This seems to be the general sentiment about this game and its true: It has all the problems that the first version has.
 You get more ship hulls to work with, that is true, but that's about it. The game still has the same lame missions that take forever to play and ARE NOT FUN! Also, the user interface is still pretty much the same.
 The developers needed to make some major changes in this version, such as being able to captain the ship you built (even in a limited "Star Fleet Academy" manner) and to unlock better hulls and equipment other than using the "credit" system. How about promotions to higher engineering positions? That makes more sense. I downloaded a money cheat so I could mess with different hulls without playing all those tedious missions. This extended the game's life on my PC by a week but I still got frustrated by not being able to fully interact with my creations.
I though that was the whole point behind this game.
This seems to be the general sentiment about this game and its true: It has all the problems that the first version has. You get more ship hulls to work with, that is true, but that's about it. The game still has the same lame missions that take forever to play and ARE NOT FUN! Also, the user interface is still pretty much the same. The developers needed to make some major changes in this version, such as being able to captain the ship you built (even in a limited "Star Fleet Academy" manner) and to unlock better hulls and equipment other than using the "credit" system. How about promotions to higher engineering positions? That makes more sense. I downloaded a money cheat so I could mess with different hulls without playing all those tedious missions. This extended the game's life on my PC by a week but I still got frustrated by not being able to fully interact with my creations. I though that was the whole point behind this game.