Being a guy who appreciates, but stopped playing fighting games because of the generally high skill ceiling, YOMI Hustle really got to me. The idea of having a fighting game where i don't need to worry about failing to execute a move or have blazingly fast reflexes seemed like a perfect fit for me.

At first, however, I felt disappointed. After playing a few matches, I thought to myself: 'if you have to guess the opponent's next move, then this game is all about luck!'.

The thing is, just like 'rock, paper, scissors' and regular fighting games, there is a lot more to this than dumb luck. After all, If luck really were the only factor at play here, I wouldn't have been utterly destroyed by more seasoned opponents over and over again.

As I steadily improved and started to grasp some of the basic concepts (like DI, IASA, proration and free cancels), I started to realize that your skill matters. A lot!

Of course, veterans still wipe the floor with me, but now i kinda get what I did wrong. Maybe my move was too obvious, maybe I didn't mind my move's IASA, forgot to use free cancel or (embarrassingly) used a whiff cancel at 2f advantage.

Also, I have to note that the community of this game is as wholesome as it gets. Other players often give me valuable advice and/or halt the match to patiently teach me a new move or something. The dev constantly updates the game, which is an amazing plus.

Playing YOMI Hustle also made me notice that every fighting game is, in fact, a real-time strategy game. This realization led me to watch my first Evo in years and deepened my appreciation for the genre. So I have to thank it for this renewed love for fighting games and everything they encompass.

To sum it up, this is the most effortless recommendation I have ever made on Steam. YOMI Hustle can be intimidating to new players, since it certainly has a steep learning curve. However, that is offset by the sheer joy of uncovering the mechanics and noticing how much better you became after some time. The only complaint I can think of is that I won't have any free time to play it for now, as I am dangerously close to a deadline because I played a ton of it in the last weeks. Buy it and have a good one!

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