Toni goes there only to find it a trap set by Vincenzo where he kills Vincenzo and all his men. Vincenzo soon calls and request Toni to meet him at the freighter, Toni at first refuses but agrees after Vincenzo apologizes for his actions. Toni drives Hamfists home and dumps JD's body. Instead of a ceremony however, Hamfists executes JD and explains to Toni that Salvatore could not trust JD as he could run on the Leones sooner or later. JD informs Toni that he is going to be made and Mickey Hamfists joins Toni and JD to the ceremony in Harwood. However, the Triads spot Toni and Torini escapes in his chopper. Toni continues following Torini and hears a conversation between Torini and the Triads promising them they will be taken care of if they co-operate with the Sicilians. Toni follows Torini's chopper and overhears a conversation between Torini and the Diablos promising them Hepburn Heights if they help the Sicilians. However, Salvatore smells a rat and wants someone to follow the Sicilian boss Massimo Torini. Toni does some more work for JD who soon explains that the Sicilian Mafia are trying to broker a peace between the families. Salvatore's wife Maria Latore then blackmails Toni to work for her to get her and Toni out of trouble and later does a deal with the Cartel for Salvatore. Toni starts to do some more work for Salvatore by persuading union boss Jane Hopper to obey Salvatore's demands. Ma is still not impressed and calls a hit on Toni, though Toni survives the hit and escapes. Toni returns to see his Ma and does some work for her to prove himself to her such as taking an embarrassing photo of Giovanni Casa, taking out some Triad shipments, racing and killing Sucho and murdering Casa at the sawmill. Toni begins to do some work for JD to pay off JD's debt to Toni and to further disrupts the Sindaccos. Toni escapes the police and cuts his ties with Vincenzo. Vincenzo's final request to Toni is to pick up his car but is a police ambush set up by Vincenzo. Later Vincenzo informs Toni that former Leone member, now Sindacco Family bartender Joseph Daniel O'Toole or 'JD', wants to rejoin the Leones and explains that they will use JD as an inside man. Toni Cipriani's boss Salvatore Leone of the Leone Family introduces Toni to the family's capo Vincenzo Cilli and persuades Toni do some work for him. As such, players familiar with Liberty City as it appeared in GTA III have an advantage of already being familiar with much of the geography (likewise, players following the games chronologically who move on to GTA III will also be familiar with the layout).

The game was later ported for the PlayStation 2, Apple iOS and Android.ДЄ unique aspect of the game is that its setting, Liberty City, is not only the same as the earlier Grand Theft Auto III, but the general layout of the city has remained virtually unchanged (except for some key differences due to GTA: Liberty City Stories taking place three years earlier than GTA III). Set in Liberty City in 1998, it is a prequel to the events of Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto III, and the chronological sequel to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

It was the first GTA game released for the PlayStation Portable. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is the fifth game (the fourth chronologically) in the 3D Universe of the Grand Theft Auto series.

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