FIFA 19: Something incredible happens in Survival Mode when you try to get the whole team sent off

One of the biggest additions to this year’s FIFA is ‘Survival Mode’.

The aim of the game is simple – every time your team scores a goal, you lose a player. The first to lose four players wins.

Sounds easy enough. But what happens if you try to bend the rules – and deliberately attempt to get more players sent off?

YouTuber The Master Bucks did exactly that – and tested whether it was possible to get the entire team removed from the matchl.

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Remember, the game rules state that you can only get four players removed from the pitch.

So, what happened?

Well, after the four players were sent off, MB continued to score goals – and no other players were removed from the pitch.

Fair enough.

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But what happens if you deliberately try and get a player sent off via a horrendous tackle?

Amazingly, if you have had the maximum number of players removed from your team, the ref will not hand out any cards.

Even dirty tackles in the box won’t result in anything more than a scolding.

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So, there you have it. You can essentially break the referee in Survival mode – you just need to get a little bit inventive.

Survival Mode was something FIFA developer EA had been working on long before the likes of Fortnite and PUBG started making waves.

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“We’ve got a laundry list of features we want to do so it’s not something that was born this year,” said FIFA 19 creative director Matt Prior.

“FIFA Street 2012 had a similar mode. We felt it was the right time now because we wanted to open up FIFA to a more casual audience.”

He continued: “We see a lot of people play Kick Off  – particularly the casual guys – and previously it was a one-off game that kind of disappeared into the ether.

“So, we wanted to do multiple things with Kick Off – obviously there’s now stats tracking which makes every game meaningful in the sense that it always tracks your stats.

“Plus, we now give gamers the ability to change rules – we just wanted to inject a little bit more fun into things.

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“Obviously, authenticity is and always will be a key pillar for us but at the same time it’s important to remember that it’s a game and it’s all about having fun.

“This is especially true for those casuals who may not live and breathe football. It’s an opportunity for them to play FIFA and have a different experience.

“Likewise, for the core – if you’ve playing FIFA for 10 years, this is something fresh and new. Interestingly, it’s actually the core guys who are coming up to us saying, ‘this is awesome’.

Elsewhere, EA Sports also revealed why they decided to call time on Alex Hunter’s Journey on FIFA.

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Prior said it was always their intention to have a trilogy – culminating in Hunter playing in the Champions League.

“We envisaged it three years ago now – and we always envisaged it as a trilogy because that’s a trope movies followed,” he said.

“We always envisaged it that each year would tell a different level of football. Year one was him breaking out into the professional game, year two was him spreading his wings and going to LA and Europe and year three was him competing in the ultimate goal in football – the Champions League.” You can read the full story here

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