Why 2050?

[Deep_Blue]

Why 2050 is the end year for all civilization games, do they have a vision that the world will end in 2050?

Lets put this as a new conspiracy video in youtube: "2012 end of the world myth"

 

[Babbler]

Civ1 and Civ2 ended in 2020, IIRC.

They choose 2050 because it's a nice round number that is in the nearish future. The Activision Call to Power games ended in 2300 or something like that, and go into the far future.

 

[_random_]

In Civ1 it depended on the difficulty level.

 

[Babbler]

In Civ1 it depended on the difficulty level.

Oh really? Okay, I never played.

What were they, BTW?

 

[_random_]

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ1/difficultychart

 

[Murky]

It's just so that you can win by score. Alpha Centari is the next stage.

 

[Darth Caesar]

Cause Sid Meier said so. That is why.

 

[Deep_Blue]

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ1/difficultychart

I like the idea of end year scale with difficulty.

 

[Darth Caesar]

Also this should probably be in one of the Civ threads.

 

[Deep_Blue]

Nah it is off topic - conspiracy theory - (you know I am kidding right?)

 

[Silurian]

Maybe the future tech problem

 

[Tee Kay]

2050 is a nice looking number.

Also, it's not too far in the future that the developers would have to meddle too much in the realms of science fiction, but sufficiently far in the future to give the player a sense of leading their civilization beyond the modern (ie familiar) age, and so that colonizing Alpha Centauri is less of an unrealistic possibility. I think.

 

[stormerne]

Because 2050 is the date when the US finally becomes a puppet of the Sino-Indian Empire?

 

[Dumanios]

Because why not?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Moderator Action: Question asked, and answered. By my watch it's 2050 and end of the game. Closed.
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