Christmas Stories: Taxi of Miracles > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

A Sweet Christmas Story About Helping Others!

PostedDecember 23, 2023

JulzCat

fromCharlotte, NC

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Jacob is losing his Christmas spirit due to the greed and nastiness he sees in the people around him. A cab driver named Nick (wink, wink) drives him around town to help people and regain his Christmas spirit!

As always, I adore the Christmas Stories games. They've never failed to get me in the mood for the holidays, year after year. It's disappointing to see the same couple of people ...Show more

As always, I adore the Christmas Stories games. They've never failed to get me in the mood for the holidays, year after year. It's disappointing to see the same couple of people complaining about how these games are no longer good when it simply isn't true.

My favorite part was making the sandwiches and a hot cup of cocoa for the hint button! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

Just the thing to start the Season!

PostedNovember 26, 2023

krisnlize

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I really enjoyed playing this game! After a long year, we need feel-good games, and this fit the bill. It made me feel warm inside and gave me a break from the negativity of the news. The scenes were warm and colorful, and the hidden object games were old-fashioned in nature. Keep up the good work.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

best een leuk verhaal

PostedDecember 10, 2023

groenendijk

fromRotterdam Nederland

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

verhaal is leuk voor oud en jong ir

I recommend this game!

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3 / 5

35 of 45 found this review helpful

No Miracles, Lots Of Tasks

PostedDecember 23, 2022

HeavenBound7729

fromOcala, Florida

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

I felt this was not a good Christmas story. It had a coldness to it due to the lack of beauty and heartwarming scenes typically found in holiday games. It did not create even one warm fuzzy feeling.

It was missing all the sights and sounds that make a colorful, cheery atmosphere, taking place mostly on darkened streets in a cab. The premise was for a dispirited boy to help spread hope and cheer at this magical time of year. Kind of hard, for me, from the back seat of a cab. The Santa driver was out of costume and out of place behind the wheel instead of the reindeers. Totally unlike the beautiful, inspiring "Nutcracker" from this developer. I guess all great things are destined to end in the gaming world.

Even the HOPs and puzzles were disappointing and of course there were lots of tasks to add more boredom to the game. I was reluctant to add this game to my Christmas list but eventually gave in because it wanted to get started with the seasonal games. I gave the game 3 stars for the Bonus Chapter with the cats. It was delightful, more Christmasy. I enjoyed it a lot more than the main story. So, there is hope after all! Show less

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2 / 5

66 of 85 found this review helpful

THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY SUSPICIOUS AT BF LATELY

PostedDecember 23, 2022

pennmom36

fromThe grinches will always play their part, even at Christmas time so let's all put on our best Ho Ho Ho's, jingle our bells a little louder, and wish for Peace on Earth Good Will Toward Men, even to those Fa-la-little skunks in our lives, Merry Christmas

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

Completed Game in a little over 3 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
17 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate

I think it's only fair to state that Taxi of Miracles was created by the same developers as Christmas Stories: Nutcracker which received a 4.7 average rating with 5-Star reviews submitted from 272 individuals! This was the first game in this series and it was stunningly beautiful, incredibly imaginative, and highly entertaining, the kind of game you never wanted to end!

I'm trying to make a point here so bear with me...
Take a look at just a few of the Titles from fellow reviewers of Christmas Stories: Nutcracker:
You Had Me At Nutcracker
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL !!!!
FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL, OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!
Breathtaking!
YAY DEVELOPER, YAY BFG 100000,00000,00000 STARS!
Beautiful & Imaginative Holiday Puzzler for All!! Well Done!!
One of the best games ever
BRAVO & KUDOS TO THE ELEPHANT TEAM!!!!
A Deliciously Delightful Experience
Charming, beautiful, endearing
I hated that it ended...
Bought this as soon as I saw it was an Elephant Game!

When was the last game by ANY developer that inspired players as much as Nutcracker did? How can a developer go from Nutcracker to Taxi of Miracles in a single decade? If your heart isn't in it anymore why continue? We are the reason Elephant Games rose to fame, we are the reason Nutcracker has a 4.7 average star rating, do we not deserve your best effort? We deserve the Nutcracker kind of Elephant Games, but nowadays, all we get are Taxi of Miracles kind of Elephant Games! Perhaps a real Christmas Miracle will happen next year?

MORPHING OBJECTS/COLLECTIBLES: (CE version only)
There are 12 Collectible Snowglobes and 12 Zoom Zone Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces that allow you to assemble a 12-piece Jigsaw Puzzle in the Secret Room section...a single 12-piece puzzle, really? How old do you think your targeted audience is? Reminds me of a jigsaw meme..."I don't mean to brag but I just completed a puzzle in 1 week and the box said 2-4 years"

HIDDEN OBJECT SCENES: (no alternate game available)
The Hidden Object Scenes should have been more creative with a Christmas atmosphere, after all, it IS a Christmas HOPA! (we look forward to the Christmas games for an entire year!) The HO scenes include a lot of variety, however, they are all located in the usual, boring places. The only scenes that were actually Christmas-related were some of the small Zoom Zone HOs where you are tasked with finding 6 items, most of which were items that spilled out of a Christmas bag of ornaments, inside a gift box under the tree, or a dumped out bowl of candy, clearly, they dropped the ball again.

The Hidden Object Scenes were no different than they are in normal games offered throughout the year, for example: Find Pairs of Items that are located in the trunk of a car. an Interactive List find located on the shelves of a cabinet, Find 12 Toys located inside of a delivery truck, Find items matching Swatch Samples located inside a clothes closet, an Interactive List find using a flashlight to locate items under a bed, Listed items that require aligning items pictured on a parchment paper using vertical & diagonal slider buttons, turning rings of a disk to align two halves of an image, or finding Silhouetted Shape items located inside of a wooden chest...none of these scenes have anything to do with Christmas!

MINI-GAMES/PUZZLES:
I'm usually a fan of the mini-games & puzzles from Elephant Games and these were not necessarily bad, but they are pretty easy and just like the HO scenes, most of the puzzles were void of anything associated with Christmas other than snow or ice!

-Rotate Pipes & Swap valves to match the valve shapes at the bottom
-Untangle Ropes
-Move a scoop along all tracks without backtracking
-Rotate squares until all wires are connected in the same colored wire
-Swap spark plugs in order from 1-6 (how old/young do they think we are?)
-Remove identical snow clumps in groups of at least 2 (vert/horiz/diag) on a grid (I actually liked this game)
-Swap & rotate gears to create an image
-Rotate disk rings and push segments into the center of the image
-Click directional arrows located an all 4 sides of the board to push squares into place
-Follow instructions to mold a new bell
-Swap nameplates to the correct mailbox number slots according to the pictured hints
-Guide a snowflake thru a labyrinth, passing over metal disks to open gates(difficult to make the snowflake move)
-Move pins on a key into the correct position & select the keyhole to test the positions
-Follow the ball under a cup and select after the shuffle
-Select pairs of identical ice clumps
-Move a ball thru the maze by swapping figurines of various weights to move the labyrinth
-Use directional arrows to guide Jacob who keeps swimming until he meets an obstacle)
-Color the embroidery (paint by numbers)
-Recreate the image by sliding square tiles using the empty slot
-Place presents correctly according to the shaped bases

BONUS CHAPTER: (Collector's Edition version only)
The Bonus Chapter is way better than the main game and it absolutely felt more Christmas-themed than the main game. Perhaps I wasn't paying attention, perhaps Elephant Games never explained it but somehow Jacob wakes up in Catstown, a town filled with sophisticated, well-dressed, walking, talking cats! Since I'm already here, I agree to help Mayor Meows capture the bad kitty who has been stealing Christmas...he even stole the town's Christmas Tree and presents!

There are 8 additional scene locations with 7 Mini-Games and 5 Hidden Object Scenes available. The Puzzle Pieces were all collected within the main Game and there are only 3 Snowglobes remaining which was a big letdown as far as I'm concerned. After completing the Bonus Chapter the Expedition Room can be accessed to search for any missed Collectibles.

COLLECTOR'S EDITION EXTRAS:
5 Wallpapers, 5 Music Soundtracks, 21 Achievements, 12 Collectible Snowglobes, 12 Zoom Zone Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces to assemble a single Screensavers, 13 replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 13 replayable Mini-Games, a Secret Room which allows you to assemble the Jigsaw, an Expedition room to search for missed Collectibles, 3 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.

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I don't recommend this game.

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