FIFA 17 is now here! What a time to be alive.
And there is a brand new addition for this game – ‘The Journey’ mode, where you play as wonderkid Alex Hunter.
So, who is this Alex Hunter?
Hunter, 17, is your fictional playable, character who is a promising academy prospect looking to make his breakthrough in the Premier League.
Young Alex is looking to make his mark in the top-flight, and it’s your job to make it happen in the single-player, cinematic mode.
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In ‘The Journey’ you can choose to play at any club during the 2016/17 season, for real managers and alongside some of the best players in world football.
Hunter’s storyline is that he is a 17-year-old “with humble roots in Clapham”. His grandfather is English legend Jim Hunter, who netted 20 goals in the 1966-67 season.
Is Alex Hunter really just based on Marcus Rashford?
There are many similarities between Hunter’s storyline and Rashford’s astonishing rise form nowhere, HOWEVER the storyline was written months ago.
FIFA 17 producer Mat Prior told Dream Team: “Alex Hunter’s not really based on anyone per se. People might think we wrote the Marcus Rashford story – but this has been in production for a number of years before that so it is just a case of life imitating art.
“Back when we started this we didn’t know who Marcus Rashford was and obviously he broke through and almost emulated the story we’re telling in the game – which is testament to the authenticity of the game which is great to see.
“We wanted to create a brand new character and one that was indicative of the real world of football. We wanted someone that represents that – through writing the character and representing the character we came out with Alex Hunter.”
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