Some GTA characters have the unfortunate fate of never making it past the beta.
Summary Five beta characters that were removed from the final version of their respective GTA 5 games) Mr. Mawson (GTA Advance) 4) Jackie (GTA 5) 3) Mr. Moffat (GTA Vice City) 2) Officer Carver (GTA San Andreas) 1) Darkel (GTA 3)This is something that happens in most video games. The development of a game can change from one idea to another, and in turn, a character can be dropped from the final version.
Given how big the GTA franchise is, it's not surprising that there are a fair number of beta characters that have never seen the light of day.
This list will only include characters that have been confirmed to have been cut in some way. A character that has been cleaned up early and is not documented anywhere will not be eligible for this type of roster. That said, there are still a lot of beta characters left in the GTA game files.
Five beta characters that were taken from the final version of their respective GTA games
5) Sr. Mawson (GTA Advance)
This beta character was supposed to be a crossdresser strongly associated with Joey Leone. After Joey Leone was cut from the GTA Advance, it was only fitting that his mystery friend was also killed.
Mr. Mawson was scheduled to appear in five missions, one of which had a misspelled “YOU JUST PUT MR. MAVSON IN A BODY BAG..MISSION FAILED!” The notable part about this line of text is that his name was misspelled, which could suggest that Mr. Mawson was not a priority for GTA Advance.
4) Jackie (GTA 5)
Surprisingly, Jackie appears in GTA Online. However, her original role was linked to the robbery known as the Sharmoota Job, in which Michael and Trevor were supposed to kidnap Patricia Madrazo.
Jackie is a realtor who would have known the two leads, and it would have been fun to see Trevor act as Michael's "wife". Her role in GTA Online is much smaller in comparison, but she is still a close friend of Patricia Madrazo.
3) Sr. Moffat (GTA Vice City)
"MONEY. Money sucks, I've escaped the chicken coop again, but it's never long before they track me down – they think it's a goddamn game! I'm on a pay phone somewhere in this forgotten shithole. Get me out of here before they take me back and... and... oh go-o-od..."
Mr. Moffat is a beta character who was cut early in the development of GTA Vice City. He would have appeared on a mission known as "Hello Moffat", in which he would ask Tommy Vercetti to come get him.
Related: How to buy a Terrorbyte in GTA 5Tommy meets Mr. Moffat and there is a brief exchange between them in the game's script, but nothing else remains of the character or mission objective.
The YouTube video above sheds some light on Mr. Moffat and his role, but it's not definitive proof like some other beta characters have.
2) Carver Officer (GTA San Andreas)
GTA San Andreas has a good amount of unused models and characters. While Officer Carver's model is unknown (although many fans believe him to be Pulaski's beta model), he played a role in the original Doberman mission.
GTA San Andreas players can listen to the video above and see that Frank Tenpenny was arguing with a person named Officer Carver about another beta character, Poncho.
Poncho was a drug dealer who had ties to Tenpenny, so it looked like Officer Carver was a fairer cop than Tenpenny.
1) Darkel (GTA 3)
“He started with 5 missions and they were slowly cut. When only one or two remained, they were all removed because the character just didn't work alongside the other characters."
Darkel was a crazy bum who was cut from GTA 3 simply because his missions no longer fit the direction Rockstar was taking in the game. The only confirmed mission was I Scream, You Scream, which was given to El Burro in the final version of GTA 3.
Bill Fiore voiced Darkel and is even credited in the game manual credits. There are some stray NPCs with Molotov Cocktails in an area of GTA 3, which is commonly considered a location associated with Darkel.
Note: This article reflects the writer's personal views.
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