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(6-8) Red Ball Express Remake

This was by far me and my friends' favourite map from COH1. And I was really dissapointed in not finding it ported here in the steam workshop like many of the other COH1 maps, dissapointed enough to make one myself.

I've never bothered to learn how to port a map, but after playing the original close to a million times, I knew it almost by heart. This map is not a complete copy of the original, but a map I made to resemble the feeling of it with the touch of COH2 and the eastern front. I think one of the best examples of that is the autumn setting. Other parts of it, such as the trench areas also have a practical purpose. Since the infantry of COH2 feels a lot weaker, (especially against tanks) I felt they could use a bit more cover in some parts of the map. The resource distribution is also different from COH1, and I've really done my best trying to make it balanced in every aspect of gameplay while maintaining the original territory setup.

A little note about popcap. I've been asked in the comments several times to increase it, and this is something I have decided against. The 100 that the game gives you from the start is more than enough to build a really strong army, and it is also very well balanced for this game. A third or fourth IS2 won't really make your victory grander than it probably already is.

I hope you'll agree to the changes I've made and find this map to be a comfort to some extend for the abundance of the great orignial from COH1.




Also, special thanks to Lyton and Crazyshootin for testing and coming up with great ideas for improvent in the developing process.