Kingmakers looks like a regular medieval strategy game until a truck comes barrelling through the battlefield
Turns out bringing a gun to a sword fight isn't such a bad idea.
If you could go back in time, bringing all your modern technology with you, you'd either be hailed as a god or burned at the stake by medieval people. Kingmakers - the new game from tinyBuild and Redemption Road Games - focuses on the former option.
The game has gone viral overnight due to a twist in its trailer that occurs about 20 seconds in. You see a medieval battlefield, gory and glorious in its melee-focused combat, then a truck comes barrelling through, ploughing down footmen with ease.
Your character then jumps out, armed to the teeth with modern weaponry. It definitely seems like a bit of a gimmick game, but from the trailer that gimmick looks pretty fun so far. Check out a look at Kingmakers below:
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