8 AGGRESSIVE NPCs Who Wouldn't Leave You ALONE

There's no nagging NPC on this list more of an historic pain in the ass than Grand Theft Auto IV's Roman Bellic, who has the dubious honour of being one of the very first gaming memes.

Roman is the bulls**t artist cousin of protagonist Niko, who beyond luring Niko to Liberty City under the false pretenses of a better life, is an incredibly high maintenance human being who makes constant demands of his cousin's time - and therefore, the player's.

Though hanging out with Roman and raising your friendship rating will eventually unlock free cab rides for the rest of the game, his constant phone calls begging you to do things - namely, go bowling - quickly become a major irritation.

Roman never really seems to get the hint if players don't take him up on his offer - he'll just. keep. asking.

In fact, the only permanent relief from this comes if you pick the ending where Roman dies, though honestly, after 30 hours of being hassled by him, you'll probably be more upset at losing those free taxi privileges.