Actually the game is quite different from CoH in almost every way.
Mind thats not necessarily a good thing.
I think it's a great thing. Some people were never going to be happy with what CoH is, so this gives them something else to play and maybe get them to stop incessantly lobbying for sweeping changes to make the game suit their tastes.
Or, more likely they'll just move to CO and incessantly lobby for sweeping change to make
that game suit their tastes.
Competition is good.