Open Beta Ruse Review
- March 10th, 2010
- Posted in Gaming . Reviews
- By Tyler
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I got RUSE yesterday when the open beta commenced and I have one word which sums it up. Amazing. Being an RTS junky I’ve played nearly all of them. My list includes all of the C&C (Command and Conquer), Age of empires 3, Warcraft, Starcraft, Company of heroes, and the Total War games.Most RTS are generally the same, you build a base and then create a huge army to obliterate your oponent; however, RUSE is nothing like any of the other RTS I have mentioned in my opinion. Yes, in RUSE you do build a base and a army to destroy your foes but there is a new feel to it. One of my favorite options is the zoom feature which allows you to quickly zoom in and out of the battlefield. Also, you can deploy different tactics, which can be anywhere from your units moving faster or creating a fake assault. I have played it a couple of times online and experienced no lag for an RTS game and I have seen many different tactics. I believe this is a game I will most definitely be buying. Now all I wish I had was an awesome touch screen table like the one seen in the trailer.
I can’t wait for this game to come out!
no, not amazing boring
I am not one to get all excited for the release of an RTS; I am more of a hack and slash and RPG fan, but I did download the beta for RUSE and I have played multiple rounds. I found that it is quite fun and a major step up in graphics and strategy when compared to the old school Command and Conquer, Star Craft, and Age of Empires. I think that RUSE is at the top of its class and I would definitely purchase it when the full version is released.
I would have to agree with you on your experience. I have found it to be a different feel also and it is great. Having most RTS games sticking to the same formula as another and then over and over again only changing the story lines with new expansins, I have previously believed that there is not much more you can accomplish with these types of games. With that I almost reluctanctly agreed to play with a friend of mine online and boy was I wrong about RTS game to come.
The Beta release of course is just that a beta, with that in mind I am being lienant towards some of the issues. The gameplay is spectacular. This game incourages you to think about what your doing. Dropping the super micro-management in other RTS’s you can sat back and strategize much better. The simplistic layout of hotkeys are easy to learn, moves very well as a whole, and really brings excitement back into it. Most of all you have your RUSE cards cause you to actully wonder what is really happening. With these distractions in play you can really use tactic not seen in many games much less an RTS. For example you can have decoy units attack one sector while you hide yours and walk behind defenses to issue an attack on the flank and take everthing right from underneath them. Strateegies like this and I am sure there will be more, make you really get into the gameplay and allow it to be a new game every round. Sure you will have rushers and others using cheap tricks but you can stop them in this game with your own tricks.
All in all as long as the online is fixed to account for lag and NAT issues with other players connections then this will be a great game, even without a storyline. This could even be an online only game and have success in my opinion. If I were to rate this as a beta then even with the small issues here and there i would give this a solid 7. I am sure the full game will warant a higher score from me but till then, I will play this game until it is gone and definitely purchase this as soon as it is released.
Beta available for download until the 9th of April I think from Steam client by valve.