I've had the pleasure of playing several games over the last few months and recently picked up a copy. I very much like the colourful, space-opera setting filled with alien races & their special characteristics.
The game is well written, with lots of good cross-references throughout that make it easy to find any little detail you need when you need it. The mechanics are very straight forward & they have to be, given the amount of action going on inside and outside your ship.
Play offers a blend of RPG, minis & board-game fun. However It's up to you & your friends how much you want any one aspect to dominate your games. The goal is to cooperate as a crew, flying about space, shooting stuff and performing heroic boarding actions (lots of them!) to complete missions so you can improve your characters & your ship.