Open world, MMO and AAA are like red flags to me lol
Ahhh the new magic words to make me not buy a game: “AAA”
What if we said … AAAA!
Damnit… here take my money.
I genuinely dont understand how SEGA are still in business, after decades of being completely detached from reality
Why AAA? Come on Sega, you can get it to AAAA, have people pay for time like back in the arcade days! Game starts, you get “Insert coin” and a microtransaction!
Dream big!
You can finish that buzzword bingo card by having players pay in crypto
I think the majority of developers have thrown in the towel on their crypto/NFT aspirations, thankfully.
AAA means bigger budget which means more money. Investors don’t want a $30 sleeper hit they want a $60 game of the year edition that adds fishing.
Interest level 0
Am I gonna be taxing around other players? Why would they do this to an arcade-style classic? Also clearly using “open world” as a buzzword since the original game was also an open world; you just had a time limit that prevented any real exploration.
Well, who else is gonna wait for some passionate fan of the original to play 2 minutes of that game, get a refund, then work on an open source clone of the original that will absolutely be the unofficial official sequel literally all fans wanted?
How the heck is that supposed to work? If every taxi is being crazy, it’s just unmanageable chaos.
trust the system, man… 🗿
DOA
Let’s be honest here. The original series was on arcades and you had to get from point A to point B. For the current generation of gamers this is the equivalent of a mini-game you play on the loading screen of the main game. I’m not defending the GaaS shit, but what did you guys expect?
In terms of expectation, this is more in line with my fears than my hopes.
All the effort they’re putting into slowing the pace of the game is just added cost for development and it’s going to hurt them where it really matters, music licensing.
Half the appeal of the original was a soundtrack of popular music that fit the mood of the frenetic gameplay perfectly. Now they’ll have to pick lower-energy tracks to suit a meandering “open world” game that might get interrupted by other players at any moment.
Your forgetting the sweet music! Something I’m fairly certain this version wi6ne have.
The execs are certainly living up to the crazy portion of the name
dont quite think competitive taxi multiplayer online makes much of a great idea. maybe slap some AI on so all passengers tell you dreadfull long stories that make no sense…then I’m in
The only way I can see this working is battle royale style, stick 100 taxies on a map and kill the lowest performer every 10 seconds. But also allow for some sort of stealing other people’s pasangers and money to make it interactive. That has the potential to be fun if made correctly, which it won’t be unfortunately.
As with most games I’ll wait until about 3 months after it releases before I consider whether I’m going to buy it. It’s not like it’s going to run of copy’s out is it?
Aaaannnnddd its dead. Zero interest. Congratulations SEGA. I was a little bit exctied, and now I am not.
It’s a live service AAAA Open World Taxi Royale Roguelite with crafting, survival and deck building, first season pass: Seaman skins.
“Crazy Taxi now leverages the power of AI. This transformative machine learning will transform the way gamers interact in our game, as our AI powered engine will robustly streamline the way gamers connect and socialize. Embark on a new journey, where AI will AI. Now, take the next AI step with AI!”
where blockchain?
Black chain is dead. No one cares anymore
what is even the point of making a taxi game MMO? just so you can see other players driving fares around you and potentially fucking your shit up?
Exactly, like gta online probably
but at least inGTA you can have PvP and Co-op… what is the PvP or co-op play in driving taxi fares?
You can be an obnoxious passenger threatening 1 star reviews, the driver has an ult calling a wellness check on you
You can now get the experience of being aggresively tailed in a game too!
I mean, both forza horizon and the crew exists and are successful, so multiplayer open world driving is a thing people like, I just don’t think how they can put Crazy Taxi on it without diluting the gameplay.
Those are racing games, not Taxi games. Of course racing games are a perfect fit for online PvP. But you’re not racing against other players while driving a taxi fare.
