Shadowing Practice: FC 26 VS FIFA 23 - Is It Worth Upgrading? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey buddy, it's Mike here.
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Today we're talking about FC26, and I know it's three months after the games came out, and honestly I wasn't going to bother buying it,
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but then I bought it on a Christmas sale here for $35 .99 Canadian, originally costing $90,
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and I figured I'd give it a shot again i'm a
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not a dedicated fifa player i just like to play you know manager mode
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so for me certain things are more important than what you
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know your professional fifa player like who plays ultimate team i
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don't mess with ultimate team i just think it's a cash grab
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so i managed to pick up the new fc26 i've been
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playing fifa 23 for most of my time i've been really enjoying fifa 23 uh just the fast action
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and i know it's not the best fifa but i would say it's like the best
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recent fifa to play a manager career mode kind of thing
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so that's what i've been up to
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so for me the biggest thing is the manager career mode the menus working well you know the gameplay feeling
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you know fast and punchy
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and you know going to fc26 i do notice the ai has improved
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and stuff like that they've they've added some more options in terms of like they added a competitive
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and authentic mode but i just have some thoughts here
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because you know i'm happy i know i didn't spend full
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price on fc26 coming from fifa 23 as a non you
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know professional player who plays this all time online um i
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found first off the menus like the text in the menus like like you can even watch
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when playing like even
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when looking at the scoreboard the text is very small it's barely readable even on my big screen tv
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and just i don't like i don't know about it's a preference of mine
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but i find the menus to look i don't know it doesn't have
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that nice feel it's very clunky to move around
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and not saying fifa 23 had the fastest snappiest venues
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but the fifa 23 menus in at least the manager career mode were much more faster a lot more functional
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and visually more appealing like
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if you look at the contrast between the two you know fc26 has this black
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and white feel
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and it has this drop down menu on the left whereas
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in fifa 23 everything's colorful vibrant everything's there for you
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and the menu aesthetic will actually change dynamically depending on
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which you know a competition you're in so
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if you're in like the champions league your menu will turn blue for example
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and i really like that
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and they did added some other light features in terms of customization
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so you can actually customize the way your manager looks even more
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but i think all the faces look very funny
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and i you know sometimes more options is not for the best
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because it is really tough to make a normal looking face
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in this one now in comparison we're going to look at
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some fifa 23 gameplay um it's very everything's very easily readable
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and not to mention the soundtrack like fifa 23 had some
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of the best songs over the many years in the in fifa history
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so i guess you know it was a celebration of the fifa games maybe that's why the soundtrack was
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so much better in FIFA 23 in terms of like the menu
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and FC 26 I was not as impressed with the menu soundtrack
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and again this is stuff that's not important to your professional
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FIFA player like I said I don't even play on legendary difficulty like most of you I'm playing professional
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and I'm not even that good I play this very casually
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so I need something that works for me in that sense
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and i need uh you know a great manager career mode
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now they did add some additions to fc26 in terms of the manager career mode
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so you can actually have like your youth academy tournaments
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which is pretty cool so you could actually play with your youth players i actually really like that addition
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but i'm just not feeling the new menu system it just
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it's i know it doesn't seem as vibrant it's hard to
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read the text as well um they're using a funny font
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that just it just doesn't look well on my screen
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and i don't know maybe um this is a very unpopular opinion
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and maybe i'm an outlier here
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but i think overall in terms of like a menu presentation
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you know the music fifa 23 has had me a lot
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more satisfied you know going to fc26 you know it's it might take some time to grow on me
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but even in terms of the gameplay I found it a lot slower even on the competitive
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so you have two gameplay modes the competitive
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and authentic even on competitive it felt a lot slower than FIFA 23
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and sure maybe it's more realistic in FIFA 20 FC 26
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but honestly I'm just not seeing the point of me you know even upgrading to FC 26
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so this video is more so for you not your dedicated you know fifa players but For those who are like me,
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who like to enjoy manager career mode on a casual basis, you want those snappier menus.
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I don't think it's worth upgrading from an earlier FIFA game into this new FC game.
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I just don't like the aesthetic of the menu.
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And, you know, it does feel a lot slower.
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And even just looking at it visually, it could just be me, but I find FIFA 23 to be more pleasing to the eye.
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I don't know.
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You do also have some other missing features, right?
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FC 26 is missing a lot of those licensed international teams
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and in trade you get a lot of these women's teams
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which is great for those who follow that
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but I don't personally follow you know women's soccer so
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that doesn't really mean a lot to me
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and they also you know for those who play HUD anyways
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a lot of the best rated players are you know those female players
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so you know for those who really love women's soccer this
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I feel like people are really going to enjoy fc26
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but i um yeah this is not worth the upgrade i'm
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so happy i didn't pay full price i was tempted to just to do a review earlier this year
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but yeah if you if you're like me
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and you have like one of those earlier fifa games like
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fifa 23 heck even fifa 22 just stick to those games
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don't worry about these new fc games they're uh really not
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worth it unless again you want to play hut uh you want to play as the women's teams
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but yeah just just not feeling it overall
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and that's my my take on upgrading to fc26 from fifa
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23 i do tend to have a lot of unique takes on my channel
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so if that's your thing please check it out and subscribe
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if i i really like to hear your thoughts on this
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though yeah am i am i missing the mark on this
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please let me know otherwise yeah i just didn't want to make this a very long video
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and i don't see too many other videos kind of noticing these things
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that i've noticed so you know perhaps i'm missing the mark in certain areas
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so yeah please let me know your thoughts otherwise we'll see on the next one bye
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you’ll practice English by exploring a video comparing two popular soccer games, FC 26 and FIFA 23. You’ll listen to a casual, conversational review and learn to follow natural speech patterns, including informal phrases and personal opinions. This is great for improving your ability to understand everyday English and practice speaking about hobbies or product comparisons. Plus, you’ll get tips on using shadowing to mimic the speaker’s tone and speed—perfect for english speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Cash grab: A product designed mainly to make money, not provide value (e.g., "I think Ultimate Team is a cash grab").
- Clunky: Difficult to use or move smoothly (e.g., "The menus in FC 26 feel clunky").
- Fast and punchy: Describes quick, exciting action (e.g., "FIFA 23 has fast and punchy gameplay").
- Dynamic: Changing or adapting (e.g., "FIFA 23’s menus are dynamic, changing with the competition").
- Barely readable: Hard to see or understand (e.g., "The text on FC 26’s scoreboard is barely readable").
Practice Tips
The speaker in the video uses a relaxed, conversational tone with pauses and informal phrases. To practice, try shadowing—repeat the dialogue out loud immediately after the speaker, matching their speed and emphasis. This helps with rhythm and intonation. Use a shadowing app or shadowing site to record yourself and compare. Notice how words like "buddy" or "you know" are used to connect ideas—these are common in casual English. Start with short sections, like the part about the Christmas sale, and gradually work up to longer clips. Focus on making your speech sound natural, not perfect. With regular shadow speech practice, you’ll get better at following and reproducing everyday English conversations.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've been · has improved · they've added |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who are · those who follow · those who play |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.