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a man who fled a war looking for the american dream and found a strip mall instead.
means the protagonist of grand theft auto iv, an eastern european immigrant and ex-soldier trying to outrun his past in liberty city.
from created by rockstar north for gta iv (2008), voiced by croatian-canadian actor milos rajkovic under the pseudonym michael hollick, niko was built as a rebuke to gta's cartoonish anti-heroes: a war-scarred realist dropped into a satire of the american dream.
war pastserved in the balkans conflict, haunted by a massacre he survived
cousin romanhis constant burden and comic relief, always broke, always calling
voice actormilos rajkovic recorded the role largely from a wheelchair, injured mid-shoot
two endingsdeal or revenge, both end with niko losing someone he loves
for instance
roman bellic — niko's cousin, taxi mogul, the reason he came to liberty city
kate mcreary — the one relationship that offers niko something like peace
dimitri rascalov — the betrayal that defines niko's entire liberty city arc