Let me start with saying I'm not a long time Age of Empires fan so I don't have much frame of reference in comparison to the others; But I absolutely love this game.

The campaign feels like an interactive documentary where you command the battles, but they still stick to a level of historical accuracy.
The level of replayability seems very high, as maps in skirmish mode have an element of random generation to them while remaining within confines of "map types". Similar to Civilization map generation. You can also edit win conditions.
Empire selection and unit variation, isn't anything super in depth usually its a unique unit for each empire but I think its healthy for keeping the amount of micro lower during combat as there is already a universal unit type advantage system across all empires. (I also imagine there will be expansions adding more empires)

All in all, I think anyone who enjoys the RTS genre could find a lot of enjoyment in this game, and is worth checking out to form your own opinion on.

Let me start with saying I'm not a long time Age of Empires fan so I don't have much frame of reference in comparison to the others; But I absolutely love this game. The campaign feels like an interactive documentary where you command the battles, but they still stick to a level of historical accuracy. The level of replayability seems very high, as maps in skirmish mode have an element of random generation to them while remaining within confines of "map types". Similar to Civilization map generation. You can also edit win conditions. Empire selection and unit variation, isn't anything super in depth usually its a unique unit for each empire but I think its healthy for keeping the amount of micro lower during combat as there is already a universal unit type advantage system across all empires. (I also imagine there will be expansions adding more empires) All in all, I think anyone who enjoys the RTS genre could find a lot of enjoyment in this game, and is worth checking out to form your own opinion on.