This is my gameplay. In this video, I show you how to Customize your character into looking like Niko Bellic so you can play as him in the GTA multiplayer.
Collector's Edition gets Niko as a parent from GTA IV.
But here's a video of how to look like Niko Bellic in GTA Online.
You'll pretty much be Niko himself or his son that looks like him.
You'll see his setup from the beginning on how to look like Niko Bellic, then the introduction to GTA Online with the customization as Niko and lastly gameplay as Mr. Bellic in San Andreas.
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[PS4/XB1] Once you transfer, you'll get the collector's edition content available right away (now with updated pictures). Niko won't be shown as a "Special Dad" anymore and you'll have to flip through the other dads to find him.
[DEC 2014 UPDATE] As of now, there's still no way to get this content. The other content from the Collector's Edition are now available for purchase with GTA cash, but the special parents aren't available. For PS3/360, you have to activate the code (Ebay, etc.). For PS4/XB1, activate the code on PS3/360 and then transfer.
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While the video shows the setup on "Appearance".
Here's a tutorial on how to do the setup of Niko:
✓ - Original from GTA IV
~Heritage~
Dad: Special Dad - Niko Bellic (Collector's Edition only)
Mom: Any
Gender: Male
Resemblance: Male Completely
~Lifestyle~
Any.
Your choice of stats or choose stats that Niko would be suited for.
~Appearance~
✓Age: 30
✓Hair: Buzzcut
✓Hair Color: Dark Brown
✓Beard: Trimmed Beard or Scruffy Beard
Hat: None (Optional)
Glasses: None (Optional)
~Clothes~ (Any, unless you want clothes similar to the original)
T-Shirts: Charcoal
Shirts: Track Jackets - Black
✓Pants: Sports Pants - Navy Stripe Sweatpants (not in video)
Shoes: Boat - Coffee
Niko's jacket is actually brown (on the thumbnail of this video), but the ones I found are locked until you level up. Any jacket will do until you unlock a brown jacket similar to his original jacket if you really want to look like his original self from GTA IV.
[October 4 UPDATE]: I was able to find the pants he wears from GTA IV. The one in this video is fine but if you really want the exact pants, you'll find them in the clothes shop (if locked, you'll only need to rank around 5-10). The pants info is updated for the one you'll be looking for.
Note: Yes, the audio is out of sync for those who noticed or people who didn't noticed at all. You can tell if you watched the introduction scene or by Lamar's dialogue near the end. I tried to fix it but other than that, not that big of a problem.
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[DEC UPDATE]: Some of the music tracks you heard in this video are now removed. This is due to the Content ID system that YouTube activated and therefore the ones that got matched third party content needed to be removed. Same video, but without some music.
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[JUNE UPDATE]: YouTube isn't the place to judge on graphics from this video. You have to play it in person. The video is also 720p. With research, I see that the game runs at 720p? That makes it much worse on a YouTube video. Don't judge the graphics shown here on a PS3. Buy or rent a copy to judge the graphics, not the video.
[JULY UPDATE]:
Ever since I saw the E3, I noticed that GTA V was announced for PS4. I intend to transfer my progress to the PS4 version. I'll probably accept the requests for PS3 later (or not, cause they don't list a reason). My videos are our original creations and I use a lot of my creative input when creating them. I make videos such as transformative & instructional video game guides, let's play, and walkthroughs which sometimes include my commentary. All gameplay is my own & is recorded and edited solely by me. Permission to upload each game was provided by the game publisher.