Alright, lemme break this down.

"8-directional movement was made for keyboard."

WASD is not 8-directional movement, and is the most common control set. Neither is this game's default, the arrow keys. There are four movement inputs you can set, meaning you have to press down multiple to use the 8 directional movement.

"If there are frame-perfact combos in the game, nobody uses them."

The point is they exist, and they're stupid. As for your 'If', allow me to tell you about Peacock's 'Goodfellas' Blockbuster attack, which requires pre-mentioned precision.

"There are no scenarios where the first hit leads you to doing absolutely nothing for the rest of the match either."

You're right there, but the first hit can really determine the match, and when you're pitted against the kinds of people in match making, the first hit turns into a 30 hit combo, and half your health bar dissappears.

" As scary as Beo/Band is, even they can't do that."

Let me say that I don't have video evidence, but the thing that set me off enough to write this was a match against Big Band where THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. He knocked me into a corner, and did the same combo for the entire match.

" Resets are common and give a chance,"

Okay, maybe you're right there, but as an individual with average reaction time, by the time I notice a place to attack I either lost my chance or did it wrong.

" and you don't start the match in hitstun"

Never said that.

"The game is fast. Yes."

I can get used to fast games, don't get me wrong, but I need practice. You can't have practice when you keep getiing jumped by Expert-Combo-Chaining-Big-Band-Main No. 73. Same reason you don't have Lv. 100s going against Lv. 5s in any game. At most, some type of refined matchmaking would be nice.

"So focus on two actions: blocking (yes that's two)."

First of all, just in general, Crouching & Blocking should block everything. Having to alternate between the two is difficult. Secondly, listen here. The average human reaction time is about 260 ms. People in matchmaking are fast, and I not so much.

"Or just play Story and Arcade. They're good, worth the price alone."

Well, er, no, they're really not. I like them, but that in itself is not worth 10 bucks.

In all, thank you for your input. Your criticism is valued, but honestly, you haven't changed my mind.