I played countless hours of advance wars, but i somehow couldn't get into this. While the advance wars games (except days of ruin) didn't take themselves very seriously, the dialogue there was legit funny. A lot of this dialogue made me cringe. Quite a few indie titles have great designs and art but dialogues that rub me the wrong way. This was one of them.
Furthermore it feels a bit confusing. I keep forgetting what makes a lot of units do extra damage, some are a bit specific. In Advance Wars it was simpler but maybe that's why i liked it more. Also the maps felt better there.

Maybe it's just me but i can't get into it at all. I can't exactly lay my finger on it, could be the characters, story, and atmosphere/passion that advance wars had over this title, or better map and objective design (or both).