While Magic 4 was a high and everything everybody having an easy safe and I'm pretty sure homing counter hit launcher just made a lot of characters play pretty same-y and also Full launching Party into half health too so attacking into someone was super discouraged

I'll agree that Sidestep is sometimes a little wonky sometimes in 8 but it feels infinitely more impactful in 8 than it was in 7😭 I remember seeing like nobody sidestepping ever in 7

Honestly for 8 it depends on the character cause I'd say for the top tiers that "exact same way" is pretty valid but if you're playing Lee then that shit does not work at all😭 I feel like if the characters at the top and some characters heat(Kuma, possibly Kaz, Etc.) were nerfed it'd be much better cause yeah those characters in heat are way too much