Eastern Front has just as good if not better matchups than Western Front.
Not saying it doesn't.
It's purely an emotional involvement thing. Eastern front just doesn't resonate with me. Same with Korea. As a kid, I never fantasized about being a fighter pilot in the battle of Bodenplatte. Never heard of it.
But by Cod, I was day dreaming about being a Corsair pilot in Black Sheep.
Plenty of others might like it. Lots players liked IL2, but that's a big part of why that franchise never clicked for me. I appreciate it technically, it just doesn't let me playout any of my childhood pilot fantasies.
I first fell in love with WWI pretending I was The Great Waldo Pepper!