I like games like that actually
I played a very slow (deliberately) game once: I was in 1 system for more than a quarter century, then confined to 5 systems for another quarter century, then there was a big war, then there was another one, then I began pushing out into space and didn't encounter anything for another quarter century. I just got to 100+ years and I've only had sustained contact with aliens for a decade an a half...it makes things more fun, cause, you know, when you discover aliens that a big holy poop moment for your entire civilization.