Well, since GGXX Slash, the game has been pretty broken and Eddie is basically god tier compared to everyone else. Then there's all the nice bugs like jump installing, random crossovers and other shit. They just seem to keep adding mechanics on top of their engine without fixing problems with the previous ones. It was fine when #Reload was out, now it's just a clusterfuck.
Not to mention Arc Sys has had a track record of doing broken as hell games lately: see Sengoku Basara X, Hokuto no Ken and Battle Fantasia for reference.
Play Street Fighter III: Third Strike. That's the quintessential 2D fighter, foos!