Good, but definitely not great. Little Less then what I expected.
Also I have been playing the campaign and I am through Act 1 and I am sorry to say but it is definitely lacking something. I was expecting a game somewhat like Sid Meirs old Colonization game which I still to this day is one of my favorite computer games, it was also along with Xcom one of my first games that I ever played. I wanted to Colonize the new world. I wanted to do something beyond following do this do that campaign. Which I guess you can do in the skirmish but I beat an 8 player skirmish in a little under two hours. I want a game that is going to last some time and a game that will keep me enthralled with it until I am done with it.
After Playing through Act 1 there is nothing that really stands out at me and says HEY YOU keep playing this game rocks. No its more like an update of the first game just in a new setting. Given a setting that I love and really enjoy but a game that is anything but overally exciting.
Well I guess if you love the other Age of Empire games this one would be for you as well, but if you are looking for something that is really going to blow you away, don't look here, because you won't find it.