The beginning of the game was fantastic. But after all the races are known, it's getting kinda repetitive. Just a thought. Maybe given parts of a story as your playing. Some cool CGI or something. Something to keep the interest going. Once you've researched all the tech, there's not much else to do but build ships and watch battles.

If you've researched everything you should have won by then. Seriously.

Not if you're trying to win by a specific victory.