I think the death of Victor was an unexpected, but working plot element. It made him immortal, a legend among resistance fighters and people of Nogova. A fitting end to the epic.
I absolutely loved Resistance, I was hoping for this kind of addon when I finished the original campagin, but this really surpassed my expectations. A whole new island, updated graphics, and a solid campagin. A masterpiece indeed.
A minor gripe, though, towards the end there were few epic battles, but I was left with a feeling that the soviets were defeated a bit too easily. Resistance was celebrating victory when the last town was captured. Were the Russians taking the island back in the final cutscene when Americans arrived? I thought Guba was leaving the island already at this point with defeat.