Biden gave a very good, intimate-style speech that was well suited to his style of reaching out to an individual person and making them feel heard. It didn't break a ton of new oratorical ground, but for a speech that is effectively supposed to sum up Biden's political life, it needed to have classic Bidenisms like "there isn't anything we can't do" and quotes from Irish poets. I thought the most effective part of the speech was when he assailed Trump's handling of the coronavirus and painted a picture of how a Biden administration would do things differently.