Help me to like this game

As kyro said in your other post, the campiagn isn't the main part of the game, and as such, isn't as well developed. Try playing some sandbox games, which are the main point of the game, and then see if your opinon as changed.

Play the skirmish mode.

I love this game, but not the campaign.

This type of game, as same with Civ series or most empire based games the focus is not on the campaign, but the endlessly random sandbox mode. Give it a few runs and you'll see it can be quite a different experience from game to game. You'll also be hard pressed to find a better non-cheating AI. Imperium Galactica was a great game, but not comparable really to GCII, they are just two different types of games.

Yeah, I don't like the campaign that much either. I played it, 'cause I'm a completionist. The sandbox mode is where all the features really shine. Although, I have to admit, when I first got the game, I was a little disappointed (particularly with the fact that transports take such a long time to research), it took me a few weeks to get into the rhythm. Most of it was originally my not being very good. And now I'm still not very good, but it got really fun once I figured out logistics and capital ships.   

As others have said above, try a few games in sandbox mode (where you click New Game on the first screen). You can play as any of the nine races or make up your own, all have different strengths and weaknesses. The choices of different galaxy sizes and of availability of stars and planets make for a wide variety of game environments. There are more planets to colonize and conquer and youf friends and enemies aren't predefined. Karumo said it best:

The sandbox mode is where all the features really shine.

The true joy of the game is to build the empire you want to build. It isn't to jump through some arbitrary hoop that the devs thought up, but to provide a game where you build the empire, you build the ships, and you determine the story line.

If you watch a movie, you can enjoy it, and may grow tired of it. The same can be said of computer games.

It was once said that a good book is one that is differant everytime you read it. The same is true of computer games. With the right tools and a good imagination, it's never the same experiance twice.

It was once said that a good book is one that is differant everytime you read it

EXACTLY!
NO two games are alike!

In sandbox mode once you get to really feel the pressure of wars, leadership and making tough decisions and I don't mean just the ehical decisions you gotta make real decisions such as: taking altarians for allies when you know three evil races are gonna jump on your back.Save the arceans who give a huge trade bonus but if you do you'll have to fight the powerful drengin, declare war against the number 1 military power in the galaxy(say terrans)or lose three planets via culture flipping and hope you can establish an alliance with all the major races before your very own homeworld is culture flipped. settle for the class 11 planet(not that big of a challenge) or do you want the class 13 torian homeworld(very big of a challenge).

In fact, all that and more is just another day in the life of one of the Galactic Civilizations.

I suggest you read a couple of game examples the devs have made and then go play a few sandbox games of your own. You'll get hooked.

With the right tools and a good imagination, it's never the same experiance twice.

I strongly agree. This forum is also one of "the right tools" for the job. After you play a bit, you start to have questions about how stuff works, you read around here looking for info, and you end up seeing ideas you'd never come close to on your own that turn out to be just what you needed even though you didn't know it.