Scarf – Review

Our Score: 7/10

Scarf is an atmospheric and emotional journey about what it means to be a hero. An adventure game mixing puzzles and 3D platforms. Explore beautifully crafted worlds and discover your true destiny with the help of a dragon-shaped scarf.

What is Scarf

Scarf is a puzzle-platform adventure game that takes you on an allegorical journey through various realms. With the help of your partner, a dragon-shaped scarf, investigate and discover the truth behind your story. Discover your true destiny by unlocking new talents.

What exactly does it take to be a hero? To achieve your goals? Or do you want to fight it? Scarf is a thrilling singleplayer puzzle adventure that combines lyricism with a 3D platform game to create an allegorical trip across gorgeous realms. Will you be able to uncover their secrets? And how much will it cost?

Gameplay of Scarf

Immerse yourself in a metaphorical story that explores the concept of heroism. Your aim is to capture the renegade spirits who have built their own planets with your scarf as your only ally. Explore stunning 3D environments, each with its own set of mechanics. Travel to new places and pick up new skills that will help you solve unique difficulties. Discover the secrets of these new worlds by jumping, gliding, or swinging.

Explore the realms formed by the souls to learn about a vast mythology and recreate your own interpretation of events.

Enjoy an audiovisual part that transports you to a fantastic world full of light and colour. But also shadows. Scarf is a slow-paced game that lets you take in each moment’s splendour.
To find the truth and continue the adventure, go throughout the world and solve intriguing puzzles.

Look and Feel

The graphics play an important role in the story. In contrast to the other key assets, almost all of the characters are rounded and smooth. The conflict between the Scarf and the hero creates a fascinating contrast that you will notice throughout the game. The worlds have a richness to them, but they are also empty. The structures themselves seem out of place, and the fact that they’re crumbling adds to the mystery.

Scarf’s environments are simple – imagine forests and deserts – yet each one is a startlingly unique, expansive landscape. Thankfully, the game seldom keeps the player locked out of an area long, allowing them to freely explore without worry of paths closing behind them if they go too far.

It also offers modest direction in the form of visual cues. Light particles congregate around centers of interest, giving players a sense of agency without completely disorienting them. Puzzle solution hints are given as hieroglyphs; yet, it should be noted that Scarf’s puzzles are not difficult for anyone who is even vaguely familiar with platformers. Scarf has weight switches, crumbling pedestals, and water mechanics, all of which are the usual fare for the genre.

Final Verdict

Scarf is a fun adventure and platformer that tells an intriguing story. Even though it tells a story that lasts around 4 hours, its message sticks with you. It is just sufficiently challenging and leaves you feeling satisfied.