I'm playing the version that was recently released to voice actors (and maybe others?)
I...don't like it. I have a really hard time affecting the outcome of missions. Every mission so far has required me to destroy a number of Brakiri capital ships before they destroy friendly vessels, but I don't have the armament, wingmen, or positioning to do that. I can't even disable weapons in time to affect battles, in general. It's not that I'm a bad pilot -- I'm quite good. But there's only so much damage you can dish out in a fixed period of time.
The only exception was the first mission, where I successfully took out all the enemy capital ships without losing friendlies -- only to realize I was intended to lose that mission, since there were unlimited waves of enemy fighters jumping in.
I'm frustrated, I find the missions generally repetitive, and I have a feeling I'm rapidly being shunted into the losing branch of the campaign.
I can't save Altair Station or its escorts. I certainly can't defend the convoy in the next mission -- I completed it once with three transports surviving, but that's the most I've ever saved. And in every case it's because there are Brakiri warships dealing massive damage with their beam weapons, and doing so faster than I can hope to counterattack. If you're going to give me a lot of wingmates, at least give them effective anti-capital ship weapons, and give me the capability to order them around.
It is, however, bug-free so far.