Excerpt: Long before Grand Theft Auto leapt into the third dimension, and the same year that Driver tentatively sketched out a mould for free-roaming automotive violence as a
Pros: A Sega icon that fits in your pocket, Some nice multiplayer action
Cons: Far too repetitive, Crazy Taxi has not aged well
Summary: Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars is an all-new twist to the classic Crazy Taxi experience including multiplayer modes that allow two people to play co-op or competitively, including
Summary: Fare Wars offers up the first two Dreamcast Crazy Taxi games on the PSP, though neither game has held up particularly well.
Pros: Two Crazy Taxi games included, Core graphics and audio are fully intact, Ad-hoc multiplayer isn't half bad.
Cons: Games run much slower than the original releases, Controls are overly stiff in some places, and overly sensitive in others, Basic gameplay just hasn't held up very well.
Conclusion: Re-releases are never easy to review. Sure, a title might have been awesome when it was first released, but times change and game engines age.
Excerpt: Crazy Taxi, the popular arcade racing game from the 90s, makes an appearance on the PSP, which includes the original Crazy Taxi and its sequel, with the addition of
Pros: • It's a great port of Crazy Taxi, • Graphics are faithful to the original, • Import your own music
Cons: • Multiplayer is lame, • Not enough new stuff, • Hasn't aged well
Excerpt: “Hey HEY! Come on over and have some fun with Craaaaazy Taxi!” The siren call of the Crazy Taxi arcade cabinet never ceases to produce a warm sense of nostalgia… and...