Following a recent leak, a new Power Rangers game has been announced, and it's heading to PS4. Called Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, the game appears to be a budget one-on-one fighter, featuring characters old and new from across the franchise's many iterations.
It's developed by nWay, a studio known for its mobile titles such as ChronoBlade and, yes, Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. It seems that Battle for the Grid could be an enhanced version of the mobile game, released to coincide with Power Rangers' 25th anniversary.
Details are thin on the ground at the moment, but we expect you'll be able to duke it out with a wide range of characters in basic versus modes. Battle for the Grid is set to release sometime in April this year.
Are you excited for a new Power Rangers game on PS4? Reminisce about the old Mega Drive beat 'em up in the comments below.
[source ign.com]
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I'm in!
Hopefully they use some of the recent comic run stuff too.
From what I have read, the game's gameplay will be more reminiscent to MvC than Legacy Wars, which is great because Legacy Wars' gameplay was unbalanced and luck based. Some characters are more stronger than others either due to quick reflexes (Gemma, Ranger Slayer, Drakkon) or due to their abilities (Antonio, Tommy DT, Ninja Storm Navy). Zen Aku and Jack from Hyper Force were kinda fun to play though. But I wouldn't blame anyone if they found Zen Aku a bit annoying to fight against.
God, I'm sounding like a Power Ranger fan, aren't I?
Also, if you look closely, Tommy is playing the game on Xbox One. Get it?
@SoulsBourne128 You sure do!
@VotesForCows Thank goodness. Legacy Wars was definitely not very well balanced, especially after the addition of talents, which would have been fine without those.
Now all I want to know is how the characters' voices be, because in Legacy Wars, all they do was grunt, and alot of those grunts were re-used. The only exceptions were Ninjor and SF characters, which actually have voice lines.
Looks a little tame after that Mortal Kombat trailer.
@SoulsBourne128 Drakkon you say...
So is the mobile game like Injustice and the like, or an actual fighter?
@Quintumply i looked on the official web site and a bit of news for the article
first off price $19.99 and it looks like it's a digital only title
it has CROSS PLAY between XBOX ONE, P.C and Nintendo Switch, no PS4 yet but as the PS4's cross play is only just getting off the ground that's not not unexpected
it looks to be targeted towards Online, no news on single player but i imagine it will have a offline vs mode, probably no story mode though not at that price
https://battleforthegrid.com/
Why would I buy this when its free on ios and android?
@KALofKRYPTON Sadly no. Here's a video as an example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YfClwV7u6sk&noapp=1&client=mv-google
Each character has their own attacks, with some characters having attack that are almost unpredictable or way too powerful (just look at Tommy on the video). You can even lose without even landing your first even if you try. It basically plays on a rock-paper-scissor kind of system, and while I appreciate the devs for trying to do something new, in terms of execution, it makes a Bandai arena fighter look more balanced. If the opponent does a breaker and the game gives you mostly a breaker and two shields, either react fast (depending on your character) or take a hit. It's really random, and no skill is required. They should have taken notes instead from Transformers Forged to Fight.
Assists also suffer balancing issues. Some assists like T.J. Johnson and Putty are useless, while Mesogog and Drakkon are unpredictable.
@SoulsBourne128 Lame...
I'm out!
@KALofKRYPTON yeah i wouldn't bother with Legacy Wars, it's not a good game
but as for this one the developers have promised that it's not a port of the mobile game NOR is the fighting system anything like the mobile game so i'm still optimistic although some proper gameplay vids would be nice
@Quintumply there is also a Digital Deluxe Edition that cost $39.99 and apparently on XBOX ONE you get a "Token" to share but i have no idea what it's about, i asked on twitter but no responce as of yet
it also has a season pass but it also says Season Pass 1 so i'm guessing there will be multiple passes
@FullbringIchigo So there are skins in the game? Interesting....
And it makes me wonder if season pass will support upcoming characters and beyond or will it only support on a certain amount of characters, like in your typical fighting game?
If any characters has to be in the game, I want Zen Aku, Andromeda, Ransik, Cameron Watanabe, Anubis Crueger, Diabolico, Carter, Andros and Ryan.
Don't judge me.
Mk11 better push back its release date
I’d love to play with Ryan and Chase.
@KALofKRYPTON @SoulsBourne128 @ZAKtheRIPPER @Quintumply @kyleforrester87 @FullbringIchigo I was excited until I saw the gameplay...why can't we have an actual good Power Rangers game using Unreal Engine 4 or something similar?
Not to mention more emphasis on single player with a deep story driven Action/Adventure or RPG game.
Hell I'd be ecstatic if they just followed BOOM's more mature comic/graphic novel storyline.
@KidBoruto I'd dig a Platnium Game-styled Power Rangers game with some co-op integrated in it. It could be like that TMNT PS4/XO game but actually good.
Although I wouldn't mind a hero shooter Power Rangers game similar to Gigantic.
@SoulsBourne128 Platinum Games could work sure, as long as it's a high budget AAA game, not their weaker releases.
"Battle for the Grid". So it's a Power Rangers/Tron cross-over?
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