There are 3 ways to win at Civ 2. One is to land a spaceship on Alpha Centuri. Another way is to destroy all the other Civs. I'm a peaceful type. I like to land a spaceship. The 3rd way is to just be the highest-ranked Civ at the end of the game.
So I tried the military victory path just out of curiosity. I suck at that. I'm a natural builder and defender. The computer is designed to built military units and attack. In fact, it cheats.
There is a cheat function (aside from the computer) where you can see details of what the opposing Civs are doing. I've done that a couple times just to understand what the computer is doing. The computer Civs build military at 75-80% of the normal cost. And if the game gets tight towards the end, it cheats more (like 50%).
So I was trying to play for a military victory just to see what happened. Part of the game is research to discover new advances. The computer "discovered" units it did not have the research for!
The game ends in 2020. I ended up the top Civ at that point, but it really felt unsatisfactory. My next one will be totally military. Just build the strongest types and send them all around with some spies to steal stuff and bribe enemy units. But I'll go back to building cities after that. It feels better to build.
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