Stranger Things 3: The Game

Fun game. My wife and I got it after finishing the series. The game is fun, easy controls, cute follow to the story. It's made us smile and laugh. Recommended for sure if you enjoyed the show.

If you are a fan of Stranger Things (Netflix series) the game is lovely. It has couch coop (split screen) and you can play it together with a friend (thats a bonus). It's retro and not the best reto pixel game on the market, but it's solid. The real fun is watching season 3 and play the game. Make sure to stay always 1-2 episodes ahead. Sometimes a few sidequests will contain spoilers for the next chapter of the TV show. Overall the story is the same with a few changes, to make the game easier (like you can swich charakters at boss battles).

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This game is competently done, but not terribly interesting. A basic isometric clicker, ST3 follows the story of the show pretty accurately. Of course there's huge hoards of enemies that you kill that the main cast never even encountered, but for the most part there's nothing majorly different than the show's narrative. Knowledge of the Show will help when "Translating Russian," but other than that this would just be a lame spoiler for the show's key moments. The description promises "new secrets" but I didn't find anything all that interesting. If anything, there's significantly LESS detail in the game than in the show. As for the gameplay, it's fairly straight forward. You have an array of melee based characters, and an array of ranged ones. You get to use 1 with a backup beside you at all times, so you'll probably find a good team with one of each. The best part of the game comes from the inventory management. Inventory items can apply to single characters or groups of characters (such as "Children" or "Males") which can really alter how much damage you can output. But once you find an optimal loadout (In my case: once I unlocked Will), you'll probably stick to the same 2 characters for the rest of the game. All characters participate in cut scenes and the like, and if you need a character for a special ability like hacking it instantly switches to them. One REALLY annoying thing in my view was that there were constantly little vents all over the place that said "You need someone tiny for this." Anyone who saw the show knows exactly who they mean, but you can't unlock that character until 70% of the way into the game, which just makes you trudge through old levels to find those few passages you couldn't help but bypass the first time around. Honestly, this game would have been better if it were branded as Lego Stranger Things. At least that way we'd get more of a chance to make fun of the plot and characters. If you're hoping for that style of gameplay, just grab one of the Lego movie games, they're going to be a way better experience. And if you're hoping this will shed some light on the mysteries of Stranger Things, this game is not going to deliver.

This game was a lot of fun. Not just because i am a big fan of the series. But overall, it was very entertaining. Though its a little too pixel-like for my taste, I completely overlooked that and had fun enjoying living through the series through the delightful characters from the show. Whether or not you are a fan of the series, I still think this game is good enough to hold it's own as far as the fun factor and entertainment is concerned. Give it a go.

So I just finished the main quest line on standard mode. I found the game to play a bit like a Lego game in the sense that you unlock special characters then go back to older sections and use those characters to find secrets. The art style is fun, but the game seems to be lacking in audio (at least to me). Overall the game is pretty fun and filled with child like wonder

Fun co-op with split-screen play, like Toejam & Earl. Follows season 3's plot very closely, so you should watch the show first.

Back when I was young (“[i]My name is [b]Eloi[/b] and I'm old.[/i]”), pretty much every major movie had at least one video game based on it. A lot of popular TV shows, like [b]Mission Impossible[/b] (the original TV show, not [b]Brian De Palma[/b]'s remake, which had its own video game too, though), [b]Knight Rider[/b], [b]The Dukes of Hazzard[/b], [b]ALF[/b] and even [b]Home Improvement[/b], had video games too. Nowadays, though, when [b]AAA[/b] games started to become way too expensive to make, while indie developers just don't have enough money to pay for the corresponding licenses, we rarely have such stuff. And I can't help but feel that awful emptiness in my heart. I mean, sure, not all of such games were good enough. A lot of them were, but that's not the point. The point is – it was part of the fun. Being able to pick up a game based on the movie, or TV show you just saw? It just felt good. Being able to visit familiar places, controlling your favorite characters... there certainly was something cool in all that. And nowadays? You can still buy music from movies, you can still get yourself all sorts of toys, T-shirts and other movie-related stuff, but there's close to no video games. So, when I saw this? I was like “[i]Yes! That's exactly what our world needs![/i]”. Even though I can't call myself a big fan of the [b]Stranger Things[/b] show (never liked all that “give us money because of your nostalgia” stuff) and the third season was an epic failure that even the old fans of the show ended up hating with the passion. Like I've said, the entire idea of video games based on movies and TV shows is very appealing to me. So... here we go. Anyway, does this game worth buying for those who didn't see the show? No, I don't think so. Unlike some really cool games from the past that you can even buy in [b]Steam[/b] nowadays (like [b]DuckTales[/b] and [b]Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers[/b]), this one fails to provide anything special for those, who aren't familiar with the original story and characters. So, yeah, you aren't a fan – you can just skip this one without missing much. On the other hand, for those who did enjoy the show (even though I can't see how anyone can ever enjoy that disaster called “season three”), it may totally worth buying. Not for the full price, maybe ([b]$19.99[/b] / [b]£15.49[/b] is a bit too much for something like this), but still. I mean, come on. The game lets us visit pretty much every [b]Hawkins[/b]' landmark from the show in an open world-like manner, it lets us control most of the major characters, every one of which has his / her own unique powers and abilities, it has [b]Zombies Ate My Neighbors[/b]-like action, it has pretty neat old school mechanics (the exploration part would probably remind you a little of early [b]The Legend of Zelda[/b] titles), it has simple, but useful crafting system, it has puzzles, it has collectibles and it follows the entire season, episode by episode. Isn't it pretty much exactly what you may want after watching the show? Well, the answer is yes, even though this game comes with its own share of downsides. First of all – it's kind of repetitive. The variety of things you can do here is pretty limited and at the certain point you'll begin to feel like you're doing the same exact things again and again. Which, well, isn't nearly as fan as you'll want it to be. Another thing is that there's only a few optional quests. So, even if you'll want to stay longer, there won't be much to do here, as long as you won't want to get all the collectibles. Half of which you'll probably get just by going through the story. Finally, the game is a bit too long. I mean, it's not like the length itself is a problem, but doing the same exact things for eight hours may be a bit too boring even for those who enjoyed the show. And for those who didn't see it, there's always the fact that storytelling here is pretty messy and reminds me a lot of those [b]16-Bit[/b] titles from the past. Which often tried to follow the source materials and even re-create some scenes in the cutcenes, but for many reasons were unable to properly cover the entire thing. I mean, sure, that's kind of the point here, since we're talking about pseudo-retro game here (which also fits the show pretty fine, even though the story takes place during the [b]Atari 2600[/b] times, a bit too long before the [b]16-Bit[/b] era), but you know what I mean. It just doesn't make things easier for those who didn't see the source material. So... yeah. [b]Stranger Things: Season 3 – The Game[/b] is far from being perfect. But honestly? Being a bit too boring and repetitive is the biggest crime it commits. Aside from that, it's totally fine (yet overpriced) old school experience for the fans of [b]Netflix[/b]' number one show. It may not be something you pick up for some unique, or extremely satisfying gameplay mechanics, but it does the job of the TV show-based game just fine. Let's just admit it, we've seen way, [i]way[/i] worse examples back in the days. So, in the end it's up to you and what you want. You need something groundbreaking? Something you didn't see before? Something that delivers the unique experience and the story full of surprises? Keep looking. You won't find anything like that here. But if you just want some relaxing experience with your favorite characters? This game will totally do. As a person, who misses the entire “movie-based” stuff [i]a lot[/i], I just can't help but give this game a thumb up. Because my only desire after playing this game is to get more of such titles, based on all sorts of franchises. The titles that feel like a real deal, not like those awful f2p disasters for mobiles (still trying to unsee the game based on that awful [b]RoboCop[/b] reboot, the one that wants you to pay way more than a dollar for the most basic things). This one is totally playable, it has pretty much all the characters you may ever want, it has the familiar places and it's quite long. Which is more than enough in my opinion.