Is anyone else bored?

[Jambo]

One can certainly get too much of a good thing. With STW, MTW and RTW, I've generally gone hammer and tong playing it as much as I can for about 2 weeks. Then, I reach campaign late game and the interest in managing a massive empire wanes, mainly because the mopping up process to reach the victory conditions becomes progressively tedious. At this 2 week point most of the AI nuances and the more irritating of the bugs start causing frustrations...

At this point I know it's a good time to take a break and do something else. Later, I'll either decide to start a new campaign (as the early game expansion is always the most addictive part) or wait in eager anticipation for some game altering, AI changing patch...

I've always thought one of the major failings of the TW series has been maintaining interest in the late game. So far I'd say MTW's glorious achievements mode has probably come closest.

[Akka]

Maintaining interest in the late game is ALWAYS the hardest part.
Just look at Civilization. Just read the Civilization's fora, and see the huge number of posts about "late-game tediousness".

I agree, though, that GA gave a nice set of objectives to do while the game went forward, while pure conquest start to become somehow boring at the end.