I have always found myself drawn more to bows and arrows than guns and bullets. To cavalry over tanks. Elder Scrolls over Fallout. So when new studio Raw Power Games revealed its debut title, Chronicles: Medieval, back at Summer Games Fest last year, my interest was immediately piqued. Now, a year later, Raw Power is back, giving us a better peek at what players can expect from the blood-soaked battlefields of Chronicles: Medieval.<\/p>\n
To catch you up, Chronicles: Medieval is a sandbox RPG that mixes third-person action combat with larger strategic-based battles where you assume the role of an army\u2019s commander. Set during the period of the Hundred Years\u2019 War in Europe, your time will be spent earning renown, recruiting troops, waging battles, and growing your legacy. Serving as one of the core pillars that Medieval has been built around, these battles will range from smaller skirmishes of a mere 20 soldiers all the way up to large-scale battles with 2,000 at your command.<\/p>\n
Battles look to be divided into two main approaches – a battlefield view to give directions to your forces, and directly controlling your character over their shoulder. Giving orders to your army will look and feel a bit familiar to fans of other medieval strategy games, where you will be aligning your troops into various formations. Battle planning will begin before the first arrow is even shot. During this preparation, Medieval has you organize your forces into \u201cbattle lines\u201d, positioning them in your starting lines from a high-in-the-sky vantage point, and giving them their initial actions. Raw Power explains that these act as a sort of underlying \u201crule\u201d that your AI units will follow during the battle.<\/p>\n
While playing battlefield commander is neat and all, I\u2019m more excited about assuming direct control of my character and heading to the front lines. I enjoy a good strategy game as much as the next knight, but sometimes I just want to swing my sword around and hit things. Speaking to members of the development team, Medieval\u2019s action combat will utilize a combo system that incentivizes you breaking an enemy\u2019s posture (sounds a bit like stamina from a FromSoftware game), allowing you to pull off a gruesome execution attack. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\nChronicles: Medieval – June 2026 Screenshots<\/h3>\n