Ketchup and Mustard brought up this point on stream that if you're playing with a stick it'll be easier to hold down Brainiac's trait to delay it coming out. So for things like that having a stick might give you an advantage, but I think a stick isn't absolutely necessary for this game. Try it and see how you like it. 26 is pretty young and definitely not too late to start getting into fighting games.I know people rave about fight sticks, but are they really that much better than controllers? Like, what are the advantages of them? Kind of want to get into fighting games more (though it's a bit late in my life, I'm like 26, all downhill from here) and am thinking about making the investment.