20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About GTA

17. Franklin Was Supposed To Die In GTA V & Be Replaced By Lamar

Once GTA V was released, it didn't take hackers long to dig into the game's code and uncover a number of features which were removed from the final product. One such revelation was that in the original final mission, if the player picked the canon ending, C (Death Wish), Franklin was supposed to die, causing his place on the character wheel to be filled by Lamar for the remainder of the player's time with the game. This was, of course, scrapped, but a significant amount of unused dialogue and animations for Lamar remain within the game code. As happy as everyone is that Franklin survived the game's "true" ending, it also would've been pretty awesome to make one of GTA's most entertaining supporting characters playable. Even though it was binned, it's a shame Rockstar haven't introduced some DLC that makes use of the assets they created.
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