Just give it a shot, it won't kill you. It's a fun game, it manages to be a very fast paced and offensive game but it has strong defensive tools so it never gets too overwhelming, kinda like a mash up of guilty gear and street fighter.
Ahh, yes, the same issue that haunts the Street Fighter games as of late, especially SF5. Think I might play the older KoF games in order to try to get myself into playing something else than Blazblue and Street Fighter for 2D fighters.