So, the only fighter I ever got really into was Tekken, with the third title in the series. I learned it pretty well, the timing of the different moves, the default 10 hit combos of various characters, juggle combos, custom combos, throws, King's and Nina's and Anna's multiple throw combos, etc. I didn't just button mash my way to victory or learn the moves by heart and do them over and over hoping they will work, I just knew the game well, what to do and when, from the simplest punch to the strongest special move.
But I don't "get" Street Fighter at all. All I ever do is almost to button mash my way to a victory the Very Easy AI lets me off with because anything harder eventually kicks my ass without showing me what I'm doing wrong. I don't understand how I'm supposed to learn the balance of the moves with the hitboxes and priorities that barely resemble the action that you see on screen, I don't understand the design behind the button combinations for the various moves as I'm trying the usual quarter circle, back forward, forward forward and then attack stuff and they only seem to work for a particular few characters with the rest barely pulling anything off. I don't even know how to do the throws, lol.
So, yeah, what can teach a total noob like me the very basic principles of SF well enough to then train and improve by myself?
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