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Originally Posted by dimlee
True. By the way, there are not many distinctive local objects on most of East Front maps as well. Leningrad and Slovakia are the only exceptions, probably.
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Agreed, those are the most distinctive maps in the game. You can really tell that the Slovakia map was a labor of love, made by people who knew the territory.
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Originally Posted by dimlee
And some existing "distinctive" objects are plain wrong and/or were installed with time machine technology, for example, breakwaters in Sevastopol Bay (constructed in 1970s in real life).
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In some cases, coastlines and river courses are wrong compared to historical photos, and there are lakes that actually represent post-WW2 reservoirs.
Even ignoring the technical skills required, it takes access to historical resources and some knowledge of the area to make a good, historical map.