I was looking at it myself the other day. The game's always kind of fascinated me, although the models are very hit-or-miss in terms of appeal. Few too many super-cartoony sculpts and dodgy cheesecake figs for my tastes, where I'd rather see at least a few more "serious" anime-inspired designs. The setting seems like it has potential and some of the game mechanics are pretty innovative, but I have a hard time finding a single faction I'd want an entire crew of. They do seem to be adding a bunch of new figs this edition so maybe that will finally change.
And yeah, this is the first time they've done a real 2-player starter box, prior to this it was just individual faction crew boxes.