The heavy sniper's mockney incantation of “he met a sticky end” is particularly irritating. However the forces you take control of in many of these campaign missions are actually U.N squaddies leading to some very poor attempts at a variety of accents. The framing of the story in the early cut scenes is an immediate warning that we might not be getting any kind of quality storytelling, setting up a tale of a generic foreign menace threatening the righteous U.S.A. In short, these sections are poorly written, poorly voiced, and poorly animated. Each mission is preceded by a cutscene featuring either an American style news report, or an eavesdrop on the sinister machinations of the games antagonists. The campaign’s failure to educate the player on the nuances of the game is further compounded by a shoddy story. While it’s not impossible to get to that point in Act of Aggression, the game itself will not help you much in getting there. There is of course nothing inherently wrong with making a game that is challenging, but in order for the player to have a rewarding experience while taking on that challenge they must feel like they have the adequate tools to do so. The early missions in the campaign offer little in the way of a tutorial and in that sense it’s helpful that Act of Aggression brings little innovation to the real time strategy genre, as any radical new concepts combined with this brutal learning curve would surely leave most players deeply frustrated. Like the old jaded teacher in school who has grown to despise his pupils rather than care for them, this game has more interest in punishing you than it has educating you. Do not approach Act of Aggression lightly.
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