It was weird af for me. I don't think my experience with this edition is the norm. I explain myself:
I started playing RPGs with pathfinder then moved to 5e. At the time I was moving from PF to 5e (that's another story) in Argentina we had a forum and one guy wrotte there: "I want to COME BACK to D&D". Long story short: he played a LOT in the 90s and beggining of 00s but had to work, kids, etc and he loves Dragonlance.
We ended up playing a Dragonlance campaing using 2e because that is what he knew. I played a red robe wizard and that was really great. It was weird for me because I was DMing 5e already and had DMed pathfinder a lot.
Funny fact: since I was only DMing 5e when it came up I didn't read the full magic chapter. And in 2e chromatic orb was like the signature spell of my wizard. This guy became my player also and started liking 5e and then he moved his game to 5e. I had to "convert" my wizard to 5e and I was tottaly dissapointed by how crappy was chromatic orb in 5e. It just broke my heart