"The Eternal War": Ten Years of a Single Civ 2 Game

[lapan]

Things like this remind me of why Civ 2 was my favorite Civ-game.

 

[frobalt]

Anyone else think that by 'seeks help' the title meany 'psychological help'?

 

[Bostur]

It's so simple, he just needs to build Ironclads to rule the seas.

 

[Meight08]

It's so simple, he just needs to build Ironclads to rule the seas.

They get nuked in less than a 2 turns.

 

[Gabanuka]

I one had a Fall From Heaven game last 1 month. This kinda puts that to shame.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

Annnnnd someone beat it.

Took 58 years in-game, but I pulled it off. [http://www.reddit.com/r/theeternalwar/comments/uzm4w/took_58_years_ingame_but_i_pulled_it_off/]

Spoiler: TL:DR:

He built single square island cities and made them production centers. He sold of buildings like libraries and universities to shave some overhead cost off. He allied with America long enough to fight the Vikings with a lot of Howitzers. And then beat America by rushing them by sea sense they have a pitiful navy.

 

[Evill_Bob]

I think the only thing that can really said about this is BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

 

[Bostur]

It's so simple, he just needs to build Ironclads to rule the seas.

They get nuked in less than a 2 turns.

Someone didn't play the first Civ it seems. ;-)

It's a paraphrase from the military advisor in the first Civilization. As soon as Steampower and Ironclads becomes available, the advisor would suggest building Ironclads for the rest of the game even if destroyers, nukes and carriers were plentiful.
- "We should build Ironclads to rule the seas"

The quirks of the old advisors was also joke material in the advisor videos of Civilization 2.

 

[mistwolf]

I think the only thing that can really said about this is BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!

 

[tthor]

I think he should build a damn spaceship and move onto Alpha Centauri.

he already won the space race long before the war

 

[dyre]

hah, that's pretty awesome! Only problem is that I've never had a game like that...either I win pretty easily or at some point I start losing quickly and it ends there. Maybe there should be some kind of scenario campaign made around this.

 

[Nouw]

I bet this will evolve into a Warhammer 40k esque game. In the grim future, there is only war...

Now that I'd love to see.

 

[Therumancer]

Hmmm, I'm going to have to call BS on this one. I can't see a game of Civ II becoming that much of a stalemate unless he specifically orchestrated it himself somehow.

It could be true, but I will say I'm a doubter. I've played Civ II enough where I can't envision a stalemate lasting that long, the computer would "cheat" if nothing else.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Well, kudos to him for keeping it going for so long. This kind of stuff really reaffirms my faith in games as a medium. You'd never get something like this from a film or a book.

I think he should build a damn spaceship and move onto Alpha Centauri.

he already won the space race long before the war

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I thought that this far after the ending date you wouldn't be able to win via Space Race even if you wanted to, and it's pretty obvious that even if he could he wouldn't have. So all of these people talking about using space ships seem to be missing the point...

EDIT: Just realised I just completely necro'd this thread thanks to a link from here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.391616-XCOM-Players-Discover-Bonus-Campaign-Mode XD

Ahh well, at least I wasn't the first new post here so technically I didn't completely necro it on my own.

 

[Robot Number V]

Someone else used the phrase "hilariously tragic" to describe his tale, and I think that's pretty accurate. I can't stop laughing at how incredibly fucked up his world has become.

I'm also pretty amazed that Civ is actually that ridiculously deep.