The game bursts with charm, and it already shows within the first minute. The premise of the game is pretty simple but goes wild throughout the many acts and chapters within it. With every new act some whacky new story/scenario unfolds. This is one of the games highlights. It leaves room for many surprises with it's diverse worlds. You never know what to expect.
The characters are unique and charming in many aspects. The voice work only adds to that, with some of it giving the characters huge personalities. Though... notice how I said "some". While some of the voice work is fantastic other parts sound mediocre and fail to match the character it's given. It reminds you that the game wasn't made on a huge budget. That being said it hardly detracts from the meat of the game. That being the gameplay.
The main character Hat Kid controls like a wonder. It's such a delight leaping and parkouring across the worlds with such responsive controls. You can just get lost in the game running around not doing much at all. And that's not even taking into account all of the hats you can craft by collecting pieces of yarn hidden throughout the worlds. The hats while not having a ton of moves between them, do a lot to vary the gameplay and make for some really cool puzzle platforming.
And don't even get me started on the music. While playing through the game you're graced with hours of nonstop masterpieces with varying genres such as Jazz, Techno, Rock and much more. The soundtrack will be a classic with people listening to it for years and years to come.
There is very little wrong with this game aside from the very rarely buggy camera in some areas, the hit-or-miss voice acting (though you're given the option to turn it off, or make all the character have a familiar mumble by equipping a badge), and the other small bugs common in 3D platformers.