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?
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.
I genuinely dont understand how SEGA are still in business, after decades of being completely detached from reality
How the heck is that supposed to work? If every taxi is being crazy, it’s just unmanageable chaos.
Reminds me of the old, “I stop at every green light, my brother could be coming through one of these red lights!” joke.
trust the system, man… 🗿
Interest level 0
Some fuckwit VP needs fired over this decision. It was a simple game: pickup fairs, earn extra time, unlock stuff as you progress. If a publisher want extra cash, do more levels, or different jobs (delivery driver addon anyone?). And a fun soundtrack
Should have been able to bang it out for a million quid, and then reap the rewards. But nooo, now we have a game nobody wants to play, costing 20mil and will have servers shut down 2 years after launch
Everything that is wrong with gaming in 2024
Surely this AAA-budget live service game with a terrible premise won’t faceplant immediately and force us to close the studio…but let’s make it an MMO, just to be safe.
Ugh. How to kill all hype in one headline.
But they hit so many buzzwords. 20 year old buzzwords even!
Ahhh the new magic words to make me not buy a game: “AAA”
What if we said … AAAA!
Open world, MMO and AAA are like red flags to me lol
Idk about yall but as soon as a publisher classifies their game as triple A it’s definitely Walmart discount bin quality to me
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
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.
I wonder if it will have a classic single player mode
haven’t heard that name since I was 11 years old in the back of a Dave & Busters
It’ll be like GTA except you can’t get out of the car ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean, that was Driver on psx, which was a good game. It’s the MMO bit I can’t imagine
So, it’ll be Crazy Taxi only in name.
