This Iconic Game Is Getting A Long-Awaited Reboot, But It Actually Sounds Awful

Crazy Taxi

Summary

One of Sega ’s most iconic colonnade racing game , Crazy Taxiis finally getting a reboot , but it may not be what fan were require . The reboot ofCrazy Taxialongside other title such asJet Set Radio , Streets of Rage , Shinobi , andGolden Axewere all announced at 2023 ’s The Game Awards .

Some video game do n’t merit to be remembered , many other titles do n’t merit to be forgotten , but are anyway .

Sega’s Live-Service Push Could Be A Mistake

GaaS Titles Have Faced Backlash In Recent Years

Midora went on to take that " Sega wants to be competitive in the live service shot and employ classic IPs in unexampled ways with raw technology . " They then posit that bothCrazy TaxiandJet Set Radiowould obtain regular remakes before their live - service reboots loose , withJet Set Radiobeing nigher in gameplay toFortnitewith graffiti and shooting gameplay and an open - world concept with exploration as centering .

While the colonnade nature ofCrazy Taxiwould for certain lend itself well to online multiplayer , there has been a Brobdingnagian backlash to live service titles in general in recent years . This was most evident with the recentSuicide Squad : Kill the Justice League , which , despite only having for sale cosmetics , and let its players to get at any time of year or case at any meter to unlock all the available rewards , was largely shunned by the community and experienced over an 80 % player dropoff on Steam since its launch on February 2 , 2024 , according toGame Rant . Many of the response to Midora ’s claims seemed to mirror this persuasion , withnelsonfilipesi1deeming Sega ’s springy avail championship as being " doomed to fail " , andIronJoeBrosimply reply " Aaaaaand you lost me " .

While some resilient service title -Fortnitebeing the most obvious example - have proven to be extremely profitable for their Godhead , many have grown tired of the GaaS formula in the year that followed . This particularly seems to be the casing if histrion have devote AAA price of at least $ 70 to get to the game in the first place before being bombarded with microtransactions or ca n’t get at all that the game has to offer due to modified time issue , with the thought that many live religious service titles demand participant treat them as an extra occupation , grinding away constantly before the rewards disappear . Hopefully , Sega will take into chronicle this criticism when rebootingCrazy Taxi , but for now , Midora ’s claims do n’t bode well for those who simply want to live a more modern take on the arcade classic .