
You’ll find benches around Hawkins, including one in Mike’s basement and another in Dustin’s carport. How ever are we going to boost our stats? Crafting, that’s how. You’ve seen the show, so you know that we’re going to have a few tough battles ahead. If you don’t have them yet, make a note so you can come back later. When you run into a doorway or chest that requires specific special abilities, such as Dustin’s hacker skill, interacting with the item will automatically switch you to the correct character for the job. Left and right on the D-pad will let you give Stay and Follow directions, and it’s a quick trip back into your other active character by pushing Down. For example, in one of the side-quests you’ll have to keep one character near the computer at the front desk, using them to switch which cameras are active and then zap back to your guinea pig as they move through the maze.

Not only will you need to swap between characters but you’ll also need to give them commands in order to make it through a lot of the puzzles in Stranger Things 3: The Game. There are a total of twelve characters who you’ll unlock naturally as you progress through the story, and I’m sure without me giving you hints you nerds can figure out the roster on your own. I also love playing as Dustin because there’s something so wonderful in having that can of Farrah Fawcett hairspray at the ready not just because its chem over time damage, either. For Lucas it was his slingshot attack and cherry bomb ability, making him a great ranged character to play. Each character has an attack and special ability unique to them. We kick things off with two characters: Mike and Lucas. This Stranger Things tie-in is classic ’80s beat ’em up with puzzles and dungeon crawling. The bit with the magnets and Joyce standing up Magnum P.I. We’ll help Dustin set up Cerebro so he can chat with his Camp Know-Where squeeze, Suzie. We’re going to abuse Steve’s summer gig at Scoops Ahoy! so we can sneak into the R-rated movies our parents won’t take us to.

Stranger Things 3: The Game follows the same various story branches we binged on July 4th when Netflix dropped the new season on us. Unfortunately, recent power outages have Will’s “Spidey-sense” tingling, leading him to believe that the Mind Flayer is still out there. Dustin is home from camp and excited for his long distance relationship.

Mike and Eleven are spending every waking minute together, much to Hopper’s chagrin. It’s the summer of 1985 and everything in Hawkins seems back to normal.
