Chaos Taxi is not Crazy taxi. But it is trying and succeeding in some important ways, while failing completely in many others. Think of this as a warning: don’t buy Chaos Taxi. But if you do, I can help you improve the game.
I understand why some people I could be tempted to buy Chaos Taxi, especially if you’re like me, a fan of the fantastic Sega Crazy taxi series. More than 12 years have passed since the release of the last one Crazy taxi game (don’t count mediocre mobile derivative games), and the last entry was a port of the arcade games for the PSP. Therefore, a possible knockout can be tempting
But it costs $ 30, and that’s too much for such a small, annoying game. A price of $ 10 or even $ 15 would be more reasonable. Still, there are some good ones buried under the bad one.
Driving is the real star of the program and giving credit to the developers behind it Chaos Taxi, they nailed it mostly. Knitting through the non-game streets of New York City feels good. You can even make a big bunny, which I don’t remember being in Crazy Taxi, but it is a fun and useful play. Whenever I found a big mess of cars and buses, I could just skip them. It almost seemed like cheating to me, but it also saved me time. And inside Crazy taxi…I mean Chaos Taxi, time is money.
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Chaos Taxi it also looks good. It works pretty well, at least it did on my Xbox Series X. It had stylized visuals that work perfectly for such a fast game. There are some emerging themes of texture and simple-looking buildings in the city that stand out, but nothing too horrible.
However, this game has some of the most annoying dialogues I have ever encountered. And it is repeated. Over and over and over and over again. During one session, I heard the same line repeated four times. After playing only 20 minutes, I’ve listened to every line of dialogue in this game at least a dozen times. Plus, it has terrible, generic “rock” music, a small map to drive, and just two bland drivers to choose from. This adds up to doing Chaos taxi it feels like a very cheap budget title.
If you buy Chaos Taxi (which again you shouldn’t do), here are my tips to improve your experience. First, lower the audio levels of the music and the game dialog to 0. Then play some descendants or Bad Religion using your favorite music streaming service. Suddenly, Chaos Taxi it becomes more playable. Not worth $ 30 yet, but better.
Of course, you can also save $ 20 and buy the XBLA port of Crazy Taxi, which only costs $ 10. It lacks some of the original music and doesn’t seem as enjoyable as Chaos Taxi, but it is compatible with earlier versions of Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S and is a much better game.
And who knows, maybe if he buys a lot of people Crazy Taxi, someone from Sega will remember the popularity of the series and let a studio take a look to make a new and real one Crazy taxi game. Until then, I guess I’ll play more Taxi Chaos.