# Christmas Stories: The Prince — user reviews > 188 indexed App Store user reviews of Christmas Stories by Big Fish Premium, LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 2,156 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-stories-the-prince/id1286863492/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-stories-the-prince/id1286863492.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,444 · 4★ 359 · 3★ 121 · 2★ 46 · 1★ 186 ## What do users think of Christmas Stories? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful graphics - 🎄 Festive Christmas theme - 🦊 Cute animal helper - 🎁 Enjoyable storyline and puzzles **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy graphics and performance issues - 🕹️ Unresponsive or buggy gameplay - ⏱️ Game is too short - 💰 Not worth the full price **Commonly reported bugs** - Floating white boxes and artifacts covering the screen - Inability to progress due to non-functioning animal helper - Pixelated or distorted visuals **Most requested features** - Update the game to fix graphics and performance issues - Improve the responsiveness of the animal helper - Expand the game length and content ## Newest reviews (20 of 188) ### 4/5 — No longer works *2024-12-03, version 1.0.0* I used to play this game every year at the holidays, but it now is not compatible with a new iOS system. Everything has squares floating around with the graphics in it and you can’t tell what you’re doing. Please update it. ### 2/5 — Little prince *2023-12-01, version 1.0.0* Bought this game a while ago and play it once a year near Xmas. Went to play it this year 2023 and as a previous review has stated it’s has squares and patterns flashing all over the screen and is unplayable … I suffer from migraines with flashing lights and this game is unwatchable , I have lots of big fish games and this has put me off purchasing any more . ### 1/5 — Wont run *2023-11-30, version 1.0.0* Game doesn’t run correctly on my iPad ver17.1.1. There have been several games that do the same thing. Just a lot of things moving in random order through the game. ### 1/5 — Shouldn’t have purchased *2023-10-19, version 1.0.0* Impossible to play with floating white boxes and screen glitches. Would like a refund. ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2023-08-01, version 1.0.0* The game is in polygon mode and everything has a white rectangle around it. Take it down and fix it. Its disrespectful to customers to offer games that are this broken for sale. I’m just glad I hadn’t payed to open it sight unseen. I made that mistake in the past thinking companies kept up with maintenance. Take them down if you aren’t going to do that. ### 2/5 — Can you please update *2023-04-22, version 1.0.0* Dear Developer, this game is showing all the background graphics, there are so many graphics (lines and squares moving around the screen) it is impossible to play the game. Thank you ### 1/5 — Still mad *2023-02-22, version 1.0.0* This game is unplayable. Graphics are still jacked up. No refund available. Have deleted and reinstalled numerous times with the same shoddy results. Also have bought numerous other games and now when I go to play the games they’re requiring that I pay for them all over again. Done with this foolishness. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2023-01-25, version 1.0.0* This game in completely unplayable. The screen is covered in transparent rectangles which move around the screen if you try to play the game I have lots and lots of these games but this is the only one which does not play. Save your money and don’t bother buying it. ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2023-01-12, version 1.0.0* I really tried to get this to work. But the first scene had constantly moving boxes and windows, and they never stopped. It was like a hyperactive geometric fireworks display. The boxes covered everything I tried to do. I also could not get the little critter to help with the gate/door. After about 15 minutes, I gave up and deleted the app. Most of the Big Fish games work fabulously, but this one is obviously glitchy. It appears that the game worked several years ago, as per the positive reviews. But recent reviews all say the same thing is broken as I do above. Maybe an Apple update broke it, if the game was not updated? If so, you should remove it from the App Store until it’s fixed.☹️ ### 1/5 — Un petit prince *2023-01-10* Impossible d’y jouer problème avec le graphisme des trucs se baladent dans l’image ### 1/5 — Christmas Story The Prince *2022-12-31, version 1.0.0* Paid for full game. I install it and the picture is all pixelated. I loved it when I could play but since I can’t after full purchase I rated 1 star. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2022-12-25, version 1.0.0* Loved this game, but it no longer works on my iPad. The screen is full of rotating "crystals" and can no longer see the pictures on the screen. ### 1/5 — Unplayable. *2022-12-22, version 1.0.0* Weirdly small and blocked off gameplay. ### 1/5 — DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY *2022-12-18, version 1.0.0* 1st and last time I’ve paid for a game without playing for free 1st. The picture is unwatchable, things flashing through the screen, tools are covered by boxes then go into your cache as white boxes so you can’t see what youve collected. So glad I only paid £2.49 and not full price ### 1/5 — Programmierung defekt *2022-12-07* Fliegende Rahmen. Mehr nicht. ### 1/5 — Shards of glass *2022-12-04, version 1.0.0* As others have said, purchased straight away, not able to play due to the shards of glass falling distorting the picture. Played many before, very disappointing. ### 1/5 — unplayable *2022-12-03, version 1.0.0* This has been said before and NOTHING has been done to fix it. There are squares and lines all over the screen. Please check and fix! ### 1/5 — Broken *2022-11-30, version 1.0.0* It’s really messed up. Needs an update. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste money on this one *2022-11-28, version 1.0.0* Pixilated to the max. ### 1/5 — Do not buy *2022-11-26, version 1.0.0* Graphics are all messed up and blocky. Seem big fish games don’t update the game when an OS is updated. I have purchased several Bigfish games for the past several years and most are unplayable. This use to be my favorite. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This game is horrible *2025-12-16, version 1.0.0* If u want to try to play a game u can’t see then this is the game for you! There are white flashing boxes in the way of literally EVERYTHING u need to look at. Can’t see the puzzle pieces at all (not sure how u are supposed to put together a puzzle you can’t see) whoever thought this was a good idea was SERIOUSLY mistaken. I would really like my money back since I can’t even play the game. ### 1/5 — Wish it still worked *2025-12-09, version 1.0.0* I loved this game but in newer versions of iOS it’s unplayable. It’s very frustrating that they’ve just left it here and not made an attempt to fix it. ### 1/5 — Not sure what’s going on *2025-01-09, version 1.0.0* Everyone keeps saying that the graphics are superb in this game, but not mine. I can barely see to interact with items because of the snow. It is in rectangular boxes and you can barely see the scene itself. All of the moving parts of the game are in boxes. I have an iPad and it is up to date on software. Thankfully I haven’t paid for the game yet. I have deleted and downloaded it 3 times and it is the same each time. ### 1/5 — Does not work on current iPads *2025-01-03, version 1.0.0* Should remove from the store. It does not work on current iPads and the graphics are all broken.. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on newer iPads *2024-12-24, version 1.0.0* This claims to “work on this iPad” but it doesn’t. On newer iPads the graphics are visible in all their constituent parts, leaving the game unplayable as the screen looks like stained glass instead of a coherent picture. The game still works on my old iPad 4, but if you don’t have an old iPad handy, don’t bother with this. ### 1/5 — Won’t load right *2024-11-07, version 1.0.0* I have been trying to play this game and for the second year it won’t load correctly. I even paid for the premium. The only support I got was to ask for a refund. Very disappointed because I really enjoy the other games in this series. ### 1/5 — Game has white artifacts and geometric boxes *2024-02-27, version 1.0.0* Really wanted to play this game, but once the cutscenes finished and transitioned to the game screen, there were weird white boxes around the every item and character. Looks like a bad glitch. The sounds and animations worked, but the white artifacts, lines, and boxes covered some stuff and were distracting. :( Hope this updates and gets fixed!! ### 1/5 — Regret Purchase, Game Broken *2023-12-22, version 1.0.0* I should have read the recent reviews instead of general “most helpful” ones. Apparently the graphics have been broken for 3 years yet the game is still being sold. It looked fine til it said I had to pay $6.99 to unlock it. Now graphics are just boxes flying all over the place. The games forum is closed. Looking to see how to get a refund. I guess Big Fish is now unreliable. ### 1/5 — Christmas stories. The prince *2023-12-06, version 1.0.0* Please fix this game. I have tried several times to play and cannot ### 1/5 — Christmas stories little prince *2023-12-04, version 1.0.0* Would like my money returned game unplayable due to radical squares Makes it impossible to see and play Review being ignored you are in breach of contract and need to refunded ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Christmas *2021-10-01, version 1.0.0* My fish games I bought ten years ago, in the COVID thought I would play all the games again fish games won’t let me play and down the bottom of the game it says you purchased this game I want to know why ### 5/5 — Delightful game! *2020-12-19* Wonderful scenery, much of it interactive. Lots to do in each location. Puzzles took some time, but not hard. Hos were list and silhouette, but with some creative elements. Collect morphing wedding guests, and puzzle pieces. You can assemble 3 jigsaw puzzles with your collected pieces. There is a secret room with the 3 helper cats, each cat has 3 tasks for you to complete (repeat hos or mini game), then that cat tells a story about different new year’s celebrations. This series of games, with their magical scenery, always makes me cheerful! I felt it was a bit shorter than it should have been, real rating 4.5 bumped up to 5 for creativity 😀 ### 5/5 — Beautiful and entertaining game *2020-03-28* I really enjoyed playing this lovely game. Good story and great variety in scenes and games. Variety too in the difficulty in the games... Some were easier than others. Instructions for the games was minimal and sometimes inadequate to assist your game play, but I was able to muddle through with the Strategy Guide. Overall a great value for enjoyment received. ### 5/5 — Great game *2019-12-20, version 1.0.0* Fun and festive game. Read a lot of comments about the fox not working.. I didn’t have that problem but it is slightly different than their ‘helpers’ usually do because you often have to give the fox something in order to do a task but i didn’t have any issues. Great game and I do very much love the dancing snowman at the end. 😁👍⛄️ ### 5/5 — Absolutely beautiful game *2019-12-17, version 1.0.0* Amazing graphics and good mix of puzzles and hops. Such georgous characters. This is a must for families to play together. Easily five stars from me. ### 5/5 — Not a new game *2019-12-16, version 1.0.0* Wanted to mention that this is not a new release, as is advertised. Good, though. ### 5/5 — Wonderful game *2019-12-15, version 1.0.0* I have played this every year in December. Un to play with kids too. Art is fabulous, voices clear and amusing. Collectibles are fun - keep an eye on the map to be sure you get all of them! ### 5/5 — Le petit prince *2019-09-29, version 1.0.0* Très attractif j’ai de la difficulté à m’en séparé, même la nuit ### 5/5 — Красивая игра! *2019-02-02* Красивая игра с новогодней атмосферой. Рекомендую! ### 5/5 — Great *2019-01-02* If its an Elephant Game it’s going to be awesome and this one doesn’t disappoint!, love the puzzle pieces and morphing objects. Always a great story with gorgeous graphics. Best of all, the puzzles are so straight forward but still challenging. The map eliminates frustration in navigating. EG is my only 5star game producer. Great job!!!!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*