R.U.S.E is getting OK reviews at the moment, it's one of the reasons's I'm getting Move (along with Heavy Rain):

360 http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/ruse

PS3 http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/ruse/critic-reviews

PC http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ruse

Interestingly having a harder time making PC reviewers happy than console reviewers.

I've nerver really been interested in RTS on consoles because of the clunky controls on normal console controllers. So to me, for PS3 R.U.S.E will probably play at its best when played using Move. So if a reviewer doesn't try R.U.S.E using Move it seems like the review will likely suffer a few points in the gameplay department.

But it also raises the question. Do you rate a game according to the lowest common denominator, i.e. because everyone has a DS3 then review the game on the basis of DS3 only gameplay, or do you rate the game according to the best gameplat setup?

Do GT5 / FM3 / F1 get reviewed using a driving wheel, or using a controller?

I agree.  This is one of the games where people interested in move are going to want to know how well it works.  Unless they don't have review units of the Move to use, this is sheer laziness.

In this case or racing game case, I think 2 different score for control or gameplay would make sense.

It's like this. You don't give something a higher score because of something that not everyone has access to makes it better. Just like how Naznatips gave a lower score to the 360 version of DAO, although if you install the game on the hard drive it plays the same. Not everyone has the ability to do install so it would be unfair to give it a higher score because of that. 

If I were to want this game I would probably check metacritic really quickly to see which version to get. Even though I don't have Move I would come out thinking that it was better. Which is wrong!. They are the exact same without Move and should be judged that way

I think they should give 1 score. Unless a peripherial makes the game substantially different and then give the game Two Scores.

And if not that. Give the score that best relates to your target audience. If you think your target audience mostly has move give the score for that. If you think your target audience doesn't give the score for without. . And state the score goes up if you have the peripherials. Which is essentially giving two scores.

I dont agree here. I dont think a reviewer should judge which features people will or will not use. The feature is there, so review it. Making abstraction of Move is as lazy as making abstraction theres an install option. Even if you dont give it a better score, a good reviewer should at least talk about the features that are there and how they work. Multiplayer requires internet right. Some people dont have or dont use internet. Is that a reason to not review the online multiplayer aspect of a game? Obviously no, let your readers decide for themself if that aspect is important or not.

You said: "If I were to want this game I would probably check metacritic really quickly to see which version to get. Even though I don't have Move I would come out thinking that it was better."

Well, it is better, it offers something more (dont know if R.U.S.E PS3 runs better then Xbox though). Plus, in this case, the something more isnt negligable either. What you should do is read some reviews to see what are the differences. If you dont mind the differences (in this case Move) then grab whatever version you want. Dont you think so?

yes it's a very lazy way to do it, I have seen many reviewers testing the x360 version and handing out a score for the ps3 version at the same time however just look here one place I know of has tested both versions, and look what came out on top!! http://ps3.nowgamer.com/reviews/ps3/9355/ruse, then click on the x360 version http://ps3.nowgamer.com/reviews/xbox-360/9379/ruse to see the difference, gameplay is better thanks to the move!!

when more people get hands on with move and ruse, the metacritc for the ps3 version should rise

I agree that it's lazy but by the same token you are catering to a (currently) very small market and  potentially wasting alot of extra time when reviewing the game using both control schemes.  That extra time could mean the difference between being the first review and earning a ton of extra hits and not.

There were certainly instances of reviewers not reviewing motion plus controls in games when it first came out.   I can only imagine it will improve in time with Move, providing it catches on.

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>hsrob said:</strong><br /><p>I agree that it's lazy but by the same token you are catering to a (currently) very small market and  potentially wasting alot of extra time when reviewing the game using both control schemes.  That extra time could mean the difference between being the first review and earning a ton of extra hits and not.</p> <p>There were certainly instances of reviewers not reviewing motion plus controls in games when it first came out.   I can only imagine it will improve in time with Move, providing it catches on.</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />

Interesting difference between PS3 and 360 on graphics there 7.2(PS3) vs. 7.8(360).