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					Originally posted by  Mitch.
					 
				 
				Probably a silly question but do I need to finish GTAIV to get the storyline? 
 
I couldn't finish that mess.  
			
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 No. Every GTA game is mostly self-contained. So you can just jump in.
Also, I ran into a hilarious situation today.
I wanted to try out the Blimp and see if I could fly over the entire map of San Andreas/Los Santos. I didn't at first know how to pilot the blimp and that lead me into air restricted area over the airport and caused me to get 3 stars.
So I'm trying as hard as I can to fly away from there and I get to the shore of the eastern side of the map with a helicopter trying to catch up to me (and at my higher elevation) when all of a sudden, my blimp loses power and the nose goes diving straight down. I couldn't stop it so I ended up crash landing and exploding in one of the neighborhoods. 
