it's just another generic fighter
Wrong.

You don't have to like it, you just have to admit that there's more to it than you originally thought. It's not a bad game. The most hardcore fighting game fanatics say so.

I'm going to reiterate that if a game can't make me enjoy it enough to even bother getting good at it, it's by definition not as good as games which do manage that
Wrong.

A game that you personally don't enjoy is not the definition of a bad game.