Does it get boring mid to late game?

[Moriarty]

Genuine question. Saw a few videos and it seemed to me that after most of the lands are occupied, the game was just moving units and waiting.

I could be wrong since I don't know the game so that's why I'm asking.

[colostmy4]

What is boring is subjective to the individual playing. I can't say what would be boring for you. I only know what is boring for me. As the game moves on, most of the time it can get less fun for me mid to late game, it really all depends what is going on in the game at the time and which other civilizations I'm dealing with.

[Moriarty]

Originally posted by colostmy4:

What is boring is subjective to the individual playing. I can't say what would be boring for you. I only know what is boring for me. As the game moves on, most of the time it can get less fun for me mid to late game, it really all depends what is going on in the game at the time and which other civilizations I'm dealing with.

The first part is pretty obvious but anyways... And why it gets boring, lack of decisions to make or what?

[D3bs]

I don't think it is boring but mid to late game play is different, and for me that means a more strategic game rather that the initial rush for land and early conflict. It's not generally as busy but there is always something to do.

[Oaks]

I like mid game very much. I usually play on continents, and it is a lot of fun to finally explore the world when the ships are able to. I then usually set up a few colonies and start to get involved in foreign wars.

Late game is not so much boring for me as it is just long. Turns feel much longer, and there is usually much more to do per turn, so I start to miss how quickly the turns go in early game. Unless I am really invested in a round, I usually start a new round by this point, since it drags on a little.

[colostmy4]

Originally posted by Moriarty:

The first part is pretty obvious but anyways... And why it gets boring, lack of decisions to make or what?

Note that I said "less fun" and not "boring" for me anyway.
I don't know, maybe because of the wait for the turns of the other civilizations slows the game a bit more. I tend to find exploring more entertaining, and after the map has pretty much been explored the game seems less exciting to me. Also, sometimes waiting on a technology to do what I want do can drag the game a little. If most the other cultures that I'm surrounded by are mainly competing with me for culture, science, or religion, it can seem like little action is going on. The game seems more exciting if playing for a domination victory, but Civ VI seems like it less geared and more discouraging to domination victories as few leaders are geared to those obtaining that kind of victory, and then add the unfavorable responses by the other civs when you do try dominate another civ. Religious victories, to me, seem to be the easiest but are also the most tedious to achieve.

[Homer Morisson]

I'd say to OP's question that this depends highly on yourself and how you approach the game.

I personally really enjoy mid and endgame, but I mostly go for Domination, i.e. World War with Nukes and Giant Death Robots™.

If you raise the AI difficulty to Emperor and beyond, that'll also make especially Endgame much more challenging, and therefor interesting, instead of being able to simply steamroll urvythang.

[plaguepenguin]

The game becomes tedious after you reach a point at which the other civs can't do much of anything to stop you. If you don't get to that point, if the game is still so competitive on turn 450 that you have to continue to strategize, and every decision still counts, the game never gets boring. The thing is, the game doesn't have sufficient mechanisms to counter the effects of one civ pulling ahead, so once you as a human master strategist pull ahead, you can quickly snowball to the point that the AI civs have nothing they can do to keep you from winning.

Of course, on the higher difficulty levels, the AIs approach victory conditions pretty early in the turn sequence, while you as a human are delayed because the AI bonuses kept you from early snowballing. These two effects can result in games that are still competitive as an AI is about to win, so you really need to hustle to get your win condition first.

That said, the more usual pattern is to either get slaughtered by higher difficulty early, or eventually pass the AIs up early enough that the game is soon no longer competitive. The game could definitely use a victory type based on a civ having reached that point of inevitable victory, without having to get to any of the defined victory conditions.

That said, the period of gliding after the game is no longer competitive is not really burdensome. Put all your units on fortify, queue up projects for your cities and just click "next turn" until it's over. If your interest in the game is at all towards a city builder, you can even use this period to construct or reconstruct model cities because you no longer have to compromise your city builder aesthetic with practical needs.

[squirerobb22]

As others have pointed out, it really depends on how you approach the game, the CIVs in play and the difficulty. Personally I find planning out the settings and the CIV I want to play with an idea of what I want to accomplish in mind sets me up for knowing what I want to/should be doing throughout all the stages of a game. There is also a *very* strong modding community. I would recommend getting all the DLC when it is on sale - it makes a whole new game and creates a very different experience. GLHF

[fmalfeas]

It really depends on what's going on. Sometimes you think you're steamrolling, and then you stumble upon something like a huge and heavily armed Alexander that is the reason everyone was so weak, and you find yourself stuck in the worst war ever (because Alexander gets no war weariness and thus will not peace out without massive bribes).

[Homer Morisson]

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

It really depends on what's going on. Sometimes you think you're steamrolling, and then you stumble upon something like a huge and heavily armed Alexander that is the reason everyone was so weak, and you find yourself stuck in the worst war ever (because Alexander gets no war weariness and thus will not peace out without massive bribes).

Which is precisely why I'll always turtle up until I have at least the ability to airdrop reinforcements, heh.

[Joshybones]

Late game war can be pretty satisfying, especially against humans. Air combat is pretty well implemented.

[machiavelli28]

With the expansions, late game can be largely eliminated with cultural victory. Set up a few monopolies, buy all the tourism generating artifacts/greatworks, and the game won't drag on. You won't have to play those last 50 turns anymore.

[fmalfeas]

Originally posted by machiavelli28:

With the expansions, late game can be largely eliminated with cultural victory. Set up a few monopolies, buy all the tourism generating artifacts/greatworks, and the game won't drag on. You won't have to play those last 50 turns anymore.

Diplo is even more effective. You need /10/ diplo points to win.

Found a religion and pick...I think it's Pagoda? Gives you 1 diplo favor a turn per building. Build a diplo quarter and the buildings. Become suzerain of all the city states nobody cares about for more diplo favor. Pressure everyone into sending you delegations and embassies.

And then sling your diplo favor at whatever you think is the most likely options every congress (and if you hate one of the likely options, well, that's why you have huge amounts of diplo favor, just throw like 15 votes at it and tell the rest of the world to suck it up).

In 5 congresses or less, you'll win. Those competitions can also net you diplo victory points, which is why it may not even take the full 5.

[Athena]

I wouldn't know because my game keeps CRASHING!

[JacobTheViking]

Originally posted by Moriarty:

Genuine question. Saw a few videos and it seemed to me that after most of the lands are occupied, the game was just moving units and waiting.

I could be wrong since I don't know the game so that's why I'm asking.

If you fall asleep during matches of Chess, then I guess the answer is yes?