S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster

Well, what do I say. I played that game 20 years ago as a child who didn't yet speak english, passing the second mission of the rabbit campaign was extremely difficult and the third one was impossible as I didn't understand there was a hidden time limit. I also never beat the first mission of the pig campaign. What difference 20 years and knowing the language makes.
Now for the main part, the graphics especially for the time are very good, the AI is mediocre but you can't expect anything different from the early 2000's, my main problem with it is that it is inconsistent, some rabbit machine gun APCs attack dug in tanks and others ignore it despite being of the same unit type (all pig APCs attack dug in tanks).
The main issue is the pathfinding which gives age of empires 1 a run for it's money, it is OK for single units and tolerable for groups of up to 3 units, however for larger than 3 units it is absolutely horrible, If you order a group of 10 units to move to another location most will never reach it, it is extremely frustrating for the mid and late game. If you have a favourite unit than use the group function (top left plus icon) to group then to 3 unit-groups, that will make moving to a different location less intolerable if you give the order to each group individually.
In conclusion, if you have played the game before then buy it on discount, if you are new to RTS games then don't bother, there are far better games to get started with.
6/10 (+2 for the nostalgia factor)

Gyerekkorom kedvenc játéka, és felnőttként volt lehetőségem az egészet végigjátszani (gyerekként elég nehéz volt, nem tudtam befejezni, hogy őszinte legyek). Ellentétes érzéseim vannak: nem tudom hogy akarok-e második részt, vagy sem. Elég magasra tette a játék a lécet, és félek, hogy ez megugorhatatlan lenne a fejlesztők számára. Mindenesetre nagyon értékelem a HD Remaster verziót, illetve a tényt, hogy egyáltalán megszületett a játék a 2000-es évek elején. Köszönöm!

I have this game from my childhood, in its original box... What a throwback and what a fun campaign. Back then, when we were making good RTS games, like the Panzer series, Imperium Galactica, Hegemony, etc.
Good times. This one also holds up well, worth its price twice over.

Still one of the best RTS games.

It seems the enemy path finding was modified in this version. Sometimes they behave more weirdly than in the original game.

Originally released in 2001, SWINE HD remaster is a real time strategy (RTS) game combining a funny rabbit campaign with very challenging, complex, yet realistic tactics. Due to the latter, SWINE was way ahead of other RTS games at the time. Unfortunately, it competed with big names such as C&C, Age of Empires, B&W 1, Empire Earth, Stronghold, Mech Platoon, Dune - Emperor etc., which probably lead to its low sales impact. The HD remaster is very well done, keeping the overall look & feel as well as atmosphere. It’s running smoothly on modern machines. From a plot perspective, the campaigns are very quickly explained: the pigs invade the bunny homeland and the latter strike back to drive them off their turf.
After about 29 hours play time, here’s my pros/cons list:
Pros:
+ great HD texture & resolution remaster
+ sound effects
+ special effects
+ tactical depth (field of view, weapons range, unit specialisation, special abilities, upgrades, experience system, air strikes, etc.)
+ mission variety, at least at the start of the rabbit campaign
+ missions with different weather or at different time of the day
+ different landscapes
+ terrain, vegetation, buildings impact field of view and weapon range
+ funny unit chatter at least from rabbits
+ unit dialogues sometimes change with the mission setting
+ keeping units after each mission if they survive
+ unit and upgrade purchase system
+ big amount of missions (12 in rabbit, 10 in pigs campaign)
Cons:
- Weapon range indicators only shown when single unit selected
- Unit wayfinding issues, get stuck frequently, especially when squad is bigger towards last third of each campaign
- Position markers where the player sent their units to disappear
- Formations would have been the icing on the cake for better unit placement
- Some timed rabbit missions feel stretched
- Low variety in map vegetation & terrain after first third of campaigns
- Balancing issues in last 2-3 missions of each campaign, enemies come in much larger numbers and possess especially devastating units which the player is excluded from acquiring, at the same time only minimal additional unit purchases are possible
- Cutscenes are more like short sketches
- Shallow story
- Last 2-3 missions in each campaign are super stretched, lasting 2-3 hours, additionally include big difficulty increase
- Tedious troop advancement over time
- Some missions are trail & error to find out enemy positions & adjust tactics
- Missions and tactics become repetitive, tedious after about half of the rabbit campaign (or whichever you play first)
- Much harder pig campaign to start with despite being the overpowering, outnumbering aggressors
- Moving fortress unit inaccessible to player in last 2 missions of each campaign  unfair and balancing issue
- All maps / missions get recycled in both campaigns
- Less funny pig unit chatter and cutscenes
- Super hard 4th pig mission “rabbit on a stick” due to short time and overwhelming number of (spawning-out-of-nowhere) enemies
- Last pig mission super tedious finding and mopping up remaining rabbit units on huge map
Conclusion:
Although the game is including lots of tactical depth and is featuring a funny style at least in the rabbit campaign, it’s getting repetitive and tedious super quickly. It’s a nice change from all the other serious setting competitors and was way ahead of other games at the time, but they were also a bit more entertaining as well as varied. Additionally, it’s a rather high difficulty even on the “easy” setting with some medium to major balancing issues. Anyone who enjoys RTS games and a challenge, will have fun with SWINE nevertheless.
Rating: 5/10 points

Fun game, I like the aesthetics and humor, the gameplay is enjoyable

this game is the epitimy of blood pumping and adrenaline producing game play with its fast paced action pacted combat and wide arsenal of diffrent vehicals to choose from go ahead buy the game (10/10) ps this review is satire