I will say though from the little that I played and from what others are saying.....the neutral seems linear to an extent. But again think its too early to tell, the game has a lot of mechanics that clearly arent explored yet. Its day negative 11.
Same time though I remember the SFV beta being what it was, and that game is what it is. But a VS. game has more potential for fukkery so its not fair to call so soon IMO.
Heres another incoming mix up:
The mechanics are deeper that people think. Auto Combos made people think its a kids gloves game, but in all honestly its not. That incoming mix-up was a perfect example, the game is only going to be linear in the scrub tiers where people are still dropping air combos.
Also consider, there will be a HUGE number of players, especially in the early weeks, that bought the game off the love of Dragonball and don't know shyt about fighting games, even less about Guilty Gear. Don't expect to see even the same level of play/skill as you did in 1.0 Street Fighter V.
Give it a month or two, you'll see it. In fact, I saw it the moment I picked up Piccolo and Adult Gohan...I was like "There's many possibilities here
" of course it isn't going to be readily obvious when playing a buncha Goku's and Vegetas.