Review: Stranger Things 3 The Game (Xbox One)
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
Pros:
- Pixel art graphics.
- Action RPG gameplay.
- 3 difficulties-story, standard, and master.
- Isometric view.
- Loose tutorial as you play.
- Main story and optional side quests.
- Play how you want.
- Puzzle elements.
- 1000 Gamerscore.
- Spoiler heavy.
- A decent condensed telling of season 3.
- Buddy- teammate always by your side that you can give commands to like follow or stay.
- Team-find all the characters and hotswap between them. They all have unique abilities and attacks.
- Open world, you only play the main story missions to unlock more areas.
- Very simple combat, you have an attack and then abilities and items.
- Humor throughout.
- Crafting-loot items, smash up the environment to get drops and earn recipes from playing to craft new gear and weapons.
- The map shows icons and has a legend.
- Big boss fights.
- The full cast of characters makes it.
- Very easy to play.
- In engine cutscenes.
- Has quests and moments not seen in the TV show.
- Fast travel system.
- Hints are littered about when in a puzzle scenario.
- Collectible gnomes are hidden around the world.
- Collect coins and spend at vending machines and shops for mission/crafting items.
- Enemies and environmental damage reset when leaving the screen and returning.
- Checkpoints throughout.
- Slick animations.
- Damage numbers on the screen.
- Quick item selection wheel.
- Varied locations.
- Can talk with anyone in the town.
- Fun to play.
Cons:
- No voice work.
- Slow pace.
- A lot of back and forth fetch quests.
- Repeated quest types.
- Music is chiptune but doesn’t always fit the situation.
- Spoiler heavy.
- No real run button.
- Frustrating puzzle parts.
- Bad guys all start to look the same.
- You will probably only play it once.
- Few annoying boss fights.
- Very simple combat.
- Takes ages to craft decent gear.
