Seems once in a while a "Fighting games are bad because hard" tweet circulates. It makes me wonder what makes people instinctively mash when new? Casual gamers dont do it elsewhere, they accept the games basic rules and play along, but for FGs its time to just slam every button?
I think it’s because it’s sometimes an effective way to play against similarly new players or easy AI. There’s a thought that enters the head of “oh the last time I won, I mashed these buttons,” and so they revert back to what worked for them. That doesn’t happen on other games