The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation

[Whelkman]

Civ 2 player has been deadlocked for a decade:

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

 

[Vortilex]

This is old news, though. If you like that scenario, head on over to /r/theeternalwar, where you can dl the save file, if you have CII.

 

[Whelkman]

It is old news but I missed it the first time around and never saw it mentioned on the Civ 1 board so I thought I'd share.

 

[Vortilex]

That's because it's a CII game.

 

[Whelkman]

Yes, it is.

 

[loopinaloop]

Guess what... I had a Civ1 save were I was past year 4000 AD. There is this bug when you conquer last enemy just one turn before an autosave. Then just load this autosave and you are all alone. I remember that this had happened because I was leaving one Zulu city in a South America until the last turn before game ends when time runs out (2020 AD or something).

Interesting thing: North of Canada appeared strange-looking terrain that when worked yielded incredible amounts of resources. Something like 100 food + 100 shields + 100 trade. It was impossible to tell exact numbers because it was a bug and you had icons of resources spilled all over your city screen.

P.S. This guy played Civ2 for 10 years and he made only to the 4000 AD? Besides, this thing about not terraforming land near cities because AI constantly destroys road is doubtful. I don't believe it. This story is a lie. Although comments are interesting. Especially this one: "Today I saw thousands of people on Reddit claim the best course of action was a fundamentalist dictatorship"

 

[Whelkman]

"Today I saw thousands of people on Reddit claim the best course of action was a fundamentalist dictatorship"

That seems to be the route most took to beat the scenario but it looks like at least two guys did it without a government change.

North of Canada appeared strange-looking terrain that when worked yielded incredible amounts of resources. Something like 100 food + 100 shields + 100 trade.

I've seen this before but never connected it with autosaving. I'm pretty sure my game(s) crashed shortly after this, though.

 

[Vortilex]

P.S. This guy played Civ2 for 10 years and he made only to the 4000 AD? Besides, this thing about not terraforming land near cities because AI constantly destroys road is doubtful. I don't believe it. This story is a lie. Although comments are interesting. Especially this one: "Today I saw thousands of people on Reddit claim the best course of action was a fundamentalist dictatorship"

I think he mentioned he played on and off for ten years, not ten years straight. He said he had played newer Civ games and other games, too. Considering I've never played a game going beyond 2500 and don't play every day, this seems plausible to me.

I've been playing the scenario, and I can see why he wouldn't play it every day. It's a little tedious, especially because the AI backstabs you more than usual.

 

[loopinaloop]

I've seen this before but never connected it with autosaving. I'm pretty sure my game(s) crashed shortly after this, though.

I've exploited this bug several times and my games never crashed. I even aimed at conquering all other Civs as soon as possible just to play alone, without AIs.

 

[Theov]

P.S. This guy played Civ2 for 10 years and he made only to the 4000 AD? Besides, this thing about not terraforming land near cities because AI constantly destroys road is doubtful. I don't believe it. This story is a lie. Although comments are interesting. Especially this one: "Today I saw thousands of people on Reddit claim the best course of action was a fundamentalist dictatorship"

I find the truth more plausible than the guy faking the game for reasons unknown.

 

[loopinaloop]

Although my stance was an expression of amazement, my response was unkind and too categorical. I have no reasons to doubt this person's truthfulness and I sorry for my ill-motivated judgement. Especially when discussed post has triggered quite a response from the international Civ fans. Well, sorry for my imbalanced and trashy posts.

P.S. this post is placed here in case the author reads it and for the sake of self-comment.