On release, there will be a spectator mode for multiplayer games and a replay mode. There can be up to 40 players in a multiplayer match. Skirmish maps are set in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and China. Act of Aggression will have a togglable in-game day and night cycle. Skills and abilities for units can be unlocked to specialize them in roles through purchasable upgrades.
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Each faction will upgrade in a centralized headquarters in order to unlock new units, buildings, and upgrades. The game includes superweapons (or tactical weapons) and anti-superweapons (or counter-tactical weapons) for each of the factions. Banks and prisoners of war can be captured for a supplementary source of income. There are to be multiple resources each faction relies on to sustain their game economies and to build up their forces: deposits of aluminum, oil, and rare earth elements are scattered across the map. Act of Aggression will thus include base building and resource management. The game aims to “bring the players back in the 90’s Golden Age of strategy games.”, confirming that Act of Aggression will be a traditional RTS, having its gameplay similar to Command & Conquer: Generals and Act of War: Direct Action, with several other gameplay elements based off of Eugen's previous Wargame games. The standalone missions are unlocked at key points of the main campaign, and these missions are focused on the Cartel's perspective on the conflict. The main campaign follows the Chimera and US’s efforts to rout the Cartel. In the main campaign, players are a head of the Chimera task force. The United States, suffering from the economic crisis and recurring defense budget cuts, struggles to maintain their influence as a global superpower.Īct of Aggression includes a main campaign mode and many standalone missions. Still determined to uncover the suspicious cause of the Shanghai Crash, the " Chimera Protocol" was signed in secrecy, binding several UN member states together to provide intelligence and military support for the investigation. Initial investigations were ceased due to insufficient evidence, and is now regarded as a mere conspiracy theory. The United Nations' Transnational Crime Organization suspects that the Shanghai Crash was orchestrated.
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Taking advantage of the chaos, a shadowy organization known as the " Cartel", a syndicate of private military contractors and corporate magnates, was able to infiltrate the failing governments and install its own puppet regimes. Third world countries suffered the worst from the crisis, and were on the brink of collapse. In the year 2019 the " Shanghai Crash", which was the collapse of the entire Chinese financial system, plunges the whole world into the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.