Take a look at MOST game art, AI or otherwise, and tell me it;s great. Some is, sure, some AI art is great. Sturgeons law applies. If hew had not used AI and had used shitty derivative stock pixel art or something that would not be better
Oh yeah, I hear ya. 2e was my first DND (though not my first RPG, that was Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1e), and I never want to play it again but Planescape still holds a special place in my heart! Fortunately, though, now we can have our nostalgia while playing mechanically better games instead!
Did they improve DM support? Make CR actually work? Is combat more dynamic and faster-paced? Is character creation still a pain in the ass? Did they flesh out non-combat? Do player abilities still tend to solve problems by just turning off parts of the game? Is there a clear vision for what this even is?
I'm not an expert but:
No
No
No (though it is faster than 3.x or 4th, mostly because you don't have any options)
At least there are options now. Still nothing significant past character creation, of course
No
Probably. Either that or hitting it with an axe
Yeah it's a love letter to second ed, with bits of third mixed in to keep angry internet nerds who never played anything else happy
I don't think 5th is the worst edition of d&d (controversially I think that's 3.x), but it is the most nothing edition. The best editions are of course 13th Age and Pathfinder 2e
Try that yourself