Three Leaf Clover

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NOOSE and FIB agents arriving outside the Bank of Liberty.


This is the third mission performed for Packie. Before arriving at his mothers house, Packie will have texted you about wearing a smart suit and shoes. When you arrive at his house, you will meet Derrick McReary and Gerald McReary. Gerald does not take lightly to Niko being involved in the family business and Derrick has returned. After the cutscene, Packie tells you to get a four-door vehicle.

Walkthrough

You will have a long drive to the Bank of Liberty which is located in Chinatown,Algonquin.

Get into the yellow marker and a cutscene will begin. Michael, Niko, Derrick, and Packie threaten all the customers and workers down onto the ground. Michael arms the vault door with explosives. One of the customers is from the Libery City Gun Club and owns a pistol. He shoots Michael dead.

Go down into the vault and get close to the bags of money. Niko will count the money. Take the cash upstairs and give it to Derrick and Packie. Another cutscene will start where NOOSE and FIB police officers arrive at the scene with helicopters and cars.

Niko, Derrick, and Packie gain cover near the front of the bank. Get closer to the front door and get cover there. Shoot the police officers between the police cars because the police cars explode very easily. Once it's mostly clear, follow the gang into an alleyway clobbered with NOOSE officers.

Use a rocket launcher to eliminate the car at the end of the alleyway. Use an assault rifle or carbine rifle and take out the surviving officers. Follow Packie and Derrick to the end of the alleyway and left. Gain cover. Again, use a rocket launcher and an assault rifle to take out the men.

Keep following the gang to many streets until you reach a subway station. Niko shoots up an Annihilator helicopter but Packie advises him not to. Follow Packie and Derrick onto the rails. Run away with the gang and get to street level. Lose your wanted level while remaining in Algonquin, then you can take Packie and Derrick home. It's best to take them home in a taxi.

Following successful completion of this mission, Gerry (Packie and Derrick's brother) will call Niko and ask to see him.

The terrorist threat separating both sides of the West River is lifted subsequent to completion of this mission, consequently Niko is able to travel to Alderney legally, via the Booth Tunnel and Hickey Bridge; this will also unlock the 'Full Exploration' achievement on the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV, as the whole metropolitan area is now open to Niko. On the PS3, this will enable the "Full Exploration" trophy.

Sometime later Packie will call about being friends and if you keep a good relationship with him, he'll supply you with car bombs.

Trivia

The outfit you wear during this mission (suits with balaclavas), the weapons you use (M4s), the large black bags of money slung over your back and the general set-up of the mission may be a homage to the 1995 film Heat, in which Robert De Niro and his henchmen rob a bank in similar fashion, including a subsequent running shootout in the surrounding city streets.