LogFAQs > #882090973

SF5 doesn't have a get out of jail free card for blocked moves. You can't FADC to break out of something that's unsafe in SF5.

The problem I have with the game is a low skill ceiling. There isn't enough to discover or work out about your character.

Now, the counterpoint to this is "yeah, because they got rid of things like 1F links" but I don't think that's the whole of it. You don't have regular and near normal attacks and the way moves chain together is very fixed (like you can't go from a light to a medium attack nearly at all). I definitely like that I don't have to link a move to cancel out of it. That was an annoying and highly fiddly aspect of SF4's combo system.

If the game had a greater character exploration aspect, it would have been the best SF ever. As it is I feel like I can't really learn how to play better given the limitations (I was watching a top 8 match at CEO and someone used Akuma; I didn't really find him doing anything I wouldn't do myself so it just left me feeling confused as to why I can't seem to get better).
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