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FIFA 19 The Journey Gamescom News – Alex Hunter returns with Danny Williams and Kim Hunter
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For anyone who doesn't remember or is coming back to FIFA after a couple of years away, say hello to The Journey mode, EA Sports much celebrated story mode within the game.
It debuted back in FIFA 17 introducing the world to the young, up and coming Alex Hunter and allowed each FIFA 17 user to create and craft their own unique story within this characters career.
Couple with the games newly introduced Frostbite engine, it also meant players were treated to some never before seen cutscenes, which helped bring the story to life away from the pitch.
The Journey returns once again in FIFA 19, bringing Alex Hunter's story to a "dramatic conclusion" according to EA Sports.
Keep reading for everything you need to know about 'The Journey Champions'.
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The Journey Champions – Story
Here's how EA Sports have described the new story within The Journey Champions, which understandably is being kept under wraps until the games launch –
"The Journey: Champions follows three heroes with their own distinct stories. Guide Alex Hunter, Danny Williams, and Kim Hunter through their respective journeys as they reach some of the most significant moments of their careers.
"As their stories intertwine and occur simultaneously, switch between all three characters at any time to change up your experience."
Who are the main characters?
ALEX HUNTER
The original star of The Journey, Alex Hunter has already had a rollercoaster of a career in the first two instalments of the trilogy. After signing for the Premier League club of his choice, Alex has gone on loan to the English Championship, spent half a season in Major League Soccer, and moved back to Europe to play for one of the continent's biggest clubs. But in The Journey: Champions, Alex has finally secured his dream move: to Spanish footballing giants Real Madrid.
DANNY WILLIAMS
Alex first met Danny during the National Football Academy exit trials, where they didn't really get along. The former rivals bond as teammates while plying their trade in the second division and eventually become close friends. When Alex leaves for L.A., Danny joins his old club to pick up the slack in Alexs absence. After a brief scare midway through The Journey: Hunter Returns, Danny fights for his place at the club after a string of solid performances.
KIM HUNTER
Kim Hunter is a young American soccer player with dreams of playing at the highest level of the womens game—and shes also Alexs half-sister. Alex and Kim meet for the first time after Alex joins the LA Galaxy at his father's suggestion. Not long after, Kim gets her first cap for the United States Womens National Team. Now she's ready to take her career to the next level in The Journey: Champions with a call-up for the Womens World Cup.
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Player interactions
Past games have seen Alex Hunter interacting with the likes of Deli Alli, Christiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Rio Ferdinand and countless more footballing superstars, past and present.
The Journey Champions in FIFA 19 will be no different, with EA Sports promising to see your characters cross paths with some of the world's most famous footballers, including Neymar Jr., Alex Morgan, Paulo Dybala, Kevin De Bruyne, and many more.
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Here's Paulo Dybala, wearing a truly awful shirt…
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OUR STORY BEGINS (THE JOURNEY)
This is a quick recap – Courtesy of the EA Sports Blog – of what happened in The Journey from FIFA 17 –
We are introduced to Alex as he competes as a young lad for his U-11 squad in Londons Clapham Common. As the scene unfolds, we also meet many of the other members of The Journey cast: Alexs childhood best friend Gareth Walker, his mother Catherine, father Harold, and grandfather Jim. After a dramatic penalty shootout, the story jumps ahead seven years to an “exit trial” at the National Football Academy in which both Alex and Gareth compete to impress Premier League scouts. This is where Alex meets Danny Williams, another promising player competing in the exit trials who gives Alex a hard time throughout the event.
After Alex completes the exit trial, he is approached by football agent Michael Taylor and eventually hires him to be his first agent. Michael gets Alex a professional contract with the Premier League club of his choice, and we later find out that Gareth also signed for the same club. The two young players attend preseason in the United States together, but Alex only plays for the club for a brief time when he finds out that the club has signed a superstar—which means that hes going on loan to a Championship club.
As soon as Alex arrives at his new club, he runs into an old “friend”—Danny Williams. Alex impresses on loan alongside Danny as the two develop a close partnership (and friendship), but he gets a sudden recall to his parent club in the middle of the season. We find out that this was due to Gareths leaving of the club—for their biggest rival—and Alex is meant to fill his old friends boots.
Solid performances upon his return to the club earn Alex a spot in the starting XI in the FA Cup final against their biggest rivals—and his old pal Gareth. Despite a fairly tense conversation before the match in which Gareth goes a bit too far, the two briefly reconcile on the pitch afterwards—regardless of who wins the match.
The Journey wraps up with Alex and Danny playing FIFA when Alex finds out that hes been placed on a shortlist of players likely to get a call-up to the England national team in the near future.
ALEX'S FIRST BIG MOVE (THE JOURNEY: HUNTER RETURNS)
This is a quick recap – Courtesy of the EA Sports Blog – of what happened in The Journey from FIFA 18
Now that he has re-established himself with his Premier League club, Alex heads to preseason in the United States to take on the likes of Real Madrid and the Los Angeles Galaxy. At the end of his time in Los Angeles, Alex runs into his estranged father Harold, who lives in the United States and wants to reconnect.
After the club returns to England, Michael Taylor contacts Alex to tell him that Real Madrid want to buy him. Fresh off facing Real in the USA and meeting Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex pushes for this dream move by handing in a transfer request. The entire deal turns out to be fake and falls through, ruining Alexs reputation with the club and its fans.
With few options left and the window closing soon, Alex chooses to transfer to the LA Galaxy after Harold calls him and helps initiate a move. Alex regains his form and confidence in MLS, helping the Galaxy reach the Playoffs (and maybe more). He also meets Kim Hunter, his half-sister that Harold had never told him about. Although he has wanted nothing to do with Kim, Alex puts the grudge against his father aside and supports his half-sister as she earns her first call-up to the US Womens National Team.
Alexs impressive run in MLS gets the football world buzzing, and he is courted by some of the biggest clubs in Europe in the offseason. After he makes his decision and has a promising start with his new team, Alex gets a serious knee injury that keeps him out of action for months. The club ends up sending Alex to Los Angeles for rehabilitation, which gives him another chance to bond (and eventually train with) Kim.
Once he is fully cleared by the doctors, Alex goes back to Europe to re-join his club for the remainder of the season. He impresses with some solid performances to close out the season, followed by a celebratory return to Los Angeles with his grandfather Jim. After an emotional first meeting between Jim and Kim, Alex gets a call from an agent that represents some of his teammates. She requests a meeting, telling him that if he were her client he would “be a Real Madrid player right now.”
Learn more about the upcoming finale to the story, The Journey: Champions in FIFA 19. For the first time in the series, you can play the complete stories of Alex, Danny, and Kim as they strive to take their careers to a new level.
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