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[Ctulu]

for those who dont check steam regulary there is a Public beta available.  The game runs extremely nice on my low end rig.  Dont get what I need to do yet but it looks nice    The extreme zoom out/in is nice en veeeeerrry smooth!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33310/

[Ctulu]

How to play vid

R.U.S.E VIP Beta - How to Play R.U.S.E.

[keasy]

Saw this on my steam games list as uninstalled beta, wondered what it was.

It does look rather sweet, I ain't been into RTS since my AoE II days, but this looks sweet indeed.

If the beta is playable online I may grab it and let ya walk all over me mate 


Pity it's from UBI though with there shit DRM, no way would I buy the retail, regardless of how good it is, got burned a bit with MW2

[Ctulu]

It contains multiplayer and skirmish I think mate

About R.U.S.E. Public Beta
Fight on 7 maps from the final game in ranked and unranked modes against other players. Or challenge the AI in single player mode as a training ground.

Playable Maps:

?1V1: "Blitz", "Above the River"
?2V2: "Diplomats", "Side by Side"
?1V1V1: "Tripartite"
?3V3: "Centre of Gravity"
?4V4 (or 2v2v2v2): "8 Strategists"


Playable modes (1945, 1942, and 1939):
?1v1 ranked
?2v2 ranked
?3v3 ranked
?Quick, Host & Join "unranked"

[keasy]

Looks brilliant.

But I had no idea what I was doing.

[Ctulu]

Looks brilliant.

But I had no idea what I was doing.

same here.  It's hard to think macro instead of micromanagment.  Think more like a traditional gameboard instead of RTS.  The gamefield has 'gametiles' like forest, cities, bridges and open fields.  Some units can go through forests, others dont.  Units in forests can ambush and so on and so on.  Money is the only resource which you get from supply yards and other facilities.
The most annoying thing is some infantry can hijack facilities ...  Be prepared to loose your undefended air base to a few enemy infantry.  And be prepared to be bommed afterwards from your old airbase...

Need to learn to think out of the traditional rts box.


Example on how to combine ruses en troop movements
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/01/06/r-u-s-e-news-in-game-footage/

[Ctulu]

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/ruse/rusebeta/RUSE-Beta-Manual.pdf

verry informative manual