Sega's Crazy Taxi Reboot Is Described As A 'Massively Multiplayer Driving Game'

A reboot? No thanks I wish its remaster saying reboot is concerning

Please, just rerelease the original.

Massively Multiplayer? I smell another live service with battle pass and micro-transactions.

I hope I'm wrong though.

New Era, Meh energy.

But why? People loved the original as it was a solid single player experience. By all means add a multi-player/online mode for scoreboards, etc. but don't make the game a live-service title.

As long as they're taking the MMO route, can we also play as disgruntled passengers who can rate the drivers 1 star over the pettiest of reasons after upchucking all over their upholstery?

Yuck.

That is just crazy.

I'll stick to the original thanks.

Maybe a sequel.

Insane Uber!

If it's a game as a service, I'll 100% ignore it.

This news piece should've started with the line "ok... YA YA YA YA YAA!"

I dunno how they're gonna take the "massively multiplayer" route with this. Wasn't the thrill of the original about the brevity of it all creating a manic and insane experience?

Either way, it better be F2P, because there's no way I'm spending access money on a multiplayer only game

...I'm intrigued. If it has an online multiplayer component, I'm in.
But if it's always-online, online-only, I'm out.

I feel like competing with other players for fares could be a lot of fun.

Oh. Online. Nope.

And just like that, I lost all interest.

Massively multiplayer means im massively out. Why cant these companies just do their research and see what fans are asking for. Remasters of the first games.

So GTA Online but you never exit the vehicle?

I'm no prophet but it's easy to see this flopping.

You want to figure out why so many IPs have been ruined or straight-up disappeared, look no further than the myriad ways online functionality has been used by developers to create secondary revenue streams and/or gate and control user experiences. And leave it to Sega to figure out a way to destroy a great non-Sonic franchise when they finally get around to releasing it. There are some games where common sense says online functionality has absolutely no business being present and WILL ruin what could have been...and this is one of them.

Sega need to take their foot off the GaaS

@AtlanteanMan
And with how increasingly long it takes to develop big budget games it’s nearly impossible to course correct as it becomes obvious to the developer that they’ve had made a huge mistake by betting on trends that were popular five-seven years ago when they started development but can’t do anything to fix it as they’ve already spent a insane amount of time and money already, Suicide Squad is the current poster child for this.

yeah, no. this is a bad idea if it's gonna be an online only game

Well that doesn't sound like Crazy Taxi... Crazy Taxi is an easy to learn, difficult to master arcade game, like many of SEGA"s best. Aside from beating other peoples times, who knows what it could be, maybe you'd be battling to reach customers before other players? Not sure that sounds fun though.

I was a big fan of the first 2 games, I beat all the challenges on the Dreamcast versions. I'll wait and see what this is like, but really I feel the formula should stick to a modestly budgeted but perfectly balanced arcade game.

I was wondering how they'd mess up all these new era reboots/sequels.

Well for me, I am going to wait and see how they are going to do this with this game instead of coming up with a conclusion right away.

It's possible this could be done well, but I'm not holding my breath.

This might be a good angle for the franchise. Arcade racers are dead so I can see why SEGA wants to go down another path.

Oh. Well, there went any interest I had in it.

Sounds like another one of those live-service games.

That's really disappointing, I wish they would hire M2 to bring the original to modern consoles.

“Massive multiplayer” is a no for me these days. What a shame.

Hey hey! It's time to lose some kerrrazy money making a beloved single player game a live service multiplayer one!

Nah nah nah nah nah....

On one hand, I think Crazy Taxi works best as a pure single player experience. But on the other hand, the idea of a bunch Crazy Taxis stealing each other's passengers and competing for fare isn't too far-fetched of an idea.

I'm not only disinterested in this game as an online affair but also now skeptical of the entire New Old Sega campaign they recently began. ah well.

Nah….they can keep it.

Hopefully they'll give us the option to play as a driver, or as a passenger who endlessly berates the driver during their trip.

...I mean... I kinda thought a Crazy Taxi MMO sounded fun.

So just me then? Okay.

Despite all the naysayers, I’m quite keen for this. A huge online world where people are continually taking passengers around, trying to get more tips than your friend, or running a taxi company as you and your friends try to make more money than other companies? If it’s that sort of online multiplayer than count me in, as that is keeping the spirit of the original games.

Also, there’s no saying this isn’t a one player game with a multiplayer option. But hey, we gotta moan before we know anything in this day and age don’t we?

I’ll just play my copy on Dreamcast. Not everything needs an online open world focus. I wonder what they’re doing with the other IP.

If this is true then it’s very exciting news. When I was younger Drift City was one of my favorite MMO games, which took a hybrid approach of drive and drop off quests and “ram the truck” challenges.

I'll just hold out hope it'll have a proper single-player mode (with maybe local co-op) and they invest to bring back the original OST.
That's all I waaaaant! Ya ya ya ya yah!

I am not sure what you will reboot in Crazy Taxi, it is a fun Racer without a deep developed "Lore".

Just make a new Entry.

So it ain’t Crazy Taxi then

Interesting. I'm intrigued to see how this will work out.

Ughh if they want to take this route then fine BUT don’t cut out the single player arcade original game!

Sigh, leave it to Sega.

I love the video- Those devs seem like they really have a passion for bringing this property back. I don't get that vibe as much from NA games anymore. This kind of feels like a throwback.

@LadyCharlie
I was thinking the same thing. Servers allowing, say, 60 to a 100 drivers all dodging eachother and fighting over fares. The map better be huge, but if done right I'm down. Hopefully the original will be included as an unlockable.

@Freek ubiquitous Uber lol

One on my favourite games pen version on PS2 dreamcast (sold console last year which I regret) psp xbox360 Dreamcast collection
. I wonder if this will ruin the game ? Maybe not . But for me personally think should stuck to original idea and added online play. I use play this in arcade when use be 50p ago.cost me 20quid a week till found it on PS2