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R.U.S.E.

R.U.S.E is a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory, controlling the action using views that range seamlessly from the heart of the…

80 7 September 2010

R.U.S.E. is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Eugen Systems, released 7 September 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What R.U.S.E. is

R.U.S.E. is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Eugen Systems and released in 2010. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on IRISZOOM.

The premise, in the publisher's words

R.U.S.E. takes place during World War II. The game contains a single story arc, portrayed through the perspective of Joseph Sheridan of the United States Army. Sheridan, a Harvard dropout, joins the U.S Army and eventually assumes control of the First Armored Division. The game opens in 1945 as General Sheridan liberates Colditz Castle to free an undercover operative, code named Nightingale, who knows the identity of an Axis informer, code named Prometheus. Sheridan then reminisces to 1943 when he was a Major during the Allied North African campaign when leaked information led to devastating Allied losses at the Battle of Kasserine. Sheridan meets British intelligence officer Colonel Andrew…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

R.U.S.E. holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual core CPU, 4 GB RAM and Integrated graphics or any modern entry-level GPU supporting DirectX 9. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB.

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What it launched against

R.U.S.E. launched on 7 September 2010, within three weeks of Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Pokémon Black Version. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pokémon Black Version.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for R.U.S.E. yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

R.U.S.E. — frequently asked questions

When did R.U.S.E. come out?
R.U.S.E. was released on 7 September 2010 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for R.U.S.E.?
At minimum, R.U.S.E. needs Dual core CPU, 4 GB RAM, Integrated graphics or any modern entry-level GPU supporting DirectX 9 graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is R.U.S.E.?
The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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