KINGMAKERS
Just another medieval combat game, with attack helicopters
’Tis but a flesh wound!
It’s a lovely day in the village, and you are a horrible time traveler.
NEED TO KNOW
RELEASE
2024
DEVELOPER
Redemption Road Games
PUBLISHER tinyBuild
LINK
tinybuild.com
The cavalry has arrived.
The first 22 seconds of a game trailer can tell you a lot. They set the scene, perhaps flash some publisher or engine logos, and establish the setting of the game in an easily digestible way. In Kingmakers’ trailer, we see armored warriors clash on the field of battle.
Aha, you think. I know what this game is all about. With ManorLordsalso donning its armor and hefting its sword in this issue, it might be forgivable to think that PC Gamer has been taken over by fans of medieval warfare. And while that might actually be true, following the siege of PC Gamer Towers in 2020 that saw nasty trebuchet injuries all round, it’s the 23rd second of the trailer that shows Kingmakersisn’t plowing the same ridge and furrow as its fellow feudal system admirers.