i suck at fighting games lol i can only win if i put it on easy and ive been playin for 23 years ahah i used to be able to hold my own on nes/snes/etc but once playstation hit i just got owned time after time
Considering that SF4 is a really watered down, slower version of SF3, it's funny you say that.
Basically the main reason 3S is so loved is because it reinvented the way fighting games were played. SF2 eventually evolved into throw and fireball traps where one wrong move would make you lose the match. 3S introduced parry and throwbreaks which fixed both of these issues and brought forth a new format that was straight up 1 on 1 as you can get. It's all about reading your opponent and knowing what can be done.