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[IbizaPocholo]

Pedestrians and tourists take cover because the streets are about to get even more reckless when Lion Castle’s and GS2 Games’ Taxi Chaos hits the PlayStation 4™, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch™ on February 23, 2021.

Taxi Chaos is a fresh and modern take on classic taxi games where drivers can earn big fares by successfully picking up and dropping off customers at the destination of their choice. Rush around town to pick up the craziest of customers and deliver them on time as fast as you can.

All Gameplay Footage Is Captured In-Game.

 

[bender]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[cireza]

That's what we call a rip-off. Might be fun though. SEGA don't even care, they let companies steal their work. We also have a Jet Set Radio rip-off coming.

 

[Orta]

Had high hopes for this until I seen there was no mention of a pc version.

If it was decent surely somebody would have modded the CT characters and soundtracks into it.

Oh well.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Why does it feel like a PS1 remastered game? Rip off of the crazy taxi game.

 

[RoboFu]

There is no “classic taxi games” there was only one and this rips it off hard. Like its not even an omage.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Looks very nice. I'm not upset it's a Crazy Taxi rip-off since SEGA has pretty much abandoned that IP.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

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All Gameplay Footage Is Captured In-Game.

Lol... because we never would have believed it had you not stated it.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Had high hopes for this until I seen there was no mention of a pc version.

If it was decent surely somebody would have modded the CT characters and soundtracks into it.

Oh well.

These are the guys behind none other than FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction. One of the worst reviewed games on steam.
They've been making games since early 2000's and all of them seem like trash games, honestly its not a developer i'd put much confidence in.

If you're on PC, you're probably better off directly buying the original crazy taxi

 

[deriks]

Taxi Ripoff announcement teaser

Also, no punk soundtrack? Sorry for the developers, but I can see this floping

 

[RPSleon]

"A modern take" then describes exactly the same game that Crazy Taxi was.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

Sega even agreed to distribute Taxi Chaos across Japan and other Asian regions.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Don't understand the hate towards the game.

Taxi Chaos does what Sega don't. Releasing a new Crazy Taxi game.

Shame on you Sega.

 

[ManaByte]

People don't get this is what made Crazy Taxi. It's not the same without the soundtrack.

 

[the_master]

I hope that the level design is at least half as good as the original one. That was and is very, very important.
I will find out myself soon I guess

 

[Orta]

These are the guys behind none other than FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction. One of the worst reviewed games on steam.
They've been making games since early 2000's and all of them seem like trash games, honestly its not a developer i'd put much confidence in.

Sounds promising

 

[Guilty_AI]

Don't understand the hate towards the game.

Taxi Chaos does what Sega don't. Releasing a new Crazy Taxi game.

Shame on you Sega.

don't know about the others, but the developer behind this game is a bit questionable as far as the quality of their work is concerned.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

same developer...

 

[Insane Metal]

Apparently there's a jump button, wtf lol.

 

[Outrunner]

Crazy Taxi clone

 

[Soltype]

Apparently there's a jump button, wtf lol.

The car hop was added in Crazy Taxi 2.

 

[jaysius]

Gamepass, but that's about it, I'm not paying a penny over 5 for this one.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Interesting. That popin looks savage. Good luck to anyone playing this with a drifting joycon LOL

 

[Alan Wake]

Nah, I'd rather play the original Crazy Taxi games on my Dreamcast.

 

[Fafalada]

That's what we call a rip-off. Might be fun though. SEGA don't even care, they let companies steal their work. We also have a Jet Set Radio rip-off coming.

The most recent CT game is this - and even that is 4 years old.
At this rate - % of people that actually recognize original gameplay is probably greatly outnumbered by what Sega did with running the IP into ground.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

don't know about the others, but the developer behind this game is a bit questionable as far as the quality of their work is concerned.

Well waiting for reviews then. Don't understand why do you guys say that someone is stealing Segas work?? They don't give a shit about Crazy Taxi anymore. So whose fault is this that they never released a Crazy Taxi 3???

 

[cireza]

So whose fault is this that they never released a Crazy Taxi 3???

 

[Orta]

Did anyone take a punt on this? Reviews are average at best, and that's stretching it.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Sega just give us some Crazy Taxi and Jet set radio games please

 

[Fat Frog]

That's what we call a rip-off. Might be fun though. SEGA don't even care, they let companies steal their work. We also have a Jet Set Radio rip-off coming.

Sega Denies It Has Anything To Do With Crazy Taxi Clone Taxi Chaos

"We are currently investigating this situation"

www.nintendolife.com

Sega is currently investigating the situation.

The publisher lied to promote their game...

 

[rofif]

whats the fucking point

 

[Slayer-33]

Sega Denies It Has Anything To Do With Crazy Taxi Clone Taxi Chaos

"We are currently investigating this situation"

www.nintendolife.com

Sega is currently investigating the situation.

The publisher lied to promote their game...

Holy shit

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

That's what we call a rip-off. Might be fun though. SEGA don't even care, they let companies steal their work. We also have a Jet Set Radio rip-off coming.

Well, blame Sega then. They have a quite poor track record with IP retention outside of a few franchises like Sonic (where it's unstable in terms of quality), Yakuza, and arguably Virtua Fighter (only because it had a long hiatus). I mean it took over two decade for a sequel to Streets of Rage 3 to come out and it wasn't even done in-house (still excellent game tho).

Better some other devs bring spiritual successors than getting nothing at all; I'm hoping Sega starts doing more with their back catalogue (including game IP they own now since purchasing Technosoft library, like ThunderForce series) going forward, and more consistently.

 

[TaroYamada]

Sega Denies It Has Anything To Do With Crazy Taxi Clone Taxi Chaos

"We are currently investigating this situation"

www.nintendolife.com

Sega is currently investigating the situation.

The publisher lied to promote their game...

Actually I think I know what happened here -- goGame is listed now instead of Sega, goGame is a subsidiary of Sega (or at least Sega was a partial owner). It was a little mobile publisher they invested in. The devs obviously swapped goGame for the more recognizable parent company.

 

[bender]

Holy shit

Well now I'm curious. lol

 

[Barakov]

"If you don't make it somebody else will."

 

[Companion Cube]

Sega just give us some Crazy Taxi and Jet set radio games please

"We'll make our own Jet Set Radio!" -Team Reptile probably

 

[Fat Frog]

Actually I think I know what happened here -- goGame is listed now instead of Sega, goGame is a subsidiary of Sega (or at least Sega was a partial owner). It was a little mobile publisher they invested in. The devs obviously swapped goGame for the more recognizable parent company.

Oh Ok

 

[Kataploom]

That's what we call a rip-off. Might be fun though. SEGA don't even care, they let companies steal their work. We also have a Jet Set Radio rip-off coming.

I'd call it an spiritual succesor since the IP is barely being used if not for current platforms ports.

 

[Keihart]

From the trailer i guess anyone interested it's better off playing the original ones in PS2 or Dreamcast or even the PC version with slightly less cool soundtrack that if you care too much about can mod.

 

[cireza]

Well, blame Sega then

That's what I am doing.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

There is no “classic taxi games” there was only one and this rips it off hard. Like its not even an omage.

This game is actually better than Crazy Taxi, please do not @ me.

 

[Alx]

I'll admit it, despite being a huge Sega fan back in the Dreamcast days, I never could get into Crazy Taxi. I guess I don't like arcade games that let you roam an open world and find the best route, I prefer more streamlined experiences (same could be said for Jet Set Radio).