What does the American Dream mean today? For Niko Bellic; fresh off the boat from Europe; it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin; Roman; it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City gateway to the land of opportunity.
As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters thieves and sociopaths they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don’t.
