R.U.S.E. for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

R.U.S.E. is a very unique game. It is a strategy game, so it still has the base building and unit deployment like you'd see in other RTS titles, but the thing about this game is that your goal is not to merely overpower the enemy, but to trick them and then go in for the knock out blow. You use ruses to make your opponent believe that there are no troops here, so they move there, not knowing your ambush is ready to take them out. Just when you believe your ruse has worked, and you will defeat him, you find out that your opponent also used a ruse to make fake tanks move through there, effectively exposing your units. He sends in his bombers to finish the job and now he feels that victory is within reach. When the bombers pass over the trees he discovers only to late that you had deployed anti-air batteries in the forrest, ready to destroy his planes. This will go on for a very long time until finally someone slips up and there base is destroyed. This leads to very exciting battles where you never truly know what the enemy is doing, and the winner is the one who constantly acts like he is losing, thus making sure to be on his toes and not relax. Now on to the bad...
The campaign for R.U.S.E. is, although somewhat enjoyable, plagued by many problems, the first being the voice acting. Ubisoft must have scraped the bottom of the barrel looking for someone to voice these characters, because their voices are incredibly awful. Although all of their voices are indeed bad, the only man who will make you cover your ears is General Wetherby. He must have been related to the president or something because his voice will truly make you cry. Also, the AI is incredibly overaggressive. I had to replay one level over six times to beat it, and I still barely won on easy. They are overstrengthened and will constantly have you on the defensive. The plot is original in some ways, but really could have been only good as a straight-to-video movie. Verdict: Good