Meltdown is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV. The diamonds obtained from the previous mission were never delivered to Ray Boccino. Believing Luca and his friends are to blame, he sends Niko Bellic to Castle Gardens to retrieve the diamonds from them.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go to Castle Garden City
- Chase after Luca's gang. You need Luca alive to get the diamonds back
- The gang have escaped into the park. Take them down
- Luca is hiding in the toilets. Flush him out
- Take out Luca
- Pick up the diamonds
- Go meet Ray on the bridge
Walkthrough
Head to Luca's car. As you approach, they can be overheard discussing a trip to Las Venturas. Niko confronts them about the missing diamonds, but Luca feigns innocence and claims he gave them to Ray. Taking offense to Niko, Luca and crew race off to tell Ray that it was Niko who actually stole the diamonds. Niko steals a nearby Banshee and chases Luca through Star Junction until Luca's car plows through some tables in Middle Park and ends up crashing into a statue.
Luca escapes on foot and flees into the bathrooms where Niko gives chase, taking down Luca's men along the way. Niko eventually corners Luca in the bathroom, having hidden in a stall. Luca attempts to bribe Niko with a cut of the diamonds in return for sparing his life, but Niko executes him with a shot to the neck.
Afterwards, Niko calls Ray only to find out that his job was to simply just retrieve the diamonds, not kill Luca. Niko brushes it off and then meets Ray on the overpass bridge in Middle Park where he gives back the diamonds.
Video Walkthrough
Deaths
- Joseph DiLeo - Murdered for stealing diamonds from Ray Boccino.
- John Barbosa - Murdered for stealing diamonds from Ray Boccino.
- Luca Silvestri - Murdered for stealing diamonds from Ray Boccino.
Trivia
- When the player is told to "flush Luca out of the toilets", they must shoot the closed stall doors until they find him. In the stalls there appears to be two hobos who may be killed. However, there are four hobos. If there are two locked stall doors left, each contain a hobo. But when the player shoots one of the two, Luca will spawn in place of the hobo.