Street Fighter 6’s Modern controls basically halve the number of buttons the player needs to worry about for basic inputs, while assigning certain essential functions to their own dedicated buttons.
Street Fighter 6’s answer to this conundrum is a new “Modern” control scheme that Capcom hopes will lower the game’s barrier to entry and let players of all skill levels jump right in and feel competitive.
The innate complexity of a series like Street Fighter is part of what makes it so beloved by fighting game fans.
Our competitor used a fight stick and switched between Classic and Modern controls, while we stuck to Modern controls and used a traditional gamepad.