It's on a timer. To me that made it a button masher. There's a running slide kick now to help run and attack. You just try to do what takes the least time, and run forward. I personally can't understand why you don't like the main game's fighting system, if you liked using the 3 kicks combo in Shenmue 1 to plain get through 99% of the fights instead of trying to pull off your favorite moves. I think you might enjoy the DLC better. To me those combos in S1 and 2 felt like a lazy guy's option. I hated using either the kick, or punch ones. If you apply yourself in S3, if you ignore that it's not Virtua Fighter. You'll learn moves and combos that are just better than in the 2 first games. It's the lack of grappling in the 3rd that was a problem. If he did a DLC, he should have captured at least one hip throw damn it. Or a fireman's carry... Oh well.