R.U.S.E.

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

4
Average:

3
Bad:

1

Pros:

Ruses provide a nifty and original strategic element.
Slick tabletop interface makes it easy to stay organized.
Recon, ambushes, and other elements make for lots of flexibility.

Cons:

Bland story characterized by poor cutscenes and inferior voice acting.
Campaign is boring and badly paced.

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Last revision on September 22, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Ruses provide a nifty and original strategic element
Slick tabletop interface makes it easy to stay organized
Recon, ambushes, and other elements make for lots of flexibility
Online and skirmish matches are really fun
The virtual tabletop concept and cutscenes have a great level of presentation and production value

Reviewers Didn't Like

Bland story characterized by poor cutscenes and inferior voice acting
Campaign is boring and badly paced
Problems finding online opponents
Combat is very slow and the Ruse mechanic doesn't count for much, as throwing a big army can win 95% of your matches

Expert reviews and ratings

RUSE takes a while to warm up, but once it does, it's cracking stuff, as the game's unfailingly proper British generals would no doubt put it. The Ruse mechanics do much to breathe fresh air into the genre, allowing for a pleasing game of tank-based...

By ign.com on September 24, 2010

Shooters have been gradually moving away from World War II in favor of more modern conflicts, but Ubisoft dives in headfirst, making this overused era the backdrop to their real-time strategy game, R.U.S.E. First thing anyone’s going to notice is the...

By Neoseeker on September 16, 2010

Ruse is a tough sell. You might not realize the developer, Eugen Systems, made a fantastic Command & Conquer clone back in 2005 called Act of War. Ubisoft's marketing doesn't help by trying to sexy up Ruse with their ridiculous promo videos. Then...

By 1Up on September 14, 2010

I know what you're thinking - "Oh noes, not ANOTHER World War 2 Strategy game!?" The industry's love affair with that particular time period will probably never go away, not soon anyway. There's just something about it, it's one of the last wars that...

By Strategy Informer on September 14, 2010

This intriguing real-time strategy game overcomes its feeble campaign by encouraging a different approach to battlefield tactics....

By GameSpot on September 13, 2010

On paper, R.U.S.E. seems like an exciting idea: a real-time strategy game played on a virtual tabletop with realistic landscapes, infantry, tanks and airplanes, coupled with special espionage abilities called Ruses sounds like the kind of concept that...

By GamePro on September 10, 2010

Compelling, slick, handsome. The predictable campaign and so-so skirmish AI are mere flesh...

By PC Gamer on September 07, 2010

Die zusätzliche Entwicklungszeit hat R.U.S.E. gut getan. Das Spiel weiß auch die anspruchsvollsten Strategen mit einigen Innovationen zu überzeugen. Das „ausgelutschte“ 2.Weltkriegs - Szenario stört mich nicht, da es ansprechend umgesetzt worden ist....

By GamerLobby on September 30, 2010

Auch wenn das Szenario 2ter Weltkrieg nicht mehr taufrisch ist, kann das Spiel auf ganzer Linie überzeugen. Es spielt sich einfach anders und man muss wesentlich taktischer vorgehen als beispielsweise bei Starcraft 2. Die kleinste Unachtsamkeit kann...

By Spieletest on September 19, 2010

RUSE ist neben Starcraft 2 ein echter Lichtblick für die Echtzeitstrategie. Trotz des abgenudelten WW2-Themas schafft das Spiel einen ordentlichen Spagat zwischen Atmosphäre für Einzelspieler und eSport-Tauglichkeit. Die KI ist gut, die Kampagne...

By GameCaptain on September 17, 2010

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