RETAILBIZ: RUSE 66 MCV 10/09/10
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Deception, betrayal and manipulation are the name of the game in Ubisoft’s RUSE…
by Billy Langsworthy
RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 10 FORMATS: XBOX 360, PS3, PC PUBLISHER: UBISOFT DEVELOPER: EUGEN SYSTEMS PRICE: £49.99 DISTRIBUTOR: GEM CONTACT: 01279 822800
IN UBISOFT’S new RTS title, RUSE, players have to use intellect to deceive the enemy through spying, decoy and radio silence in campaigns full of betrayal and manipulation. Taking place during World War II, players can wage war in a series of different locations including North Africa, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. RUSE provides gamers with a different approach to traditional war RTS titles, as the various means of deceiving the enemy prove to be just as important – if not more – than the warfare itself. Ubisoft’s senior brand manager Phil Brannelly tells MCV: “Eugen Systems has succeeded in producing a truly accessible and fun-to-play RTS game on
both PC and consoles. The recent eight out of ten review in Edge summed it up perfectly – ‘Eugen’s real triumph has been in packaging the game’s complexities in an entirely accessible manner, and has found a way to facilitate deep strategy on just a handful
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Eugen Systems has succeeded in producing a truly accessible and fun-to- play RTS game.
Phil Brannelly, Ubisoft
of buttons, streamlining the interface at little cost to the tactician’.” The game’s single-player campaign allows users to step into the shoes of either the American Joe Sheriden, or Germany’s Erich Von Richter. In the main online battle mode, players can work with, or against, up to
eight friends with six factions available to choose from including USA, Germany, UK, France, Italy and the USSR. Ubisoft also points out this is among PS3 Move’s very first titles, adding simplicity to the user interface and reaching out to casual gamers. Brannelly adds: “Our target audience is mainly 16 to 34-year-old gamers, but we are keen to encourage those who may not have played an RTS game before, as well as those who have left the genre after recent
tactical RTS games.” GLOBAL DECEPTION
The choice of country is an important one for gamers as each possess contrasting skills and styles. The US army is the most balanced, with good units available at cheap
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