile1118 3 роки тому +23

    1:55 I like how the camera is panning out like it's revealing something. It still keeps the 'who did it' a mystery and makes it seem like Niko is feeling uneasy saying that and makes you question whether or not is he talking in metaphors.

    • @mateuszstrzaek632
      @mateuszstrzaek632 Рік тому +4

      He is clearly talking in metaphors because he regrets that. Ilyena asked him about his conscience

  • @_knifewhore_
    @_knifewhore_ 3 роки тому +212

    I feel like Niko can be really nice and good with children.

    • @doggydude98
      @doggydude98 3 роки тому +102

      He would make a great father. And yes he would be good with children despite his past. He’s actually a really kind person, that has done messed up things. But he would never hurt a kid. I keep bringing this up with other people, but look at how shocked niko was in the second Eddie low mission when he discovered what Eddie did to children.

    • @bosscommando4694
      @bosscommando4694 3 роки тому +5

      @@doggydude98 niko only killed him bc Eddie jumped him with a knife. Not the fact that Eddie raped and killed those kids.

    • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 3 роки тому +19

      Well there's Roman about to have a kid at the end of the game so yeah

    • @arandomperson5434
      @arandomperson5434 2 роки тому +9

      Just maybe not the 1990s Niko

    • @Raphie009
      @Raphie009 2 роки тому

      @@andreafomasidirector Eddie Low is the unnamed serial killer referenced throughout the in-game Weazel News media coverage. Niko encounters him twice in Alderney. During the second encounter, Eddie divulges how he raped and murdered one boy and disemboweled another girl. Their ages were unspecified. But one can assume they were either children or teenagers.

  • @ALaKouji
    @ALaKouji 9 місяців тому +13

    What I admire about Niko is how he is so mentally stable and can switch from being sentimental with the woman to professional with his boss in an instant.

  • @seaboardspastic
    @seaboardspastic 3 роки тому +218

    I find GTA 4 to have an *INSANELY* better story than a majority of GTA games, including GTA 5. Just that line at 1:57 speaks volumes on how serious and genuine the story was

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 3 роки тому +3

      V is boring and the story is garbage

    • @seaboardspastic
      @seaboardspastic 3 роки тому +3

      @@oz_jones story was meh. V is boring nowadays, unless it's mods.

    • @flygod916
      @flygod916 2 роки тому +3

      I think V is great just a entirely different type of experience tbh

    • @matrix91234
      @matrix91234 Рік тому +6

      GTA 5 has funny characters, but problem is the story doesnt connect at all. Its like you switch characters with no rhyme or reason. The comedy is there but it just doesnt connect and thats the problem basically.

    • @vegetasticknodes27
      @vegetasticknodes27 11 місяців тому

      Why gta 5 is every nostalgia blinded nightmare ?

  • @niravthapa8093
    @niravthapa8093 4 роки тому +89

    One of the most tragic character in the whole GTA universe.

  • @goldbristow7239
    @goldbristow7239 2 роки тому +16

    I love the writing of Niko's character, because we see so many layers of his character through different people, the other characters act like a filter for him. I think he's the most honest, polite and kind version of himself around Ilyena, he still feels like a shy little kid who's trying to grow into an upstanding and good person. "Please, Thank you, Should I wait outside?" Spoken softly, and then when he gets to talk to Mikhail, he puts up that veneer of cold distance. I feel that, between his dialogue and his emails with his mom and about his parents, those two might remind him a little too much of home.

  • @blicky2563
    @blicky2563 2 роки тому +54

    This hits different

  • @Cbart23
    @Cbart23 2 роки тому +32

    2022 this makes more and more sense.

  • @chasevids14
    @chasevids14 Рік тому +11

    1:57 that’s some of the best writing I’ve ever seen. You can truly paint that scene in your head and it’s terrifying what humans can be capable of. It’s a shame rockstar and Michael Hollick couldn’t see eye to eye about pay. Niko is truly one of the best characters rockstar ever created.

  • @vicvega24
    @vicvega24 10 місяців тому +7

    Niko Bellic has the best character development in the GTA franchise. He starts off as a violent kid soldier who was taught how to shoot guns in the Military and Navy. Once he arrived to Liberty, he becomes nihilistic and on a search for guidance and hope.
    This video game storyline is way better than heaps of movies in Hollywood.

  • @robertpaulson5573
    @robertpaulson5573 2 роки тому +35

    Niko Bellic is a good person stuck in a bad world.

  • @RooSandwich
    @RooSandwich 4 роки тому +65

    This is my favorite cutscene in the whole game.

  • @jibigcahoona5876
    @jibigcahoona5876 4 місяці тому +4

    I was 9 in 2008 this was groundbreaking. This was a gem we wont find again.

  • @PabloCruise91
    @PabloCruise91 3 роки тому +75

    GTA IV without a doubt is the best storyline of any GTA.

  • @vandamn2716
    @vandamn2716 2 роки тому +18

    0:54 The smell of niko's home

  • @mercer3401
    @mercer3401 3 роки тому +14

    A man so scarred he isn't use to love or compassion

  • @Rogerv1032
    @Rogerv1032 3 роки тому +41

    For those wondering, Niko is referring to the Bosnia War that took place between 1992 and 1995. Now you can correct me if I’m wrong on some parts. The war was a result or part of the breakup of the country of Yugoslavia, who’s country was and I quote “subdivided along ethnic lines into six republics and forcibly held together by Tito under communist rule. But when Tito died and communism fell, those republics pulled apart.”. As a result and I quote again “Its constituent republics declared independence due to unresolved tensions between ethnic minorities in the new countries, which fueled the wars.”. Essentially these republics were fighting to establish their own countries no matter the cost. Bosnia was just another part of this break up and war in which, and I quote again “Following Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence which gained international recognition, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), mobilized their forces inside Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to secure ethnic Serb territory, then war soon spread across the country”.
    So in short, and you can correct me if I’m wrong, the Bosnia War was a conflict to ethnically cleanse Bosnian Territory and much more in which many war crimes were committed including rape, ethnic cleansing as aforementioned, genocide, and reconciliation

    • @rudociliak6683
      @rudociliak6683 3 роки тому +13

      you wanna actually learn something about that war? watch "the weight of chains" by boris malagurski. It was a series of wars started by fucking idiots, who ruined a good country all over nationalistic bullshit. Yugoslavia wasn't communist, I don't know why our own people have the notion it was communist. It was communist for like 5 years after ww2 only. The country was a liberal open market socialist federation. A communist country wouldn't have an open market with business owners and market share for the public, would it?

    • @Rogerv1032
      @Rogerv1032 3 роки тому +3

      @@rudociliak6683 again, I may be wrong on some parts so I apologize.

    • @GigaNietzsche
      @GigaNietzsche 3 роки тому +1

      @@rudociliak6683 it had an amazingly shit economy and the nationalism was justified.

    • @rudociliak6683
      @rudociliak6683 3 роки тому

      @@GigaNietzsche to be fair man, it wasn't amazingly shit compared to the iron curtain countries surrounding it, and the pasarite of albania that lead to kosovo because it offered them more than the USSR could at the time. And that it was a well respected passport to hold that gave you good global access, but yea

    • @jogurt5577
      @jogurt5577 3 роки тому +2

      I just realized that this means Niko was part of the Serbian aggression

  • @l.f.c9973
    @l.f.c9973 3 роки тому +44

    my dad fought in kosovo war with the british army he said it was one of the worst experiences of his life he was injuried by a sniper but he always said the people were always sad and he said every few weeks in the paper you would here about another war crime

    • @strahinjabelic4945
      @strahinjabelic4945 3 роки тому +4

      My father was in serbian army as an 18 yearold, he sawed with his eyes how albanians chopping off serbian head. No hate towards all u Just want peace

    • @romaniangamer1
      @romaniangamer1 3 роки тому +4

      All of this is just so sad. God...

    • @strahinjabelic4945
      @strahinjabelic4945 3 роки тому +1

      @@romaniangamer1 yea

    • @justgohan6346
      @justgohan6346 3 роки тому +2

      @@strahinjabelic4945 Cap

    • @strahinjabelic4945
      @strahinjabelic4945 3 роки тому

      @@justgohan6346 no its not that photo is on google

  • @jorgemendoza7128
    @jorgemendoza7128 3 роки тому +12

    0:53 first time i see niko smiling 🥲

  • @daredevil.kishan
    @daredevil.kishan 3 роки тому +14

    Never made me think it's a game played for Nikko and his emotions😔

  • @skollandhati9961
    @skollandhati9961 3 роки тому +13

    I love this brief moment with Niko and IIyena.

  • @abdelrahmansamir1380
    @abdelrahmansamir1380 2 місяці тому +3

    GTA 4 is the darkest gta game ever

  • @Diego.Pablo.Mazuela
    @Diego.Pablo.Mazuela 11 місяців тому +6

    I felt so sad for Mrs.Faustin. She didn't deserve the treatment that Mikhail gave her. When he died, she felt calm 🥺😔

  • @SeniorRed
    @SeniorRed 2 роки тому +10

    We all see how Niko shows the humanity he had to repress during the war yes, but also notice how Faustin, on top of being angry and self loathing is also tired of being on such a state all the time, deep down he knows it's not good for him nor anyone around him, but it's much harder for him to go back from that, it shows on how he dismisses Niko and then buries his head on his arms in hope to get some peace and quiet, which he doesn't

  • @repubblesmcglonky8990
    @repubblesmcglonky8990 2 роки тому +6

    This scene always makes me think the entire plot of GTA IV is some kind of "Ghost of Christmas Past" Story where everybody is talking about Niko in the third person without Niko ever realising

  • @krich451
    @krich451 5 місяців тому +3

    You can get here by searching "that one niko bellic scene"

  • @seanfitzgerald8454
    @seanfitzgerald8454 Рік тому +4

    So, I'm 26, just finished gta4 for the first time. And WOW. I played gta5 before this and loved the story but gta4 just hits different. The color pallet, how people talk to you. How the cars feel, how the animations feel, how the world feels. It's dark and bleak with moments of happiness and sunshine. That's how I want GTA VI to be.

    • @LakituKoopa
      @LakituKoopa Рік тому +3

      sadly you won't have that anymore. That was top game performance of the 2000s. The only thing you will have is lazy development, bugs, glitches, a boring story, bad gameplay, unlikeable characters, MTAs and woke bullshit. Gaming is done.

  • @cosmicknight4665
    @cosmicknight4665 5 місяців тому +3

    I wouldn’t even know what to say after that church story

  • @rafikhankhadem6657
    @rafikhankhadem6657 3 роки тому +9

    I just realized Mikhail Faustin's Voice actor is the same guy who acted as the french kids father in Mr. Beans Holiday :0 :0

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 3 роки тому

      He was Rasputin in Hell Boy.

    • @yes3293
      @yes3293 3 роки тому

      @Mr. Aizat Yeah I just looked it up

    • @FlymanMS
      @FlymanMS 2 роки тому

      He does pretty decent Russian accent for being Czech

  • @callumpolaa.k.adjvinylrise2543
    @callumpolaa.k.adjvinylrise2543 3 роки тому +12

    niko is the reason that gta iv is my forever fav gta of all time
    i love niko bellic, he's the greatest character even since cj from san andreas

  • @SidB8
    @SidB8 3 роки тому +20

    They should make a movie about Niko's entire backstory

    • @matty8399
      @matty8399 3 роки тому +6

      A lot of Niko was inspired by a Russian film called Behind Enemy Lines and a few others.

  • @joe_3105
    @joe_3105 3 роки тому +11

    0:55
    N I K O S M I L E D 🥺

  • @DaviXRemixer
    @DaviXRemixer 3 роки тому +8

    Niko's different. As much as I love him he's sorta doesn't belong in a GTA game because he's more than that. That's the reason most casual GTA players tend to dislike him.. Without any dissing but still, he's not the character for the average GTAO player. Most GTA protagonists (even before IV) were somewhat cartoonish and funny, grotesque. After IV too. But Niko was a strange one in a lifetime short anchor point where R* hit a very specific nail in the spot. He was built different from the start, and even though I would love to see him or another similar character again I know that won't happen. And I actually think that's not a problem, Niko is often criticizzed as being boring. On the other hand as the most authentic GTA protagonist. And that's perfectly fine... As much of a Niko B. fanboy I am, I don't want to see him again, because I'm certain that they would at best ruin his character. He found his peace after all those things he went trough. Leave him alone.

  • @pietro_ferrari
    @pietro_ferrari 2 роки тому +10

    War: Won medals, lost souls.

  • @Ainttnoway
    @Ainttnoway 2 роки тому +7

    Niko maybe short for Nicolai but in Serbian the word niko translates to " No one"

  • @buudoesstuff8069
    @buudoesstuff8069 8 місяців тому +3

    0:53 You can feel that awkward laugh Niko has.

  • @AdmiralRamirez7
    @AdmiralRamirez7 2 роки тому +16

    This will get more traffic now

  • @JR7noir
    @JR7noir 4 місяці тому +3

    This game was ahead of its time

  • @PhoenixNoKiseki
    @PhoenixNoKiseki 8 місяців тому +1

    GTA 4 is surprisingly well written. People focus on the violence and the swearing but it has moments like this too. The quiet moments. I like the quiet moments.

  • @liammrpersonal
    @liammrpersonal Рік тому +4

    I love how the location of each GTA game impacts the storyline. Liberty City is based off of new york, it feels dark, gritty and industrial. Los Santos is based off of Los Angeles/Hollywood, having it feeling sunny, fabricated and surreal.

  • @Journey_to_who_knows
    @Journey_to_who_knows 4 роки тому +17

    2:15
    She was like “alright calm down chief”

  • @mexagodtvg8937
    @mexagodtvg8937 7 місяців тому +3

    Me personally think Niko was the best gta character ever

  • @igormarinkovic1531
    @igormarinkovic1531 4 роки тому +93

    War criminals against Serbian people will never be forgotten

    • @LV-sb8qx
      @LV-sb8qx 4 роки тому +10

      War criminals against hrvatska will never be forgotten

    • @igormarinkovic1531
      @igormarinkovic1531 3 роки тому +15

      @@LV-sb8qx Niko is represented like Serbian from Bosnia sooo wrong comment

    • @LV-sb8qx
      @LV-sb8qx 3 роки тому +7

      @@igormarinkovic1531 in know but serbian war crimes were much More!

    • @igormarinkovic1531
      @igormarinkovic1531 3 роки тому +2

      @@LV-sb8qx find a game about croatian guy then comment about it...

    • @LV-sb8qx
      @LV-sb8qx 3 роки тому +7

      @@igormarinkovic1531 gta IV is no game about Serbia😂

  • @The-End-Is-Nigh-
    @The-End-Is-Nigh- 3 роки тому +8

    1:35 this and one of many scenes in this amazing game is why my boi Niko beats any other gta character

  • @KevinRodriguez-tx1lo
    @KevinRodriguez-tx1lo 3 роки тому +12

    The best cutscene in the game, in my opinion

  • @silversnail1413
    @silversnail1413 10 місяців тому +3

    It was nice of Rockstar to shed some light on conflicts in the Balkans that younger generations of North Americans and Western Europeans likely knew little about.

  • @ghostboyakaleroy5435
    @ghostboyakaleroy5435 4 роки тому +12

    I think Niko was the best gta protagonists

  • @jalaluddeenat-tabarithetim593
    @jalaluddeenat-tabarithetim593 3 роки тому +8

    These are my top 3 fav protagonists in the gta series:
    1. Niko Bellic
    2. Tommy Vercetti
    3. CJ

  • @777fxrsaken3
    @777fxrsaken3 3 роки тому +8

    Mikhail to his wife: 😡🤬👿👊🏼💥👺
    Mikhail to Niko and Dimitri: 😊😉☺️😁😚🥺😎

  • @leandrohaag9663
    @leandrohaag9663 9 місяців тому +1

    "And you don't worry about you soul...?"
    I think that is one of the most powerfull questions in the entire gta saga

  • @theedguardian
    @theedguardian 4 роки тому +15

    2:48 "Fug tha money"

  • @thatthinginyoureye
    @thatthinginyoureye Рік тому +2

    I love how Niko's past is only shown through statements. I don't think it would've felt as effective if we saw flashbacks or anything like that.

  • @pandadrug5519
    @pandadrug5519 3 роки тому +12

    0:54 "Haha" **SIP**

  • @Hostile2430
    @Hostile2430 7 місяців тому +2

    1:32 Life is complicated, I ....Killed people , smuggled people perhaps here things will be different

  • @br1kozz
    @br1kozz 4 роки тому +30

    GRAND
    THEFT
    AUTO IV

  • @nutshot_brawler8466
    @nutshot_brawler8466 Рік тому +1

    I like that smile he has when he gets a whiff of the tea, probably one of the few good things he had in the old country

  • @cringeanimate
    @cringeanimate 2 роки тому +12

    I love this game, it’s very well written

  • @Flanvenus
    @Flanvenus 9 місяців тому +1

    "You realize that the creature that could do this doesn't have a soul."
    That's pretty deep...

  • @setyx.
    @setyx. 3 роки тому +10

    Man we need
    Bellic: a star wars story

  • @LetsPlayArcanium
    @LetsPlayArcanium Місяць тому +1

    A gta game about Niko in the war and doing stuff post war would be insane

  • @santiagofranco91952
    @santiagofranco91952 Місяць тому

    1:58 The most intelligent line from Niko in the whole game. He always says straight truths when he can.

  • @emadjshah
    @emadjshah 3 роки тому +11

    Who are you? My Daddy? 😂😂
    02:58

  • @ClaustrophobicDreamZzz
    @ClaustrophobicDreamZzz 9 місяців тому +1

    2:28 I word for word have the same anger Faustin demonstrated with the tea dispenser whenever I let my dog in from the cold and she starts immediately shitting on the carpet

  • @jsmoothie7001
    @jsmoothie7001 11 місяців тому +7

    Nico Bellic baby 2:36

  • @spunky6059
    @spunky6059 2 роки тому +7

    There will never be a better GTA character ever again.

  • @Nash55ppp
    @Nash55ppp 4 роки тому +23

    2:27 Very unprofessional, a stubborn guy disrespect his wife.

    • @777fxrsaken3
      @777fxrsaken3 3 роки тому +5

      Glad Niko took him out

    • @psychokiller5959
      @psychokiller5959 3 роки тому +2

      @@777fxrsaken3 as Dimitri said he had a temper but he was fair back-in-the-day Dimitri made him like that demetres whole purpose was to manipulate people

    • @777fxrsaken3
      @777fxrsaken3 3 роки тому +3

      @@psychokiller5959 Dimitri knows about Niko’s background already when Faustin is still alive, Dimitri was the one who wants Niko and Roman dead in the first place, but Mikhail stopped him, and suggests to give Niko a job

    • @psychokiller5959
      @psychokiller5959 2 роки тому +2

      @@777fxrsaken3 I know professional explain that all in the video

  • @TheConmanOfConway
    @TheConmanOfConway 9 місяців тому +1

    Cj and Franklin would try to talk themselves out of situations but be peer pressured into doing something, trevor would act out of his pure emotions, michael would try to manipulate whoever he’s talking to. niko bellic is just broken. it seems like he has no emotions after what he saw and went through but still tries to be a decent human being.

  • @CheekyHussar
    @CheekyHussar 3 роки тому +5

    I literally remember this one moment more then the entirety of GTA V, wtf happened to R*

  • @oguzhangulsay2942
    @oguzhangulsay2942 2 роки тому +3

    Niko's War memories would be a good Prequel...

  • @_yvngxak
    @_yvngxak 9 місяців тому +4

    Darkest things he said W GAME

  • @CrystalPepsiDog
    @CrystalPepsiDog 3 роки тому +18

    Mentality and living in post-soviet countries is just plain depressing. Most of Polish or Russian movies and books are just about death, decadence and nihilism. It is sad but at the same time it has its intriguing character. In modern days and with new generetion it is starting to change, because of the influence of the west. Still as a Pole (which is still not that depressing as being someone from further east like Ukrainian or Russian) I can only say that is a very ambivalent feeling - to be a Slav.

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 3 роки тому +4

      Russia is still like that which is even more sad.

    • @ВанькаЕрохин-н6р
      @ВанькаЕрохин-н6р 3 роки тому +3

      @@AlexKS1992 weeell here we have a saying which means something like "flies see shit while bees see flowers", this guy might be right but theres always an other side of the story

    • @AcidifiedMammoth
      @AcidifiedMammoth 3 роки тому +1

      @@AlexKS1992 not really but also yes.

    • @tatula1312
      @tatula1312 3 роки тому +2

      Niko is not from “post-soviet” country.
      Yugoslavia was non-aligned state and The none-aligned movement was created in Belgrade Yugoslavia, today Belgrade Serbia. Yugoslavia was one of the few brave states that resisted both Western and Eastern powers, this was especially a very brave fact considering that the Cold War was in full swing at the time. Everything went to hell after the death of President Josip Broz Tito, who died on 4th of May 1980 and war escalated in the 90s.

    • @karolinakuc4783
      @karolinakuc4783 3 місяці тому

      ​@@tatula1312Still it had a lot of Soviet influence despite not being in Warsaw Pact or USSR. It was a communistic state afterall.

  • @Vitao17
    @Vitao17 11 місяців тому +6

    No 3 or 4 protagonists gender fluid character will ever get close to one Niko Belic, the most REAL character on gta series

  • @kacperkosicki1164
    @kacperkosicki1164 Рік тому +3

    Only real veterans could know what Niko is talking about I have been seen things like Niko in war terrible things.After I hear that in game I think that what I seen doesn't compare what Niko got throu He should be the best protagonist of GTA.

  • @tommyburd9526
    @tommyburd9526 3 місяці тому

    1:58 The quote in this scene broke my heart about Niko's life during the war

  • @WhatWouldNinjaDo1
    @WhatWouldNinjaDo1 2 роки тому +4

    The writing from 1:40 - 2:25 (in fact honestly this whole scene) is better than practically all of V

    • @flexermc4333
      @flexermc4333 2 роки тому +1

      I miss this game so much. I don't even know how to play this legendary game on ps4. I hate gta v

    • @John-996
      @John-996 Рік тому

      @@flexermc4333 I have it on Xbox one love this game.

    • @tranquilpowerhouse
      @tranquilpowerhouse 10 місяців тому +1

      GTA V has no substance. It's a crap game.