Stranger Things: The Game - Review

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Stranger Things is one of the most coveted Netflix series of the moment, anyone who has a Netflix account should know. The series has been nominated for multiple awards, of which currently won seven, not bad for a Netflix series that has just over 2 years in the market, currently has two seasons. The Netflix series has captivated many people, in fact, is often mentioned in conversations between friends and groups on social networks, the science fiction behind the series is undoubtedly something that entertains many people.

Stranger Things: The Game, is an adventure videogame distributed by BonusXP, Inc. Currently available for Android and IOS platforms, it has more than one million downloads on Google Play. The game is based on the popular series Stranger Things, which makes it a video game that many will want to play at some point in their lives, especially because it is completely free.

The story of the game is based mainly on the story of Stranger Things, but leaves many aspects to be desired, although they are expected to add updates that expand the game's history, that is something that players shout, regardless of the price it may cost, although as I understand, the game is financed by the company Netflix.

The story of the game begins when Hopper receives a phone call informing him that there are some missing children, from there Hopper decides to undertake an adventure in search of lost children, but at the moment he does not expect to encounter such difficulties and creatures. Radioactivity is not an impediment to Hopper. He is a man who believes in how big his job is, so he does not rest at any moment until he manages to find all the lost children.

The game has seven chapters to identify each part of the story, each of them serves to unlock new achievements and characters, plus we can obtain search objects that could help us later.

1. Immediately after receiving the call that says the children are missing, Hopper goes to the local lab to talk to officer Powell, since then he receives instructions from Powell and looks for missing children.

2. After finding Lucas, Hopper and Lucas head towards the forest, since it is assumed that Nancy could be there, since she in the search for Barb did not mind entering the forest on her own.

3. Once Hopper and Lucas find Nancy, she tells Hopper that Mike can be at the local school, for that reason the three of them go to find Mike.

4. Once Mike was released from school, Mike mysteriously receives a call telling him that little Will was lost in the sewers. Because of that, Hopper and the children go to look for Will, but they can not enter the sewers without using dynamite, since the workers sealed all the entries for safety.

5. After finding Will, the children meet and come to the conclusion that Dustin may have been hiding in the library, so Hopper is told to go there, hoping to find the great Dustin there.

6. With the help of Dustin, Hopper assumes that the curious doors that bring terrifying creatures can come from the local laboratory, for that reason Hopper and the children go to the laboratory, but they were never expected to run into the great Hydra, which turned out to be the last Chief of the dungeon that I had to defeat.

One of the things that can be seen most in the video game is its great resemblance to the old SNES video games in terms of graphics. BonusXP, Inc. has managed to perfectly capture the essence of the ancient arcade games of mystery and terror, something that really causes many memories, from the colors to the textures that are very similar to those of SNES, which made him decide to play immediately. Many of the positive comments that players share are based on their high quality graphics, becoming simply a beautiful moment of memories.

The interface that the videogame has is totally friendly for all kinds of users, it is not necessary to be a fan of arcade games or to have played a large part of the SNES videogames to understand it, the distribution of the red color with the black background is totally pleasant and from my point of view does not damage the view, which makes anyone can understand the interface perfectly.

At game level we can find graphics that undoubtedly cause memories, the arcade colors of the structures and the characters are simply beautiful, in addition to the details of the environment that do not allow anything to escape from our eyes. The effects of the bleeding and the blows are not so graphic, which means that it is allowed by players with more than 12 years according to the company that distributes it. A point in favor of this video game is that the type of graphics it has makes the game extremely light, which makes it compatible with most mobile devices.

The sound is one of the most charming things in the game along with the graphics, since the memories are a factor that I think that nobody can avoid remembering the old SNES video games, from the sound of the rhythms to the sound of the coins that simply make. It brings many memories. The sounds are pretty good and are free of errors, all the sounds of the actions we perform are perfectly heard to flavor the game. The background music that accompanies the different stages is also very good to increase the adrenaline.

A video with audio will serve to clarify the doubts:

Youtube : IGV IOS and Android Gameplay Trailers

A very interesting factor is the gameplay that the game has, since it is an adventure game and science fiction, it has the need of exploration, we will never be able to complete the game if we do not explore the map. The use of logic and ideas to complete certain scenarios is fundamental, the game currently can only be played on touch screens, since the movement and attacks are made within reach of our fingers.

Each character has a type of skill that distinguishes him from the other characters, the special abilities that each of the characters have are usually very useful in some scenarios. It is necessary to analyze some scenarios very well to know what character and capacity we need to keep moving forward, since Hopper is not capable of solving everything alone, always requires the help of children to achieve progress.

Hopper.

Hopper is the main character of the video game, is the character that receives the call about lost children. Hopper's special ability is the super hit, which has a special reach if Hopper has full life. This character is the ideal to escape the problems, since the blow has the ability to push back the rivals, in addition to the easy displacement.

Lucas.

Lucas is the first character we unlock, literally the faithful companion of Hopper. Its special ability is to throw rocks with a spring, it turns out to be very useful to hit objects that are at long distances.

Nancy.

Nancy is the second character we unlock, it turns out that this girl does all the heavy lifting with her skill, her skill is the use of a baseball bat, which serves to break the trunks on the way and tear the shield to the guards.

Mike.

Mike is the third character we unlock, this curious character has two abilities, one for the attack and one for the fast scroll. His special abilities are to stun rivals with his flashlight, while the other allows him to use a bicycle to quickly move around the map.

Will.

Will is the fourth character we unlocked, his special ability is to move through the pipes, he turns out to be the only character capable of doing it, everything is due to his short stature, Hopper is very happy to find someone capable of doing it.

Dustin.

Dustin is the fifth character we unlock, it turns out that Dustin is a lover of sweets. Dustin's special ability is to throw candy to distract rivals, almost no one can resist a good candy, and it is very useful to distract the bears that are on the map.

Eleven.

Eleven is the sixth character that we unlock, this curious character also has two special abilities that represent him. One of the special abilities is to attack the rivals at a distance, causing great damage. Eleven also has a skill that allows you to use special tunnels that allow you to travel the map, something very similar to what Will does.

Max.

Max is the last character we unlock, this character has a very strange ability, which is to throw coins. Something curious about this girl is that she literally spends our savings to throw them at her rivals, but it's usually quite useful for stuning at a distance, and her attack is very effective.

What probably characterizes the adventure games are the objects that we must collect and search, that is why this video game has three main objects to search to complete the achievements of the game completely, besides that each of these objects provides special objects .

Gnome.

The Gnome are hidden along the local map, our job is to find them and return them to Phil Larson, while we return the Gnome we discover that we will unlock new achievements, as well as improvements for the characters. The achievements are obtained by opening some chests that are in the garage of Phil Larson.

Eggo.

There is a total of eight Eggos scattered on the map, our job is to find them all to unlock Eleven as a usable character. Most Eggos are obtained when they manage to overcome a dungeon, while others are hidden on the map. Anyone who has seen Stranger Things will know that Eleven loves the Eggos, I hope they have understood the reference.

VHS tape.

An achievement that is not mandatory but that is curious to complete is the collection of VHS tapes, because in the long history of the game and in the different scenarios we will collect these objects, some are lost in the dungeons, others are in the forest, Some also say that they have some in their homes. If we manage to collect the eight VHS tapes, it is said that we can launch a special trailer of Stranger Things.

It is probably the memories that make man, for that reason I consider that every person who loves memories or old video games must play this game. Having the opportunity to enjoy a current story with quality graphics and old sound is really something that brings many memories and joys, recalls those moments when graphics were nothing, but video games had a lot of history and content.

Stranger Things is one of the most popular series of today, having a video game available for our mobile device capable of keeping us entertained while enjoying a brief history of the series is something to be valued, considering that the game is completely free and light.

The only thing I find a little unfavorable in the video game is the short content, it is a video game that we can complete in only 6 hours of play if we dedicate ourselves to it, which makes us want more, although I have had the opportunity to read, they say that It is possible to expand the content in the coming months, which will keep us entertained for many more hours.