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TO SPEED UP IN A FLASH, DO A CRAZY DASH! God...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If for anything else, you can count on the Crazy Taxi series for quick, easily accessible fun. Give the game to someone who's never played a game since the first Tetris iteration, and they'll have a blast in no time once they get the controls. Give it to a strict racing fan, and they'll even admit o having fun playing a not so racing racing game. When the first Crazy Taxi came out almost 10 years ago, I didn't know what to make of it- you got paid to drive around town, flipping cars, disobeying the road laws of all U.S. cities, and even driving under water? Sign me up! But I never liked driving games outside of the first Mario Kart, so I was 50/50 on the whole situation. But the second I played it, I knew that I had to have the game. It's pure arcade fun at its finest, and I'm glad I got it when I did. But a few years later, when the Dreamcast was on its last legs, a sequel came out. Not many bought it for various reasons, but to me, it just didn't look like much. One city opposed to the DC's two (the original Arcade level, and one made just for the DC), the addition of picking up and dropping off multiple passengers at once, and a jump feature? Doesn't sound like much of a sequel, but a small upgrade. I didn't buy it, or play it until I picked this one up- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller for Xbox. CT3 didn't do very well at all, like most Sega games for the system. By that point in time, people had moved on to other games, or just lost interest in the series. Not one to give up on something that started out great, I ended up buying it when I learned that the first two games were included, and that this new city for CT3 was huge. CT3 is a good purchase if you liked the first Crazy Taxi, but it's far from perfect in many ways.

I don't know who hasn't heard of Crazy Taxi by now, but here's a simple summary: you pick a car and driver, then drive around town picking up people and taking them to their destinations, like taxi drivers do. You have a time limit to do this, as well as one base time limit for your gameplay. What I mean is, you can pick someone up when you have 50 seconds, but that person can have a 20 second time limit before they give up and not pay you for taking too long. If you get them to their destination fast, you'll get a few seconds added to your base time limit. That's about it- drive around and make money until time runs out. There's no real way to "beat" the game aside from getting a high ranked license once your time's up, but even then, all you get are credits, no real ending. The first Crazy Taxi game has you driving around the streets of a town in California. The second has you in a town modeled after New York. And the third has you in a small portion of Las Vegas more or less. Passengers come in different forms- some have a red dollar sign over their head, showing that you won't get much money. That color changes to yellow for a moderate amount of money, and then to green for the most. So to get a good score, try to go only for the green marked ones. But keep in mind that their destinations are usually the ones farthest from where you pick them up (naturally). Included in all 3 games here is a jump feature, making it easier to avoid traffic when zipping around town. It also nets you some extra bonus cash in the process. There are some tricks to attaining higher money, like speed boosts pulled off by hitting reverse, then drive quickly while slamming on the gas. Your cab's tires will practically explode and you'll get a great boost, almost ensuring you to get to your destination on time. There are 4 different cars and drivers for each of the 3 games, each with their own minor differences, but nothing too much. Handling, maneuver, things like that vary depending on who you pick. That about does it for the actual game- it's easy to get into, and that's something that many games don't have these days.

What goes wrong with the game, are tiny nitpicks. The jump feature makes the game almost too easy since you can easily leap over trucks and any other obstacles in your way. Physics, something I normally don't care about in games, is just messed up here. You can be driving around, pulling off drifts one second, then be tossed around like a rag doll the next when you bump into a curb. The first Crazy Taxi game had this problem, and to see it prominent in both sequels, as well as STILL in the first game with this new port, it shows me that there were shortcuts taken in the programming process. Anyone who played the original Crazy Taxi will know what I'm talking about when I mention getting stuck in walls and other fantastic aliasing problems that should be fixed by now. There's no rewarding in mastering the gameplay- if you've mastered one Crazy Taxi, you'll have no problem getting through the others you haven't played. Of course, this isn't entirely true- the first two cities have been redesigned slightly to make use of the jump and multiple passenger features. Remember trying to make it onto the roofs of some buildings in the first game? Now you can, and it's actually worth it, but not as rewarding as you'd hope. The graphics are also worth noting as a negative- the third game, made seemingly just for the Xbox, looks like a Dreamcast game no matter how you look at it. It makes no use of the Xbox's hardware, which is a crying shame. Slowdown from the first games are still here too, making me wonder why they even bothered throwing them in in the first place. And get this- the voices of the cabbies, at least in the first game, have been changed. No more great Gus voice acting- he now sounds like a generic mugger for hire. The controls will also still give you a hard time, as usual. Basically, if you've never liked the Crazy Taxi games, CT3 isn't going to help change your mind. At least the game has mini-games to fall back on. Those were something that kept the fans coming back, though I can't say that I enjoyed them much myself. Also, why the hell wasn't a custom soundtrack feature included? I love Bad Religion and all, but listening to the Offspring mixed in with them nonstop gets grating fast. I'd often turn off the volume and play something on my stereo instead. Crazy Taxi is an ideal game for the custom soundtrack feature. Finally, the original level made just for the Dreamcast is missing from the game. That was a fantastic level, and it's sorely missed. Why not include it when you include the first two games and their drivers as well?

Visually, everything looks about the same as you remember it. Maybe slightly sharper, but nothing noticeable. Loading times are actually slower than the Dreamcast's for some reason, the slowdown's still here, some jaggies, and more. But, the game usually runs smooth, and generally looks good. It's just a shame no upgrades were made in the graphics department. Again, as I've mentioned, the voices have been changed, and the soundtrack is still all-Bad Religion and Offspring. If you don't like those bands, you're screwed. I won't get into an argument over music taste here, but you can't mix a great band like Bad Religion with a generic ponk band like the Offspring. It's not right.

I'm not mad with my purchase of the game- I still have fun playing it every now and then, but I'm glad I never bought it when it first came out for full price. At this point in time, it doesn't look like a new Crazy Taxi will be coming out, so you may as well catch up if you haven't tried the series out now. Just keep in mind that most of the games are the same, and that they were made for arcades. So don't expect some in-depth racing simulator or anything of the sort.

This game is not as fun as the originals but it is cheap

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Crazy Taxi series was loads of fun on the Dreamcast. Sega in making Crazy Taxi 3 for the XBOX did not make a quality attempt to upgrade the graphics to push the XBOX hardware. The game is plagued by annoying music which I think can be turned off. I hope it cab be turned off as it totally ruins the driving experience. What's good about the game is not only has the price dropped down to where you are more likely to buy a game that is a 6 out of 10, it gives you the ability to basically play Crazy Taxi 1, 2, and 3 with the new game engine so you can perform the crazy hop, crazy drift, and whatever other gimmicks this current game offers in the older versions. I don't want to ramble on forever so just know that the game has a problem with jaggies and popups and the music is annoying, but the game is somewhat fun and I am not sorry I bought it, but I imagine for most people this game's box with collect dust.

CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love crazy taxi,im a real big fan of it, I have the first one for gamecube.Then i bought an xbox with 3 games, i didnt buy this one because i didnt know if it was as good or not, so i rented it.WOW, i love this one the most, here are some reasons.

1.Graphics: Really great, they are cartoony graphics sometimes but are really the best.

2.Sound: The sound effects are really cool, and the music, I LOVE, if u like punk bands like offspring and bad religion you'll like this, both bands are in the game plus some band called citizen bird...????.

3.Controls: The controls are the same as the last 2 games, i'd recommend the controller s or the racing wheel for this.

4.Gameplay:I love playing this game.IT has 1 level from each of the 1st games and same characters, I Played this game for hours.

Overall:Crazy Taxi 3 is crazy, i'd recommend buying it, if u never played crazy taxi,(any of them), then i'd recommend u rent it before purchasing. That's All.............Have fun Playing

A Must Buy Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game it was on a demo ... I had never played any previous versions so I didn't know what it was about. It only had one level (being a demo and all). But for only having one level, it was awesome. I knew that I had to get that game. So I bought it and played it all the time.

It's easy to play:

1. Pick a level
2. Pick a driver.
3. Right trigger go, left trigger stop, Y button hop, B button shift up, A button shift down.
Simple, basic, and most of all FUN. Overall, A MUST BUY GAME.

A ton of potential, but not a lot of energy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 19
Date: November 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Crazy Taxi 3 might have seemed like an awesome, whatever-you-want driving game if only GTA3 and GTA: Vice City had not come along. Against Vice City, Crazy Taxi 3 seems like a small mini-game.

Crazy Taxi 3 does have nice graphics, as you drive through 3 cities that approximate San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York City. Each city has its own personality, and you get to choose from a handful of taxis (and drivers) for each city.

In essence you grab a fare and have to take the fare to their destination. You rack up cash for doing so and the more fares in a row you can do, the better. There are also an assortment of minigames like 'jump through the flaming hoops' and 'pop the balloons'.

It this had come out say 3 years ago, the driving-whereever-you-want would have been amazing. The fact that you could just cruise the streets, plowing over sidewalks, taking shortcuts and looking at the nice graphics would have been great. Unfortunately for CT3, something else came along - Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Auto HAS taxi missions, with the same earnings and time limits. But in GTA, that is but one tiny part of a huge gameplay system. And when you don't feel like doing timed missions, you have the luxury of driving anywhere you want, in any car you want, and exploring the world you have.

You can say that GTA3/GTAVC is for the PS2 and Crazy Taxi 3 is for the XBox. But what does that mean? That because they were programming for the XBox, Crazy Taxi 3's developers could only put out 1/20th of the game? At least if they were going to solely concentrate on taxi-like things, they could have put in more cities, or more taxis, or more missions, or something. But the game comes across as an arcade port (which it was) that didn't have a lot of energy behind it (unfortunately). What they put out as a 'complete game' is something the Grand Theft guys kicked out as a fun little side toy. I am a HUGE HUGE fan of arcade games, and also a HUGE fan of driving games, so I really had high hopes for this. But unfortunately the game turned mindlessly repetitive too quickly.

I'm disappointed that the PS2 has the Vice City/GTA3 shining as their 'driving in a city' showoff and that the XBox can only hold this up as a comparison. It's time for the XBox developers to take the brilliance behind Halo and show us that they CAN have a Vice City like incredible experience on their platform.

Summary: Fun for a short while, but not something that grabs you for weeks or months.

Not as good as the original 2 for Dreamcast

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Not quite as good, as Crazy Taxi for Dreamcast, but seeing as how Dreamcast is dead, the Xbox's only Crazy taxi is a must have, if nothing else as a tribute to the Original.

Not Bad, copuld be better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: October 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's alright no big suprises, XBOX control scheme slows you down a little.

Everything from the first 2, with much much more!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you've never played a Crazi Taxi game, you've really missed out. If you have, you know how much fun they are. Well, if u liked either of the first two, I can promise u that you'll like this one. It packs it all in. Here goes:

One thing you'll notice about this game is that the controls are just like previous Crazy Taxi games (right trigger go, left trigger stop). You stop in a customer's circle, he hops in and you take him to his destination. Speedy, nice tip. Normal, good tip. Slow, bad tip. You can pick any of 12 Taxi drivers, and drive your Taxi in any of 3 locations. Either one: the coast (from the first game), two: The Big Apple (second game), and third: the new Glitter Oasis. Make as much money as possible, and you'll get a license (either A,B,C,D,E, and or F). Drive for 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes. That's the game, now on to why it's so awsome.

Graphics: They're incredible. You really feel like you driving through a city, with beautiful buildings, scenery, streets, and cars. Sharp people and convincing worlds will give you the full expierience only Xbox can offer. There are hundreds of different people to pick up, and you'll notice your not picking up 3 people again and again during the run. I never see the same person in a run. It's weird. It's almost like really being a Taxi driver in New York City.

So, if you have a craving for more of the same great Crazy Taxi, with old and new people, envirements, and outstanding graphics, Crazy Taxi 3 is for you. An Xbox exclusive, a must buy for all current (or future) Xbox owners. Excellent game Sega, now on to Crazy Taxi 4! (*lol*)

Crazy Taxi is back and better than ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Before I begin, I have to say that I loved the first Crazy Taxi in the arcade and on Dreamcast. It was an extremely fun game with great graphics, sounds, and controls. A year later, Sega unleashed a sequel onto the public in the guise of Crazy Taxi 2. In retrospect, I think I was harder on it then I should have been, but the controls did not feel right and it was not that much fun in comparison to the original. I was not sure if I would like Crazy Taxi 3 that much (considering how disappointing the last one was), but I was so happy to find that this is the series best installment yet.

The first thing that surprised me with this game was with its much improved controls. The game engine feels closer to the first game than the second, which is a good thing. All of the tricks you need to learn become second nature after a while. The Drift Hop, which I labeled "absolutely useless" in Crazy Taxi 2, is actually easier to use then before, and I am eating my previous words: The Drift Hop is useful. Also, the carpool feature spent some time in the shop. This fixes another problem I had with CT2. The radar is not confusing anymore, so you can now carpool with ease. Thanks, Sega!

Graphically, it looks nice, but most other next-gen consoles could pull this off with relative ease. However, there are some impressive touches, such as your taxi's headlights and the city lights at night. In the sound department, the game is a treat with good sound effects, music by the Offspring, Bad Religion, and others that perfectly set the pace of the game, and good voices. With the sound, however, I do have couple complaints. One, I wish Sega would have enabled a Custom Soundtrack option, although I really like the music here, so I am just nitpicking. Second, I wish that some of the voice actors from the first game would have reprised their roles for this 3rd incarnation (all the voice actors from CT2 are in this game). I really say this because I loved hearing Kent Frick as B. D. Joe, and he does not sound quite as good anymore. As I said above, though, I am just nitpicking here.

As far as features go, this game has a plethora of them. You get the arcade course from the first Crazy Taxi, the Small Apple course from CT2, and a new course, Glitter Oasis. This course is really great and just as fun as the older courses. In addition, the older courses have undergone some changes. This means that there are more locations to take passengers to and the CT1 course received a face lift. It now utilizes the jump feature allowing you to jump on top of buildings, cutting your times even shorter than before. In addition, you have the Crazy X mode. Much like the Crazy Box and Crazy Pyramid from the first two titles, these involve playing fun and inventive mini-games to unlock game features. One favorite game of mine is the Crazy Football game. You have to take the passenger to the end zone of a football field. All the while, cars, trucks, and 18-wheelers try to crash into you and knock you out of bounds (which, of course, makes you lose); it's a hoot. Furthermore, you can save your runs with replays (this is useful when you want to prove to a friend that you beat a very difficult challenge). Be warned though, some of these challenges are really hard, but the rewards are worth the blood, sweat, and tears.

The real star of Crazy Taxi 3, however, is the fun factor. This game is extremely fun and addictive; I could not stop playing it. The game is full of character and personality that will keep you smiling for many miles. I really loved this game. Sure any next-gen system (maybe even the Dreamcast) could handle the graphics, but who cares? This game is ultimate proof that gameplay and overall fun are much more important than graphics, resulting in one of the best games of the year.

Great fun and Difficulty

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing the game at target and toysrus and i really enjoy it. The object is to pickup customers and give them a wild ride; take them to the place they want to go to. It may not sound that interesting, but I can't explain exactly how fun the game is.

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