As you first enter Scarf, you are greeted with this mystic fog, with very low visibility and nothing around you but emptiness. In the distance you see a red looking dragon thing and the game edges you closer, begging you to inspect this magical creature. As you approach, you feed this dragon creature a crystal, he seems to enjoy this and this will soon become apparent, As he wraps around your neck and literally makes a Scarf.

Now your little hero is ready for his quest..with a good fashion sense, but fear not this is more than just a fashion accessory, Scarf has updated the need for a utility belt because you have got a living, breathing utility scarf.This little quirky thing is your main tool throughout the game, hence the namesake of the game, as this is a non combat game, the scarf will be used to help you traverse throughout the different biomes and solve puzzles.

Scarf’s world is absolutely beautiful, with a good use of vibrant colors, and different biomes. I found myself just staring and taking in the surroundings every chance I got. Usually in games i will explore and check out what each place has to offer, but when it came to scarf it was different, it felt like the game was inviting me to explore and not just a thing i would do for myself.

Which is a good thing because once you take scarf up on it’s offer to look in the corners you will be greeted with lots of collectibles to find.  And i would recommend you also look for these as it really adds to the value of the game, not just for enjoyment but some of these collectibles actually dictate to you more of the story and fills in the blanks you are missing.

You will find these scattered throughout the world, in the forms of drawings that resemble beautiful cave paintings, old fashioned toys, and the best part the dark ink blobs. Once you find them you will get a guy narrating to you more of the story keeping you intrigued, these are also vital for knowing the meaning of your heroes journey.There is a total of nine of these throughout the game, but if you do not find all of these, the story you get told at the end will change. So you will require two playthroughs to get the full rundown of the game. Sadly the multiple endings only changes the exact end of the game and not the actual run through of the game, none the less i would still tell you to experience both endings.

The world is split up into three biomes, and with each biome comes puzzles related to the environment. You will get to traverse through the ocean, desert and forest. In all of them you will have multiple puzzles to solve. The puzzles have enough variety in them to make it not feel so dull and repetitive and give you some fun mechanics to play with also. My personal favourite was the ball that let you traverse through the water. There was something magical getting to experience coral around me with water to the left or right not penetrating this bubble that I could control.

If you are not a fan of puzzles and prefer a narrative and chill relaxing experience fear not, while this game has puzzles for you to solve they are not difficult in any means and the game is very forgiving, with multiple checkpoints if you fall into the abyss or into the water, you will reload directly before that jump, Trust me i found this very handy as i myself failed a few jumps more than i actually care to actual admit.

With all these points taken into consideration, a 3D platformer journey about a hero fighting for something, is it a good reason? Is it a bad reason?. We do not want to ruin that for you, you just need to experience that for yourself, you will not regret jumping in this game, Everything about this game is atmospheric and fits so well with each other, the artwork is breathtaking, the music and sound effects are tranquil and the narrative is so intriguing, This is one everyone off all ages will love.