{"id":1124052,"date":"2026-02-01T20:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/GkX3PhyFjE6qR3WjE8HXgP"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:52:45","slug":"a-hellish-nightmare-remembering-the-most-famous-civilization-game-ever-played-civ-2s-eternal-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-hellish-nightmare-remembering-the-most-famous-civilization-game-ever-played-civ-2s-eternal-war\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A hellish nightmare&#8217;: Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played, Civ 2&#8217;s &#8216;Eternal War&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>When the Modern Age ends in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/civilization-7\/\">Civilization 7<\/a>, the game&#8217;s over, but it hasn&#8217;t always been that way. In previous games, you could keep playing long after a winner had been declared, a feature which led to the most famous game of Civilization ever played: Civilization 2&#8217;s &#8220;Eternal War.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James &#8220;Lycerius&#8221; Moore spent nearly a decade playing one game of Civilization 2 off and on, pushing it as far into the future as he could. In a 2012 Reddit post, he described the world that resulted as &#8220;a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only three civs were still standing in 3991 AD\u2014the Celts (Lycerius&#8217; civ), Vikings, and Americans\u2014and they were in constant conflict over an earth that could barely support human life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ice caps have melted over 20 times (somehow) due primarily to the many nuclear wars,&#8221; Lycerius wrote. &#8220;As a result, every inch of land in the world that isn&#8217;t a mountain is inundated swamp land, useless to farming. Most of which is irradiated anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to cooperate with the other nations were futile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The three remaining nations have been locked in an eternal death struggle for almost 2,000 years,&#8221; said Lycerius. &#8220;Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons. Even when the UN forces a peace treaty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can still read <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/uxpil\/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii\/\">Lycerius&#8217;s original Reddit post<\/a> about the The Eternal War, which spawned a whole subreddit of its own where players loaded <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/theeternalwar\/comments\/uyswv\/here_it_is\/\">his save<\/a> and attempted to either win the war or negotiate peace, as if it were a chess puzzle. Someone managed to defeat the other civs <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/theeternalwar\/comments\/uzm4w\/took_58_years_ingame_but_i_pulled_it_off\/\">in 58 in-game years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, we published <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/community-heroes-we-talk-to-the-man-behind-civilization-iis-eternal-war\/\">an interview with Lycerius<\/a> in which he discussed his sudden fame (the story got quite a bit of mainstream attention) and the question of whether Civ 2&#8217;s projection of the future might have been prescient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think people in general have this morbid curiosity about the world and where it&#8217;s going, and I think they saw this and just kind of latched on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s by no means an accurate simulation of world affairs or anything like that, it&#8217;s just a game roughly based on such things, but I think it really captured a lot of people&#8217;s imaginations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over a decade later, I&#8217;m wondering if maybe Civ 2 was more accurate than we knew.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Civilization 7 has launched to mostly positive reviews from critics\u2014we said it was good, but not as good as the last two games, in our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-review\/\">Civilization 7 review<\/a>\u2014and &#8220;Mixed&#8221; reviews from Steam users. I like it, but now that I&#8217;m thinking about Civ 2 again, I&#8217;m pining a little for the feeling of those older games.<\/p>\n<p>Civ 7 feels more positive overall about humanity&#8217;s agricultural and industrial revolutions\u2014it omits the effects of climate change, for instance, something I hope is added in an expansion as it was in Civ 6&#8217;s Gathering Storm. And though it was a little clunky from a political theory perspective, I like that your citizens in Civ 2 could revolt and temporarily replace your government with anarchy, and that corruption and waste were simulated.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to play Civ 2, it&#8217;s not too hard to find a copy online, but it&#8217;s not available for sale digitally anywhere. You can still get Civ 3 on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3910\/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_III_Complete\/\">Steam<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/en\/game\/sid_meiers_civilization_iii_complete\">GOG<\/a>, though. I don&#8217;t know whether it&#8217;d be a fruitful pursuit for Firaxis, or if any copyright snarls would block it, but I&#8217;d sure love a lightly remastered collection of Civs 1-4 someday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"96e9b4a1-3b03-45ac-a858-416c859250b0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension48=\"Civilization 7 review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:502px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"PNBU8kkiHRH4kZVE8CJji9\" name=\"civilization-7-caesar\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a-hellish-nightmare-remembering-the-most-famous-civilization-game-ever-played-civ-2s-eternal-war.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"502\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"96e9b4a1-3b03-45ac-a858-416c859250b0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension48=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Civilization 7 review<\/strong><\/a>: Our verdict<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/civilization-7-pc-performance-analysis-playable-on-lots-of-systems-but-the-late-game-will-grind-down-whatever-cpu-you-have\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 performance analysis<\/strong><\/a>: How it runs<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-victory-legacy-paths-win-conditions-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 victory guide<\/strong><\/a>: All win conditions<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/how-towns-and-cities-work-in-civilization-7\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How Civ 7 towns\/cities work<\/strong><\/a>: Settlements guide<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-age-transition-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 age transitions guide<\/strong><\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>Everything that changes<a class=\"view-deal button\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-dimension112=\"96e9b4a1-3b03-45ac-a858-416c859250b0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension48=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension25=\"\">View Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/a-hellish-nightmare-remembering-the-most-famous-civilization-game-ever-played-civ-2s-eternal-war\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Modern Age ends in Civilization 7, the game&#8217;s over, but it hasn&#8217;t always been that way. In previous games, you could keep playing long after a winner had been declared, a feature which led to the most famous game of Civilization ever played: Civilization 2&#8217;s &#8220;Eternal War.&#8221; James &#8220;Lycerius&#8221; Moore spent nearly a decade playing one game of Civilization 2 off and on, pushing it as far into the future as he could. In a 2012 Reddit post, he described the world that resulted as &#8220;a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.&#8221; Only three civs were still standing in 3991 AD\u2014the Celts (Lycerius&#8217; civ), Vikings, and Americans\u2014and they were in constant conflict over an earth that could barely support human life. &#8220;The ice&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-hellish-nightmare-remembering-the-most-famous-civilization-game-ever-played-civ-2s-eternal-war\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1124053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,516],"class_list":["post-1124052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-strategy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;A hellish nightmare&#039;: Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played, Civ 2&#039;s &#039;Eternal War&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When the Modern Age ends in Civilization 7, the game&#039;s over, but it hasn&#039;t always been that way. 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