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   graylox
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   I've been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years. This is the result.

   submitted 1 day ago* by Lycerius

   http://imgur.com/a/rAnZs

   I've been playing the same game of Civ II for 10 years. Though long outdated, I grew fascinated with this particular game because by the time Civ III was released, I was already well into the distant future. I then thought that it might be interesting to see just how far into the future I could get and see what the ramifications would be. Naturally I play other games and have a life, but I often return to this game when I'm not doing anything and carry on. The results are as follows.

   The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.

   There are 3 remaining super nations in the year 3991 A.D, each competing for the scant resources left on the planet after dozens of nuclear wars have rendered vast swaths of the world uninhabitable wastelands.

   -The ice caps have melted over 20 times (somehow) due primarily to the many nuclear wars. As a result, every inch of land in the world that isn't a mountain is inundated swamp land, useless to farming. Most of which is irradiated anyway.

   -As a result, big cities are a thing of the distant past. Roughly 90% of the worlds population (at it's peak 2000 years ago) has died either from nuclear annihilation or famine caused by the global warming that has left absolutely zero arable land to farm. Engineers (late game worker units) are always busy continuously building roads so that new armies can reach the front lines. Roads that are destroyed the very next turn when the enemy goes. So there isn't any time to clear swamps or clean up the nuclear fallout.

   -Only 3 super massive nations are left. The Celts (me), The Vikings, And the Americans. Between the three of us, we have conquered all the other nations that have ever existed and assimilated them into our respective empires.

   -You've heard of the 100 year war? Try the 1700 year war. The three remaining....

   Go to
   http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii/
   and read the whole story - but be warned, you need an awful lot of time - for following the discussion, downloading the savegame, buying or restarting the old game and forgetting everything else.

   I think I'm already infected ...

   graylox

   14.06.12

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Apart from Darklands(a cRPG) Civilization was one of the first computer games I ever became obsessed with and would play it for many hours every day for several years when it was first released. My third favorite was F19 Flight Sim then Epic a space arena shooter. Althugh the graphics are pretty basic by todays standards I did play the origianl last year and enjoyed it just as much as the latest versions of Civilization. You can still get the original for free. (See the free games synopsis for details) In fact you can get both civ I & civ II for free via THIS link. The link for Civ II can be found in wizzard of Oz's post just below ornithos's.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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