Tonally very different to its predecessor as it leaves the comedy and idols behind to become a much more serious military drama, whilst that might remove an aspect of what made Macross unique it does fit the story rather well.
Its a pretty good entry, the story was engaging, the themes whilst not unique were still there and handled well and the characters were good. I do think this series could have benefitted from a bit more fleshing out both in terms of its characters and stories but they still did a pretty good job.
It was a bit sad to see the jets in CG as there models obviously look worse, but the choreography and battles with them were still really cool and fun to watch.
The soundtrack actually didn't stand out to me for the most part, apart from one or two pieces here and there, but the pieces towards the end really stood out giving me chills and emotions.
For a five episode ova its definitely worth the time and I quite enjoyed it overall.