The first thing I learned about about RUSE when I jumped into the freely available public beta (available via Steam) is that I’m extremely bad at it. The good news is that I suck for all the right reasons. When I lose in RUSE it’s not because my opponent clicked faster than me, or because he had a better knowledge of an intricate upgrade tree or knowledge of damage values and success ratios, it’s because he damn well outsmarted me….
It all seems so quaint. There you are happily building up your village, nurturing a few chosen heroes to become favoured lords of the land, chirpily following the commands of a faux Sean Connery and… Oh GOD, “a plague of rats upon thee!” the game roars at you. “Defend thine kingdom from my veritable flock of serpentine dragon kin ye weedy effeminate whelp!” All the while zombies from your own darn graveyard are nibbling away at your towers. And wizard…
Men of War: 91%. No. — Little men with guns burning tank provides cover tank explodes, they die. No.