I’ve played over 5,000 games, and this was my first time exploring Moscow in the game.
Of course, I did it in a custom room. It was really fun and helped me escape the exhaustion of battles.
I recognized Mausoleum of Lenin, the famous GUM, the State Historical Museum, and St. Vasily’s Cathedral.
But why is there a row of houses in the middle of Red Square? Does it correspond to historical facts of that time?
I’m not blaming anyone, nor do I want to put pressure on the development team. As a tourist, I’m just curious if this is true, as it’s a little different from what I know. Because the Soviet Union held a world-famous military parade here during World War II.
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Yes, but not the way is represented in-game. In the XIX century til today, Red Square is more empty, centuries early it had some buildings here and there, for reference:
XVI — XVIII century
XIX century — present
So yes, it’s not accurate since this Red Square represents the most historical recent of it, post Russian Civil War I may assume.
See this gallery if you want to:
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Maybe it is fake housing erected there in 1941 to confuse German bombers.
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Wow thank you so much! I even learn more things from your reply!
This is also a very interesting speculation, and reasonable :D
Interesting - it’s not the WW2 camo tho - there were no “houses” in the square and Lenin’s tomb was disguised plus the roofs of the Kremlin buildings were all painted rusty-brown -
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It’s probably like how D.C. isn’t geographically correct in Fallout 3. Certain places even when just being a monument or historical place have to be altered. It’s not too far fetched to believe a foreign entity like a terrorist group would use maps from a military game to plan something.
Or maybe Gaijin just wanted to spice it up
