The Power Rangers are crying out for the AAA treatment. We’ve had the side-scroller and small-scale licensed game. I mean a proper cinematic, story-driven action game with a big budget, serious combat systems, explorable locations, Zords, and a campaign that actually respects the mythology. The game needs Rita, Lord Zedd, and Lord Drakkon to give you that euphoria of a good story.
Despite being around for more than 30 years, Power Rangers has never really had its equivalent of Batman: Arkham, Marvel’s Spider-Man, or Star Wars Jedi. We’ve had the fighting games, bem-’em-ups, and plenty of smaller titles, but never that huge single-player adventure where you’re actually allowed to live the fantasy of being a Ranger.
The game could be a five-Ranger system where you can switch between Rangers depending on the mission. Each Ranger has their own fighting style, weapons, and abilities. You can have different skill trees for each Ranger, unlockable combos, upgraded weapons, and new suits throughout the campaign. Which, in turn, would give the player three layers of gameplay:
Unmorphed – Ranger – Zord. Imagine starting a mission fighting Putty Patrollers as Zack, morphing halfway through the mission, and then ending it piloting Zack’s Zord against a giant monster. It doesn’t have to be a gigantic open world game. Something closer to a semi-open structure, maybe similar to the Arkham games or God of War, could work better.
In between the story missions, you could have random monster attacks, and the Command Centre becomes your hub where you speak with Zordon and Alpha, upgrade equipment, select Rangers, and prepare for missions. Have Rita Repulsa as the game’s opening villain; allow that character to introduce the Rangers and establish the world.
Let her be the opening villain, then slowly Lord Zedd appears and makes Rita look like the warm-up act; allow his arrival to change the tone of the campaign and gradually discover that these were just pawns for the true villain… Lord Drakkon. Allow this to be a reality where Tommy never truly escaped Rita’s influence; this also could not dive into the Shattered Grid storyline straight away, but instead tease it.
This gives the campaign that extra emotional weight because they are not fighting another monster; they are fighting what one of their own could become. Imagine having Tommy as a playable character going up against Lord Drakkon; that confrontation writes itself. The Zord fights have to feel massive too; you can not just have them as a small aspect of the campaign.
Power Rangers already has everything developers spend years trying to invent for a new franchise: iconic heroes, transformations, distinctive weapons, martial arts, giant robots, memorable villains, decades of lore, and an enormous catalogue of characters. The ingredients are not missing.
The only thing missing is a studio willing to treat Power Rangers like a major gaming franchise, toned closer to adult gamers and not the children’s TV show.
