If you want to have fun and experience the same interesting story as SPAZ 1, look elsewhere.

There is actually very little content in this game.
The story campaign basically a tutorial and consist of 3 main quests to go somewhere and kill/destroy something.
After that you get the same exact endless play that you'd have in the sandbox mode with little to nothing to do.
Basically you can't win this game, you can just fly around, build bases, destroy bases and equip your ship endlessly.
There is no point in exploration.

Shipbuilding is absolutely pointless and one-dimensional. Just build a linear long spine ship, throw the strongest weapons on there and nothing can stop you.
There is a system that rewards you for building your ship differently but it does not matter at all since the only places where it could have mattered were multiplayer battles.

Multiplayer was scrapped. Yep, no multiplayer for you. Better luck in SPAZ 3.
What content did we get when the multiplayer was scrapped instead? Nothing.

Guess what the military does when the zombie outbrake starts: Declare war on civilians.

The AI is absolutely awful in this game. There is basically no way of interacting with them in a productive fashion.
You cannot tell captains in your own empire to defend your empire, you cannot tell them to attack enemies, you cannot tell them to gather resources, you cannot tell them to clear Bandit bases, you cannot tell them to clean infected captains.
You can basically do nothing with them except order a single one of your captains to follow you around.
You will see no more interaction with your own faction during the entire game.

Don't get fooled. This game is far from finished or offering a lot of content.

If you want to have fun and experience the same interesting story as SPAZ 1, look elsewhere. There is actually very little content in this game. The story campaign basically a tutorial and consist of 3 main quests to go somewhere and kill/destroy something. After that you get the same exact endless play that you'd have in the sandbox mode with little to nothing to do. Basically you can't win this game, you can just fly around, build bases, destroy bases and equip your ship endlessly. There is no point in exploration. Shipbuilding is absolutely pointless and one-dimensional. Just build a linear long spine ship, throw the strongest weapons on there and nothing can stop you. There is a system that rewards you for building your ship differently but it does not matter at all since the only places where it could have mattered were multiplayer battles. Multiplayer was scrapped. Yep, no multiplayer for you. Better luck in SPAZ 3. What content did we get when the multiplayer was scrapped instead? Nothing. Guess what the military does when the zombie outbrake starts: Declare war on civilians. The AI is absolutely awful in this game. There is basically no way of interacting with them in a productive fashion. You cannot tell captains in your own empire to defend your empire, you cannot tell them to attack enemies, you cannot tell them to gather resources, you cannot tell them to clear Bandit bases, you cannot tell them to clean infected captains. You can basically do nothing with them except order a single one of your captains to follow you around. You will see no more interaction with your own faction during the entire game. Don't get fooled. This game is far from finished or offering a lot of content.