[Goober5000]

Found on reddit, via slashdot.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii/

The thread is pretty cool, and has led to some very interesting strategic and philosophical discussions.  As well as several thought-provoking comparisons to 1984.

[IronBeer]

Ran across this earlier today- it's friggin' intense! With total tech stagnation and equality, I have no idea how anybody could break that kind of stalemate.

I saw people tossing out various tactics and strategies.... it's been ten whole years IRL, and nearly two millenia of warfare in-game. I'm sure this guy's tried just about everything by now.

[jr2]

Wow.  Where's Nuke?  He should be happy with the excessive nukage! 

[SpardaSon21]

Don't forget the ice caps have melted over twenty times.

[Polpolion]

in the year 3991 A.D
Vikings will surprise attack
often with nuclear weapons.

5 star post

that would make a good freespace mod

[Rodo]

priceless.

[BloodEagle]

Doesn't Civ auto-end / stop running effectively after a certain pre-defined date?

[Legate Damar]

in the year 3991 A.D
Vikings will surprise attack
often with nuclear weapons.

5 star post

that would make a good freespace mod

Oddly enough if you consider the lyrics of the song I used for the battle and the tech used by the enemies, my mod has already done just that.

[Nuke]

nuke their nukes before they can nuke your nukes.

mad is so awesome!

[Akalabeth Angel]

Doesn't Civ auto-end / stop running effectively after a certain pre-defined date?

I believe it usually gives you the option to keep playing, at least in Civ2.

[deathfun]

Doesn't Civ auto-end / stop running effectively after a certain pre-defined date?

I believe it usually gives you the option to keep playing, at least in Civ2.

I wish Revolutions did that

[T-Man]

Fantastic!

[Ghostavo]

So the Earth went to hell after you launched the ship to Alpha Centauri, eh?

Well, I'm sure the colonists are doing fine over there. Yep. No horrible long ideological wars or nightmarish native life.

[JCDNWarrior]

Incredible stuff, I always felt some of the older games had a very deep and complex message and meaning behind them. Besides it's Firaxis, who made Alpha Centauri which is boatloads of this potential hellish theme. It would be great to see this whole war ended somehow, preferably by some unique and thought provoking manner rather than more nukes.

[StarSlayer]

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war...

[Dragon]

Sounds a lot like Earth 2140.

[crizza]

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war...

I like and knowing your 40k lore, there were unification wars before the Empire^^

[Ravenholme]

I like how basically apart from the names this is the world situation espoused in 1984.

[NGTM-1R]

I'm kind of impressed one of the more homicidal factions lived so long, they usually don't...

[StarSlayer]

I like how basically apart from the names this is the world situation espoused in 1984.

To be fair, in 1984 we are never given actual evidence the rival superpowers and the conflicts with them actually are anything more then propaganda.

Actually I think it's actually a pretty cool scenario for a strategy game, especially if you could factor in things like backsliding tech and dwindling strategic resources.