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http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/10/04/stranger-things-the-game-being-published-by-netflix-watch-the-trailer-here.aspx

Ahead of the October 27 release of Stranger Things season 2, Netflix is publishing Stranger Things: The Game, a mobile retro title designed to invoke Zelda with the characters of Stranger Things.

If you haven't seen season 1 of Stranger Things, first of all, you should really get on that. Second of all, you won't understand how the game misses the correct era by a generation or two, but the SNES-style graphics make the world of Stranger Things come alive a bit better than a more period-appropriate graphics style might.

Different characters from the games have different abilities, with the wrist rocket making an obvious appearance. Explore Hawkins and the Upside Down and solve the various puzzles of Stranger Things.

The game releases today on both iOS and Google Play Store and is completely free-to-play with no extra purchases. Check out the trailer below and take it for a spin later today.

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Google Play

Haven't tried it out yet but it looks pretty well done in that trailer at least

 

[Platy]

Looks more like the Lucasarts desktop adventures than zelda xD

 

[Abilidebob]

Can I play as best character, aka, Dustin?

 

[Blam]

This is pretty outta nowhere right?

 

[hydruxo]

Can I play as best character, aka, Dustin?

Yep, he's in the trailer

Playing it right now and it looks like there are 8 playable characters

 

[Shiggy]

Is Barbara in there?

 

[Briarios]

I wonder if my phone will run it ...

 

[Gin-Shiio]

Looks more like the Lucasarts desktop adventures than zelda xD

I knew it reminded me of something. Might just give it a try...

 

[Skulldead]

free-to-play with no extra purchases

Hmmm where is the catch

Spoiler

will try it !

 

[sixteen-bit]

Is Barbara in there?

#justice4barb

 

[TheGreenArrow]

Ugh. Barb better not be in it.

 

[Navi]

Team Barb

 

[Fliesen]

Is Barbara in there?

yeah, as DLC.

Spoiler

dead lifeless corpse

This is pretty outta nowhere right?

Yup, announced "out now" via Facebook / Twitter.

 

[Mogwai]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

 

[hydruxo]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

It's free. And it's actually very well made. What's the problem?

 

[Abilidebob]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

Advergames are older than 3D games.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

Video games and weed. Why would you be mad?

And yes...this is an official promo product from Netflix.

 

[Razmos]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

Why such an overexaggeration? It's a free tie in game to promote the new season and doesn't look like cheap hastily produced garbage

 

[The Last One]

I'm playing it right now and it's a pretty cool game actually.

 

[Hedge]

Is Barbara in there?

Barbara is the best darn character. ;_;

 

[doemaaan]

This looks really cool. Will give it a shot.

 

[The Last One]

Zelda is a really good accurate way to describe this game. Just finished the first dungeon.

Edit: If you collect 8 tapes in the game you can watch a trailer with exclusive footage from Stranger Things

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Looks interesting, I'm downloading now

 

[SpaceWolf]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

It's a free game.

Calm down. They're not irradiating orphans.

 

[atr0cious]

Urgh, why'd it have to be horizontal?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Zelda is a really good accurate way to describe this game. Just finished the first dungeon.

Edit: If you collect 8 tapes in the game you can watch a trailer with exclusive footage from Stranger Things

:O

 

[hydruxo]

Just pulled up the map and this game is massive lmao. It's going to take a while to fully complete this.

 

[kulapik]

Hmmm where is the catch

Spoiler

will try it !

The catch is that it is an ad

Just pulled up the map and this game is massive lmao. It's going to take a while to fully complete this.

It's 10 hours long apparently. Longer than the show itself, wew

 

[Ashodin]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

You will not talk shit about Chex quest

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

Truly terrible they're giving away something free...

 

[v1lla21]

Thanks for the heads up, hydroxies 😘😘😘😘😘

 

[Samurai G0SU]

downloaded!!!!!!

I CANT WAIT FOR SEASON 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sephzilla]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

 

[CREMSteve]

Just finished the first dungeon, this game is awesome! Very well-made. Totally old school Zelda.

 

[atr0cious]

Yeah, it's actually not bad. The combat is kind of fun once it gets going, though I'm playing on normal. The way it's introduced the basic systems of objectives and backtracking are encouraging, so I hope there's enough game to go with it.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Just finished the first dungeon, this game is awesome! Very well-made. Totally old school Zelda.

Same here. Loving it so far. After you finish the first dungeon you can see how big the map actually is.

 

[CREMSteve]

Same here. Loving it so far. After you finish the first dungeon you can see how big the map actually is.

It’s ridiculously large. It will take me weeks to finish. Perfect for all the flights I take for work!

 

[CREMSteve]

Yeah, it's actually not bad. The combat is kind of fun once it gets going, though I'm playing on normal. The way it's introduced the basic systems of objectives and backtracking are encouraging, so I hope there's enough game to go with it.

Click on your backpack and you can see all the various collectibles there are to find.

 

[KodaRuss]

Played a bit of it. Its not bad. Much deeper than I thought it would be. I need to find someone who can smash things right now...

 

[SomedayTheFire]

This is cool!

 

[hydruxo]

The area you go to unlock Nancy had some pretty clever puzzles in there. This is good fun so far.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I feel like I've made this gif the next big thing.

 

[Classicblunder]

played it for a minute. Love the graphics, music, controls. Menu reveals lots of unlock-able characters (8 total), tools, money, key cards, upgrades, quest items, 40 heart pieces to find (every 4 give you +1 health), 12 gnomes and the message "can you find them all?" and the last page that labeled collections, and has 2 groups of 8, and a line at the bottom that says "Grab an eggo and VHS in each dungeon. Where will you put them?" So 8 dungeons?

Click to move/interact/talk/attack. Think Zelda Phantom Hourglass meets maniac mansion meets Stranger Things.

 

[Prevolition]

I love the obvious homage to

Spoiler

Zelda's first dungeon

 

[Saucycarpdog]

These dungeons definitely feel like from the old Zelda games.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Jesus Christ.

Is there anything a company will not do to promote their product?

......

what?

Why are you acting like franchise licenses for video games, on a video game forum, is not only a bad thing but unheard of?

Like, what?