You reminded me of Command & Conquer 4 with that Quake 4 reference, Kouen.

They tried so hard to make you like the 'commander' you're supposed to be, even saddling you with some bint wife. Never did finish the game, but I did know around mission 3 or 4 when the bitch died that they obviously tried really hard to make you go 'my wife, noooooooooooooooo', and all everyone could think was 'saw that coming. Thank god it happened and we can stop getting messages from the hag. I mean, seriously, this is supposed to be an encrypted military band. Why the hell is my wife on this thing telling me about the house?'