It came to me upon re-reading the whole WW2 history books.
Well, not FH-specific, but here we go.
When i look back to what maps are available in FH 0.7, theatre-wise, it seems that there are certain periods of wars that are lacking of depiction in the mod. So let's say, the war in Pacific began in 1936, then escalated in 1941, and in Europe it started in 1939, then escalated in 1941. Because the war in especially early western theatre ended so quickly (thus not many battles can be interpreted in typical BF maps setting), if not it was interrupted with what known as "the phony war".
I felt that during the years of 1943. The year should saw more action in Pacific and Italian theatre besides the epic Kursk battle and more gigantic eastern front action. I believe this was caused by the lack of Italian theatre map, as the most case in many other WW2 games. It makes the west suddenly disappear from the war during that period. It is in the middle of the escalation of the war, and there should be more action during that year and should see more maps portraying what have happened during those periods of times. So, it makes me think that the year of 1943 somewhat translates to "the Soviet's turn" in WW2 gaming.
Moreover, the same thing i felt for 1940-1941, where the war has began to escalate. Early eastern front maps are rare, because mostly they are caught by surprise and cannot adequately deploy and field battle-ready equipment to counter the Germans, which makes a good BF maps based on those events difficult to design. Depicting blitzkrieg if very difficult due to the nature of the battle. But there are some interesting battles going on that usually forgotten, the northern theatre, we saw the battle for Norway and Finland vs USSR war. Despite the odds, i think we still can make some interesting maps out of those scenarios.
In contrast, i see some kind of 1944 and 1942 bias in most WW2 games. When we look at FH0.7 maps, we will see more battle in 1944 (mostly western front), even outweighing most of other fronts. And we see that too in 1942 maps. We see more action in North African dessert, Pacific, and some Eastern front battles. Seeing this way, i see more like a general tendency of being allied-bias (not just FH2, but the whole WW2 gaming). It makes the 1942 and 1944 seems more "lively".
So, do you think that there are certain events on the years that are lack of portrayal that it should have gained? (Which FH2 could potentially balance it out)?
