# Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Metzengerstein — user reviews > 151 indexed App Store user reviews of Dark Tales by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 3.80/5 from 249 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-tales-edgar-allan-poes-metzengerstein/id1186369790/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-tales-edgar-allan-poes-metzengerstein/id1186369790.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 128 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of Dark Tales? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent graphics - 👍 Engaging storyline - 👍 Challenging puzzles - 🚀 Good length of game **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Unresponsive touch controls - 🐛 Glitchy hidden object scenes - 🐛 Inability to progress due to bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when taking photos - Unable to place items in hidden object scenes - Inability to progress past certain points due to glitches **Most requested features** - Better instructions and tutorials - Improved responsiveness of touch controls - Bug fixes and stability improvements ## Newest reviews (15 of 151) ### 3/5 — I used to play this on my older iPad, no problem until… *2024-07-16, version 1.0.0* Love the macabre feel and it does do Edgar Allan Poe justice. I love playing without hints. Makes it seem as real to life as possible. However, I keep getting kicked out of the whole game when I click on a door in the cellar of the bonus chapter. I’m now playing from the beginning of the main game again. I did put in a request for tech support. I’ll change my review to five stars when it’s fixed. ### 2/5 — Bof *2024-05-27, version 1.0.0* La périphérie du jeu est trop restreinte, trop sensible : lorsqu’on touche l’écran à 5 cm du bas on est aussitôt éjecté de la scène de jeu pour retourner à la scène précédente. Trop d’objets cachés (trop de listes d’objets à trouver). Énigmes bof bof. Déçue de d’avoir acheté ce jeu. ### 3/5 — Also, good game, but….. *2023-12-25, version 1.0.0* I am on the last chapter before the bonus chapter and cannot finish the game. It has malfunctioned on one of the HOPs and no matter what I do, it will not let me select the fish bones. Very disappointing since I paid for the game and can go no further. Other people have mentioned glitches - it’s a good game except for that. Please try to fix the glitches. ### 3/5 — Usually love these games *2023-10-05, version 1.0.0* I always love playing these games BUT this one has a glitch in Chapter 5… My Favorite kind of game…. The mini game, where you find all the items that are on the list below. I found the fish skeleton FIRST but it did not strike the word with a line as found. I kept hitting the “hint” to see if I was wrong but I wasn’t. I restarted the game, nothing… I don’t want to uninstall because I’ll loose my progress…. It’s a bummer because I was really into this one. Darn shame! I put in for a refund, hope I get it… ### 4/5 — A good series *2022-02-04, version 1.0.0* I like this one, it’s well written and rattles along nicely. The only issue I have is that the controls can be a bit finicky. Any touch on the screen anywhere near the bottom takes you back to the previous screen. Sometimes when in a zoomed in view it’s taken me out of that view and back in one step. If ever a game would benefit from a separate back button, or at least making the back routine less sensitive, it’s this one. Also quite often in the hud games you need to be very precise with the placing of one item over another when 2 need to be matched to make a whole. I’ve been trying over and over with some before hitting on the right place. I eventually worked out that it’s the white gloved hand that matters, not the object itself just to save you some time. Overall these are minor faults that are easily overlooked in the context of an otherwise excellent game. ### 4/5 — Algo inestable en ipad air 3 *2021-12-30, version 1.0.0* Le pongo 4 estrellas porque se cerró la aplicación varias veces, pero al volver a entrar podía continuar. Terminé el juego finalmente sin problemas. El juego está bien, en la línea de Big fish, pero lo he comprado por la oferta de 3€ de fin de año, no hubiese pagado 7€ por él. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2020-08-09, version 1.0.0* I get about 5 minutes in, and the game closes itself. I tried about three times then gave up. Total waste. ### 3/5 — Fisherman’s House *2020-06-05, version 1.0.0* As with others this is annoying regarding two-thirds screen only! However anyone out there tell me where the buggy henry the fishbones are in the chest - [Fisherman’s House](pretty please!), as try as I might I cannot find them thar bones, Pressing the hint button just directs you out of the darned chest. I cannot see them for the life of me! Come on BF help a ‘got em all’ customer, thanks? ### 3/5 — Good *2020-03-26, version 1.0.0* 1. It takes FOREVER for the game to load compared to other games. 2. Good grief the words for the tools are microscopic! Make the words legible ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2020-02-22, version 1.0.0* Was really into this game so much that I purchased it, but the frustration comes from the HOPS. Unable to select items or having to be super precise was annoying. Was close to the end and had to stop because the game refused to let me click on the items I needed to go further. Fixes need to be made. ### 1/5 — Game keeps crashing nowhere to contact to resolve the issue *2020-02-18, version 1.0.0* Game keeps crashing and I can’t find anyone to contact to resolve the issue biggest waste of Manoel given I paid $11 Australian ### 4/5 — Enjoying it! *2019-12-14, version 1.0.0* Pro would be like this creator, the music is good, lots of scenes, not too many hops, interesting ones though. One time I had some difficulty lighting a pipe but enlarging the screen seemed to do the trick. This game really makes one think. The transporting map is helpful. ### 2/5 — Very glitchy and way too short for the price *2019-11-26, version 1.0.0* This game wasn’t one of my favourites. It’s very glitchy and sensitive when you’re trying to pick up objects or it will go back scenes randomly. The storyline was meh. Definitely not worth the full price of $10.99. ### 1/5 — Awful *2019-11-01, version 1.0.0* Worst game I’ve ever played. Couldn’t even get through it because I couldn’t get anything to connect to what it was suppose to since the spotting was so off. Waste of $6.99, sad because I love big fish games but after this I don’t think I even want to purchase another one. ### 3/5 — Metzengerstein *2019-07-18, version 1.0.0* Das Spiel läuft bei mir einwandfrei. Der schnelle Tipp ist ein echter Gewinn. So kann man sehr flott durchspielen. WBS und Minigames sind allerdings nicht besonders spektakulär. Zu bemängeln ist, dass man manches Mal öfter auf ein Objekt tippen muss, um es zu bewegen. Das nervt einfach. Und manche Gegenstände sind zu klein und dunkel. Die Story selber hat mir gut gefallen. Trotzdem nicht mehr als 3 Sterne. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Paid for full game and got NOTHING *2024-02-15, version 1.0.0* I paid for the full game a few days ago and haven’t been able to play since. It doesn’t load as if I’ve already purchased, and when I click on the “already purchased” button the app crashes. REFUND PLEASE. Pretty sure you deleted the first review I left without responding lol. Scammers. UPDATE: my refund request was rejected but no one has even attempted to help me access what I paid for. ### 1/5 — Paid for full game and got NOTHING *2024-02-13* I paid for the full game a few days ago and haven’t been able to play since. It doesn’t load as if I’ve already purchased, and when I click on the “already purchased” button the app crashes. REFUND PLEASE. Pretty sure you deleted the first review I left without responding lol. Scammers. ### 1/5 — Stopped working after I purchased the full version *2024-02-11* I finished the free bit and then went ahead to buy the full version and afterwards it promptly crashed. I opened the game back up, it was as if I had never purchased, so I clicked on “already purchased” and it crashed again. This is the only result I am able to get from the game now that I paid for it. It’s too bad because it was a good game but now I want a refund. ### 1/5 — Зависла *2023-11-19, version 1.0.0* Игра зависла на моменте поиска предметов, когда нужно было найти скелет рыбы и получить сеть. После удаления игры и попытки восстановить покупку пишет - покупка не найдена. То есть деньги украли) ### 1/5 — Not compatible *2023-08-08, version 1.0.0* I love these games now as much as I do when I originally bought them. Unfortunately ever time I try to restore my purchase the game crashes, so then I try to buy it again. I get a message saying that I’ve already bought & would I like to restore. Obviously I click yes & the game crashes. I’d really like to play this game again because it was brilliant! ### 1/5 — What’s happened to your games? *2022-09-28, version 1.0.0* I used to love these games but about half of them now I open them to find big white blotches across the screen. The sound is fine but it’s like the screen is whitewashed. You can’t play it. Is this something you are working on?? ### 1/5 — What a disappointment *2021-02-28, version 1.0.0* Was excited to play this since I love the Poe games but I've only just started and I've already had multiple issues with force-closing, lost progress, and the game has the tiniest inventory objects I've ever seen. Will not purchase full version. 2021 update: tried again, game was never fixed :( ### 1/5 — What a waste!! *2021-01-03, version 1.0.0* I purchase the version, I pay for it! But in one puzzle, the one in the fisherman place, the puzzle is broken! It said I have to find the Fish Squeleton but I already found it! It looks like a bug but I can’t continue the game! I have tried everything, take hints, close the app and open again, even turn off my phone, but nothing has been working! I want it solved! Or, at last, give me a refund! Or another game! ### 1/5 — 最悪 *2021-01-03, version 1.0.0* タールのの後ろに薪？がタップ出来ない！先に進めない！途中落ちる！ ### 1/5 — 改善求む *2020-12-11, version 1.0.0* 3年前の口コミ通り、アイテム探しで、タップしても反応しなくてイライラします。先に進めない。早く改善して下さい。改善しないくらいなら販売中止するべきです。 評価⭐︎0にしたい。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game by big fish probably *2024-02-03, version 1.0.0* A fun mystery game with puzzles and the graphics are incredible Love this game ### 5/5 — My herbs won’t mix *2022-07-18, version 1.0.0* Tried several times to mix herbs and it will not I bought the game Should I reinstall it! ### 5/5 — A revised review *2022-05-11, version 1.0.0* I gave a poor review to this game when I was about halfway through but as I progressed through the game many of the glitches were corrected. Overall I recommend this game. It is interesting and the artwork is amazing. The puzzles and HOP are challenging. ### 5/5 — Dark Tales *2021-09-07, version 1.0.0* It was refreshing to play a game with excellent graphics and a good storyline. ### 5/5 — merci pour ce jeux *2020-04-20, version 1.0.0* Jeux palpitant, merci. ### 5/5 — ❤️LOVE DUPIN GAMES *2018-12-30, version 1.0.0* Have played these Dupin games for years now and always love going back to them. Good eery atmosphere and soundtrack. Excellent mini games and good storyline. One of my favourites. ### 5/5 — Game *2017-08-09, version 1.0.0* Amazing, love the story's. ### 5/5 — Отличная и интересная!!! *2017-08-06, version 1.0.0* Отличная игра, красочная, долгая. Очень понравилась!!! ### 5/5 — Great *2017-07-06, version 1.0.0* This is a good one. X ### 5/5 — Valerie *2017-06-28, version 1.0.0* The back up bar is to big and in the mini games some objects are touchy about when you need to select them would not recommend this game till they fixed the bugs --- *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 2026-06-08.*