Oookay I don't understand the comparisons between this and Earth 1 at all; the two are entirely different animals. There's basically no point of comparison at all...plot-wise, character-wise, or elsewise. Might as well say the Richard Donner Superman film was like Zack Snyder's Superman film just because the protagonists kind of look the same to each other and have vaguely similar backstories.
I do agree this issue felt rushed, and that was my biggest worry when I learned issue 14 would be the last chapter of Year One. This whole Ares virus plot should have been its own full arc...maybe not six whole issues, sure, but that sequence of Diana and Steve flying to other countries stopping the viruses should at
least have its own full issue.
I liked all of the
beats of this issue, if that makes sense. I liked the interaction between her, Steve, and Ares, I loved the two-page splash of her and the patrons taking him down, I wanna print out that sequence of her rejecting the violence and corruption of the Maru virus and tattoo it on my face; one single scene here does more to explore and glorify Diana's true nature than two whole years of that horrid god of war stuff ever did.
But yeah, as I was reading all these "beats," one of the biggest things I was thinking was "This...probably should be a longer scene" because it just felt more like snippets, a Greatest Hits Collection, instead of a bona fide
finale. I'd still definitely give Year One, collectively, a solid 5 out of 5. But three out of five seems about right for this specific issue.