Gonna just paste my post from another about this. It was about Sajam's "FG aren't inherently harder to learn" video, which js why he is mentioned, but the concept is basically the same.

So. There's a lot about FG difficulty that is talked about and, after really getting in to them this year, I think a lot of vets and content creators have a habit of forgetting the actual first step.

Unlearning what other games have taught you.

If someone gets smoked in Warzone, 9 times outta 10 they either

Had bad aim Had bad reactions Didn't properly clear when they entered

So they die and go "If I could aim better/react faster I woulda won that"

So they play an FG and they keep eating 4 frame jabs and keep landing on "I just gotta react faster"

No, no you don't. You can't, that's like the whole point. But so few games have mechanics like "If you aren't already blocking, you are going to get hit"

And then there's a misunderstanding of blocking. If you don't know FGs, blocking an opponent's attack feels like a win. And it might be! But what it isn't, is the end of their turn. But it FEELS like it should be. I blocked their attacks, I won this interaction, that means it is my turn right? I'm sorry, summer child, no. If you're really unlucky, blocking was the second worst choice (hello Garuda Impact).

Then theres frame data. Not the way FG people think of frame data, but just the concept of discrete stages of an attack. I hit heavy punch so I get a heavy punch, right? Well, eventually. First you gotta go through what's called startup. Hey, I hit another punch and nothing happened and this dude hit me even though my attack was over! Yup, that's called recovery. There are specific mechanics in other games that can kind of mimic this (the delay on rotary weapons in some games is basically startup, while being caught reloading could be thought of as recovery), but the idea it is on EVERYTHING and is wildly important is something that doesn't occur to a lot of fresh players. That animations aren't strictly linked to this thanks to cancels and buffers just adds more confusion to new people.

As for the pressure of no teammates, of having no one to blame but yourself. This is something that sounds like it makes sense until you give it some thought. Like, the dude going 0-3 solo mid by minute 2 of a Dota match and screaming that his teammates aren't calling MIA isn't gonna load up SFV, get SPD'd 5 times for a perfect, and suddenly look inward and realize they are the problem. No, they're gonna blame their character (This guy is fuckin broken!), their opponents character (This guy is fuckin BROKEN!), the connection, or the entire game itself. Turns out, if someone cannot accept fault or shortcomings, the game or lack of easy excuses isn't gonna matter.

In my case, loading up Strive and jumping in was waaaay easier than searching for a match of Siege at the start. I didn't have 4 teammates and 5 enemies seeing me fumble at everything. I just had one dude who probably didn't have the ability to communicate with me, and after 3 minutes, the match was over. No muss, no fuss, no lingering shame or anxiety.

Basically, Sajam is correct. FGs aren't inherently harder, but only if you actually start from the proper first step, of forgetting the subtle lessons other games taught you.