What happens when you don't bring back your classic franchises and leave fans wanting? An indie dev swoops in and does it for you, of course. Team6 Game Studios is clearly tired of waiting for SEGA to pull itself together and bring Crazy Taxi back, as it's making its very own arcadey cab-driving game named Taxi Chaos.
As you can tell from the above teaser trailer, it's a game all about picking up passengers in a colourful, cartoon city, and taking them to their destination as fast as you can to earn big bucks. You'll drift, jump, and bash your way to a big pay day with arcadey handling. Different taxis with unique attributes will unlock as you progress through the game, too. It sounds, well, like Crazy Taxi — but that's okay with us. If this can capture a similar sense of fun and lunacy, we should be in for a good time.
Taxi Chaos will release on PlayStation 4 on 23rd February 2021, both digitally and physically. What do you make of this? Are you excited to jump into the driver's seat and make some crazy money? Take the wheel in the comments section below.
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Yah yah yah yah yah
I hope the soundtrack is as good as Crazy Taxi
Sega has so many great IPs, it's such a shame they can't be bothered to invest any money into them anymore. But it's great to see indie devs picking up the slack, with this and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (looking forward to that one)
Whilst other publishers literally rinse every penny from mediocre franchises. Sega with Crazy Taxi, jet set radio, shining force, panzer Dragoon, virtua fighter, Daytona, columns, outrun and after burner, - sits on its hands.
I have fond memories of playing this in the arcades as a little girl.
Crazy Taxi was a great arcade game. It is easy to play but using the break / shift mechanic to boost and drift added a layer of complexity the more you played it. I remember getting so good on the Dreamcast I completed all the mini games on both games, though those Dreamcast analogue triggers got painful to use! Be interested to see how this turns out.
I wish sega remaster crazy taxy for ps4 and ps5, with all the licensed music of course
I have good time playing the dreamcast version with my friends.
@themcnoisy it is an excellent point, I wonder if they are just sitting on them hoping for a buyout!?!? So many good titles there, I would love a new Afterburner, Outrun and Shinobi.
@Mostik They are losing value every day. People who enjoyed Shinobi as an example are 40 now, responsibility, mortgages, slaving away at work.
I don't understand Sega's attitude it makes no sense.
I remember being disappointed with Crazy Taxi first time around. I probably played it a few times accruing ~5 hours, but every time just finished the session feeling bored.
I think this is a great arcade game that should remain in the arcades!
I totally get what people are saying about SEGA and I agree. I'd love to see more. But, we did just get the awesome Streets of Rage 4 this year and Panzer Dragoon remake a few months ago. The last few years we've had a few others like Wonder Boy, Sonic Mania, Shenmue 1, 2 and 3 on PS4. Then we are getting Alex Kidd in Miracle World remake early next year which I can't wait for. I read SEGA are doing something with Phantasy Star too but dont know much about that. So they are at least starting to use the incredible back catalogue to different degrees.
@Dange I'd not seen that Alex Kidd remake! Still play the original on my PS3 now and again. Very nostalgic for those who had it built in to their Master System.
@Ristar24 Yeah the trailer is up on YouTube it's called Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX. I'm pretty sure you'll be impressed. it looks authentic but prettier with new levels, new modes, bosses and a retro mode which I believe is the original game. Comes out early next year on PS4 I believe. 😃
I'd love for this to be really good, but not so sure. Fingers crossed.
@Dange Looks like a good update, retro mode is always appreciated. I still think its a great game, but the rock, paper, scissors could be frustrating back in the day with no save states!
@themcnoisy Agreed. The quality of some of the franchises they do nothing with is astounding.
Looks fun. I'm going to keep an eye on it, see how it controls and what the reviews say.
@themcnoisy this in a nutshell, not to mention even the lesser known games locked away on long since dead consoles and arcade cabinets
Oh man, I'd love a new Crazy Taxi
Skies of Arcadia, NiGHTS, Phantasy Star, Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers (Fighters Megamix on Saturn was a crazy good 3D fighter) are all great IP being left behind to rot. I can't wait to see how this game turns out.
No Offspring and no Bad Religion means no purchase
I just don't get Sega I really don't might as well shut up shop and stop making games completely all those IPs and 2 have been remade from LizardCube Wonderboy The Dragons Trap and Street of Rage 4 which are seriously both awesome.
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