>fight an opponent with slugger style
>absolute fastest, least-risk combo you can possibly do is square, square
>half the enemies in the game will block your second hit, and have time to quickstep around to your back and stunlock you for a quarter of your health, and there is actually nothing that you can do in order to prevent this
>there's a guard-break move when you press circle, but it has no follow-ups besides a heat move that requires you to first dump like 200 mil yen
am i missing something? people really dicksuck these games' combat, but it seems really mediocre.