Game play is faster than AOE2 but the major gripe is that the voice acting has gone so far backwards that it can only be described as a disgrace. Unit voice commands seem to have been done using google translate at they sound terrible, the narrator is unable to even get basic pronunciations correct for historical cities, names, and battles. This is not even comparing to AOE2:DE which scores a 9.5/10 on this scale, this is comparing to the OG AOE2 where fake accents have been applied and exaggerated, and that will still come out as a solid 8/10 against the garbage that this game has offered.
Worth the full price? No, no way. It needs to be 70-80% off the current price at this stage to be even worth considering given the seemingly lack of effort they have thrown at this.
This is going down the dangerous route of Activision Blizzard.