normal strategy game victory paths:
-science
-economic
-conquest
-cultural

heart of the machine "victory" "paths":
-grant random wildlife sapience for the hell of it
-facilitate an irreversible economic catastrophe
-make people play evil vrchat
-cause a nuclear disaster in a highly populated area (bonus points for doing it twice)
and many, many more equally nonsensical things

basically it's peak

normal strategy game victory paths: -science -economic -conquest -cultural heart of the machine "victory" "paths": -grant random wildlife sapience for the hell of it -facilitate an irreversible economic catastrophe -make people play evil vrchat -cause a nuclear disaster in a highly populated area (bonus points for doing it twice) and many, many more equally nonsensical things basically it's peak