The space battle at the end does feel like old school Star Wars though.
You mean the part where the 5 year old takes out an entire armada of ships with his nifty spinning trick? It’s a juvenile film that would be tolerable as a juvenile film without Jar Jar and the Gungans. Those guys just make it entirely unwatchable.
In all other respects though, TPM is superior to the other two prequels imo.