First title of Furniture & Mattress, Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventurefinally arrives this week for iOS and Android via Netflix, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC worldwide. I didn't bother playing the demo, but having played the full game on multiple platforms, I can safely say that Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is a superlative puzzle game that I recommend everyone to check out. If you have an active Netflix subscription, Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is immediately one of the best games available on the service, but the iOS version I played lacks in one area compared to the PC and Switch versions. I'll tell you why I like it Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure and also how it feels on Switch and Steam Deck in this review focusing on the Netflix version.
Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure you play as Jemma who moves around a grid and also moves most objects and people in the same row or column as her. There are a few exceptions like monsters or other objects with a purple glow around them, but you explore, solve puzzles, and even engage in combat (not directly) through your movement on the grid across the world. Jemma can also loop around the edges of rows and columns, and all of this plays a huge role in solving puzzles, advancing, and discovering not only the world, but yourself in Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure.
If you take the critical path and avoid exploring beyond it, I imagine it won't take you more than about four hours to complete. Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure. I got stuck a few times and didn't want to use the assists until I replayed the game on another platform to see what the later areas were like and I just wanted to speed things up. Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure it has virtually no padding and feels perfectly paced even when I found myself stuck a few times. You can definitely see the pedigree of the developers involved here with the way it oozes refinement in so many ways.
Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is very forgiving. The puzzles don’t penalize you for making a mistake, and you can basically keep trying to figure out the solution to your current situation as Jemma. This could be anything from trying to move a sword block towards a monster to clear a path, to placing any object on a switch to unlock a door or move forward. Despite the cute grid-based logic puzzles that will often make light bulbs go off in your head, there is an assist mode that lets you skip certain puzzles if you bump your head against something unsuccessfully. Seeing how this is implemented made me realize how Furniture & Mattress has pretty much covered all of its bases with Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled AdventureThis is a comprehensive, accessible and breathtaking puzzle game designed for everyone.
Visually, Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is breathtaking. David Hellman's art is incredible, and Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure manages to impress across the board. I thought a game with this much hand-drawn art would be locked to 16:9 or something, but the developers made sure it looks great on all devices. It supports 16:10 on Steam Deck, supports ultrawide on the iPhone 15 Pro, and is fullscreen on my iPad. I have no complaints about the visuals other than the fact that I can't buy an artbook for it. Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure Again.
Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure On iPhone and iPad, progress syncing via Netflix accounts is supported as usual, but I was surprised by the lack of proper high frame rate options. You might think that wouldn't matter in a game like this, but after playing it on Switch where it targets 60fps and looks smooth across the board and also on Steam Deck where it runs even higher, the iPhone and iPad versions of Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure I felt sluggish. It has a performance mode option, but it still doesn't let you play at 60fps on iPhone 15 Pro or my iPad Pro (2020). I hope this can be added in the future as the game feels noticeably smoother, even on Switch. Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure works well with touch controls and a controller on iOS and Switch.
On the console and PC side, the team has done a fantastic job with Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure on Switch. It has a good HD Rumble and full touch support in addition to traditional controls. As I said above, I often found myself playing it with touch controls on a handheld console, but I used my 8BitDo Ultimate controller when playing in stationary mode. Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure It looks perfect on Switch, and it was great to see it checked out by Steam Deck ahead of release and see it play like a dream on Valve's portable console.
While the visuals are impressive, the audio design in Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is another aspect of the game that I love. The sound effects are perfect and the music fits perfectly with the different locations you explore as Jemma. The music may seem very good at first, but it really shows its greatness once you complete the opening area and leave the city. Tomás Batista absolutely nailed the music in Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure.
Arranger: A Puzzle-Filled Adventure is a beautiful and essential puzzle game. It looks stunning, has excellent puzzles, sounds incredible, and is a joy to play at every level. After experiencing it on iPhone, iPad, Switch, and Steam Deck, it joins Lorelei and the Laser Eyes as my favorite puzzle games of 2024. It's also one of the best additions to Netflix games to date. I look forward to playing it again on PS5 in the future.
