I received a call from my local EB, informing me that my copy had arrived. I was surprised, because I didn't expect it until Wednesday--or at the earliest, tomorrow.
I'm located in Toronto, Ontario.
The first thing I did with it this evening is fire up the tutorial campaign. In the manual, AoK players are directed to start with the 5th tutorial mission; however, I was perverse and started at the beginning. I just have the 7th (and last) mission to go.
I'm finding it *very* much like AoK so far, with lasers instead of arrows, and a few kinks thrown in. However, that's pretty much what I expected, so I don't feel disappointed. It is going to take a while to learn the new keyboard shortcuts.
Oh, yeah: The game also comes with an enormous tech tree poster.