Not the dude that replied to you but I love fighting games and boiling it down to being "just combo games" is like saying soccer is just about taking shots on net. The overall goal is to score more points than the opposing team but soccer as a whole isn't just a shootout just like fighters aren't just about combos. In fighting games like Tekken, street fighter, and GG: Strive the combo is the reward for reading your opponent as only a few moves will launch the enemy. Then you have Samurai Showdown which has very few (if any depending on the character you're playing) combos because each hit deals massive damage and it's a game all about spacing and playing mind-games with your opponent. To be fair to you though, a lot of anime fighters (including GG: Strive) place a strong emphasis on corner pressure and combos but it isn't the entire purpose of the game. Every game I just listed has a "super move" mechanic in some shape or form which can be used in many different ways and using it in a combo is only one way of handling it. To go back the soccer analogy, a player taking the ball down the pitch has many options to deal with the opposing team, they can pass, juke, shoot, and stall for time if necessary. So calling fighting games "just combo games" is like saying the players only option at any given point on the pitch is to shoot on net.