R.U.S.E.

For any fan of strategy looking for something outside of the norm, R.U.S.E. breathes new life into an old war.

R.U.S.E. is a refreshing real-time strategy game that works well on a console.

If you can stand the time period, then this serves as a perfectly adequate medium between Hearts of Iron's grand strategy, and Men of War's more tactical focus.

Playing against other people online, you'll have a decent time, but solo players will miss out entirely on the sense of satisfaction that comes from outwitting another person. [Nov 2010, p.81]

A well made and well rounded strategy war game, but not one that hooks you in the same way as the genre greats. There are enough competent strategy offerings on the PC that this isn't an obligatory purchase, but the lack of good strategy games on the consoles means that R.U.S.E. is definitely worth checking out on those platforms – it even handles well with the controller.

Quotation forthcoming.

If you've enjoyed a RTS in the past, or loved the idea of a RTS, but not the complications, then R.U.S.E. is an excellent alternative to the normal WWII strategy game.

The solo mode is, in practice, a long tutorial, one that's slow to introduce new concepts and-in a baffling move, given the game's all-caps title-takes forever to unveil the full complement of all-important "Ruses."

It could definitely appeal to those who enjoy a more macro-style strategy game, but if you like a faster pace to your strategy, it's going to be easy to get bored or frustrated quick.

A multiplayer game that doesn't work solo. [Oct 2010, p.108]