Thanks for trying it out and sharing your thoughts!
About analog controls, I used to be a bit on the fence about them. In the beginning I was trying to emulate an older arcade game as faithfully as possible, so the traditional 8 way control was the only design in place for inputs (both for the analog stick and the d-pad). But after trying out the analog stick myself, using it and having non analog movements yielded in the end both felt like a waste and not right at all. If you configure the game for a true arcade cabinet stick, the inputs are detected as non-analog and the feel of old style games with 8 way control should still be the same.