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'''''S.W.I.N.E.''''' (or, to give its full name [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Strategic'''S'''trategic Warfare'''W'''arfare In'''I'''n (a) Nifty'''N'''ifty Environment'''E'''nvironment]]), is a small quirky RTS game, and the gameplay precursor to the serious-if-shortlived [[Codename Panzers]] series. The basic plot of the game is that the Pigs' military under General Irontusk overthrow the old Republic, and then invade the Rabbits.
 
The Pigs have German Accents and the Rabbits are French. [[World War II|This has some clear implications.]]
 
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[[Needs Wiki Magic Love]].
* [[Abandon WareAbandonware]]: During Christmas of 2006, Stormregion made the game free. Stormregion itself has gone defunct.
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=== S.W.I.N.E. provides examples of: ===
* [[Abandon Ware]]: During Christmas of 2006, Stormregion made the game free. Stormregion itself has gone defunct.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: In the campaign, computer simply waits for your units to appear, [[Leeroy Jenkins|and then blindly charges at them]]. If it ever makes any deeper tactical move, it's a scripted event.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Air strikes cost money that could be spent on additional units or upgrades.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Rabbits are peaceful and democratic, but if forced to, they can fight as well (if not better) as Pigs.
* [[Big Bad]]: General Irontusk.
* [[BFG]]: The Rabbits' Moving Fortress class unit is even named 'BFG'. Moving Fortresses launch giant, slow-moving shell that deal massive [[Splash Damage|splash damage]].
* [[Blood Knight]]: Many vehicle drivers act like this in their soundbites when given orders.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Basic tanks and scouts may seem uninteresting, but are in fact the most useful units in the game.
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* [[Cosmetically Different Sides]]: Averted, but just barely. While most units are functionally identical on both sides, the Pigs' main battle tank has slightly more firepower and top armor, while its Rabbit counterpart is faster and more fuel-efficient. Each faction also has one unit with no opposing counterpart; the Pigs have a Heavy Tank while the Rabbits have Tank Killer vehicles.
* [[Death From Above]]: Air strikes, artillery, rocket barrages.
* [[Do Not Run Withwith a Gun]]: Averted. Almost every unit can shoot while moving, which is an important gameplay mechanic: strong but slow units may have problems targeting and/or hitting a fast-moving enemy. The only unit which has to stop in order to fire are artillery.
* [[Easy Logistics]]: Averted. In order to remain effective, your army needs a supply of ammunition, fuel and armor repairs, which come in the form of trailers that you haul around with unarmed and unarmored tow trucks. All supplies are finite and expendable, and a lack of supplies ''can'' cripple or disable an army.
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]
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* [[Faction Calculus]]: 2 factions; slightly subversive Rabbits vs slightly powerhouse Pigs.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Scouts and Tank Killers.
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: The title, [[Captain Obvious|of course]].
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Artillery, rocket launchers, Tank Killers.
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: If a unit's hitpoints are reduced to zero, it turns into an immobile wreckage, that can still be fully repaired and restored. However, one more hit and the wreckage is irreversibly destroyed.
* [[Ham -to -Ham Combat]]: This is what happens when you have all the units in the game voiced by [[Large Ham|large hams]].
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: EVERYWHERE.
* [[Infinite Supplies]]: Averted completely. Units have limited ammunition and fuel, that needs to be replenished. In later missions, you have no chance of survival without vehicles towing supply trailers. Even supply trailers run out eventually in the longer or more intense missions, and you need multiple trailers to see you through.
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