I chose this text because I am a big fan of video games. This game is called Grand Theft Auto IV: Liberty City. For people this video game is inappropriate in some ways, but I love the stories the creators created this game. In this game the main character named Niko Bellic is going to America for the first time. Niko grew up in Yugoslavia, where he fought in the Yugoslav Wars. He later worked for organized crime syndicates as a hired-gun in Liberty City. Ever since the Yugoslav Wars ended Niko’s main goal in life was to find and kill one of two men: Florian Cravic or Darko Brevic,for one of them betrayed and nearly killed him during the Wars. Niko is the younger cousin of Roman Bellic and is there to meet him at the docks for his arrival. Niko is coming from a boat to Liberty City where he has never been before.This is the beginning of his adventure in Liberty City, but at the beginning he can’t fit in at first. He is so stuck on what happened in the wars all he is worried about is killing those men who betrayed him. Niko feels displaced in Liberty City because no one can relate to him. No one can relate to Niko that he went to war and almost lost his life because of the people that he thought were his friends. His cousin Roman wants Niko to just enjoy life and forget the past, but Roman doesn’t understand Niko went to a bloody war and almost lost his life. Niko holds that for years and will never let it go until he gets this revenge. Niko goes on and starts looking around the city just trying to meet people and it’s hard to do when Niko first comes to America. Later in the series he meets a person named Little Jacob. Little Jacob is Jamaica while Niko is firm Europe, so at first it was hard to commute. Niko couldn’t make friends without Roman’s help. Roman is the only person that gets all people and that’s another way Niko feels displaced. Because Niko needs Roman help to communicate he feels handicap because all of Niko’s life Niko took care of himself and believes he needs no one help. The series of this game is extremely long, but it’s a great story for a video game. I suggest you should watch some series of this video game, but remember some things are inappropriate in this text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo_9uifCivI
I can’t believe you actually did this, I am impressed, I am a big fan of Rockstar games. Believe it or not, I have played all the games that the rockstar games have created, from the first GTA game, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, The Bully and many more. Grand Theft Auto was my favorite out of all of them, simply because of the crazy immigrant story that escalates through every mission. This game was the first one I bought on my newly PlayStation 3 back in 2011 because it was based on NYC (in-game Liberty City)
I totally relate! Rockstars stories are probably the best games I played. Especially Red Dead I would love to talk about that game, but I wouldn’t know how to explain displacement. Thank you though!
Dylan, I confess that I know almost nothing about most video games. I’ve heard about Grand Theft Auto, but had no idea that it had this kind of narrative component. It definitely seems to be related to displacement. Thanks for sharing your perspective!