Hogs of War PlayStation
User Score
8.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19

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  1. LB
    Jun 24, 2007
    10
    The funniest and best strategy game ever!
  2. PiggyJ.
    Oct 11, 2006
    10
    Underrated Classic. Quite funny and really well thought out. Better than Worms etc. Highly recommended.
  3. [Anonymous]
    Dec 7, 2002
    10
    State of the art! Pigs never seen to loose their sense of humor! Hard but fun. When is HOW 2 coming out?
  4. LukasK.
    Apr 4, 2002
    8
    It starts of really easy but it gets harder and funnier as it goes along. You have to know your army ranks to be good at this.
  5. AaronW.
    Sep 29, 2002
    10
    This bar none is one of the best games Playstation has created. build your own missions rules, multiplayer is good too.
  6. KeenanS.
    Jun 30, 2009
    3
    Was the only reason people actually enjoyed this garbage was because it starred pigs? I hated this game, hated it. Terrible gameplay (Broken Strategy/RPG gameplay) and controls, ugly graphics (Even for the time period), Hogs of War got practically nothing right and only served to be a game I can belittle for how awful it is. There is no fun to be had, and like people have said, "War is hell." With this game, it sure is.… Expand
  7. Rageaholic
    Nov 26, 2011
    9
    A great game that I play through it again every few years or so. I'm a little baffled by the negative reviews, OK it looks dated and maybe the Rik Mayall voice-over isn't for everyone but the core game play is great. The single player campaign is a lot of fun and is a decent length, and the multi-player is great too.
  8. SniperFish
    Apr 21, 2013
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay, I'm trying to be honest and reasonable, Hogs of War is both, a good and a bad game; Hogs of War is a unique game, better than worms, the single player is about taking over islands to control the swill, you pig a team, and then fight against other real world nations, the nations include green which is the British Empire, blue which is France, light blue is America with southern accents, yellow is Japan, grey is Imperial Germany and red, which is Russia, the green and reds are my favourite and I have been playing the campaign with my Soviet Hogs. Although, I wish there were structures on the levels though, to make more sense, but it's great fun to play. You should use an engineer, 2 snipers, 1 medic and the other is up to you, but I don't recommend you use bombardier, but either way, don't make him a medic. Your pigs will rank up and become more efficient as you play and get medals. The funny pig voices and jokes, funny losing dialogue in the multiplayer and fantastic turn-tactic gameplay is entertaining, but there really is some big issues and annoyances. The main problem bringing this game down so bad is that in the multiplayer, you cannot pick your hog's weapons and so it's only basic weapons with few pickups across the maps most of them uninteresting weapons like rocket launchers for example, with 4 teams, you can only have 3 pigs on a team which is really annoying. Regardless of what nation you pick, the main character of the game in the end appears to be green in the ending scene, and with the purple Mardy Pigs (you can type that in when naming your team to get them), you play with them in the campaign after completing it with most of your Hogs surviving, and it's more difficult, you do it again and fight only against the nation you originally used, but in the end in the swill level, all the other nations appear which must of been something the developers didn't check. Hogs of War is a great turn tactic experience with funny pig voices and humor, it's good fun in the single player and Hogs of War is a great spoof of the first world war era, but issues brought it right down in the multiplayer section, they should of put more thought into this game. They were working on Hogs of War 2, but it just didn't come, for unclear reasons, which is such a shame.… Expand

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Metascore
62 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. CNET Gamecenter
    70
    Although Hogs is far from state-of-the-art, it's definitely fun and worth a look if you want something different and smart.
  2. PSX Nation
    83
    It's not one of those blockbuster games that everyone must have but it is a somewhat original take on a genre that continues to provide fun and entertainment.
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  3. Da Gameboyz
    75
    The graphics are however, pretty good, the sounds are great and the gameplay is also pretty good.
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