Not really mad about it. It’s an older type of game, mechanics are almost obsolete even by arcade standards. This is an easy money maker for Sega and probably won’t cost very much for them to implement. I doubt anyone is expecting a legitimately new Crazy Taxi single player game anymore.
How is nobody talking about this, from the article?
It was also referenced that this will be the case for Jet Set Radio, which will also receive a remake of its own before securing a live service reboot. In an exclusive reveal, Midori claimed that the reboot will feature ‘shooting elements’ and will be like Fortnite in its design. It’ll reportedly feature an open-world ‘concept’ with a solid focus on exploration as an all-new story unravels.
So Jet Set Radio is going to get the same treatment? Wow. It’s hard to imagine my excitement for either game being killed so efficiently and instantly. Those MBAs sure got it all figured out.
Why would they put any kind of combat in Jet Set? The originals didn’t have any combat, other than shoving down cops and spraying them with paint. The same thing is true for BRC which came out last August.
This is what happens when you wish for the resurrection of a beloved IP. Another finger on the monkey's paw curls. The idea of a Crazy Taxi live service game is weird enough, but it's just bizarre that they are using Fortnight as a major inspiration for the Jet Set Radio reboot. I guess at the very least we are getting proper remakes of these games alongside the live service reboots. It will be interesting to see how the games do head to head, especially with the difficulties live service games have been having lately.
To be fair, to me this does not seem that bad an idea. Live service games share a lot of DNA with arcades. That’s easiest to see in mobile, where people play many short matches rather than long campaigns.
…frankly that also includes predatory monetization. People forget that games used to be so hard way back when so that they would gobble up kids’ quarters.
For better or worse, live service Crazy Taxi seems to me like a faithful conversion of the original idea to the current day gaming landscape.
My guess is after the first year they lower it to 50 since there won’t be that many people playing it. Fall guys did it after 3 years, it was sad to lose the 60 person levels which are now 40 if your lucky.
Well I made a flippant comment about how I thought this would be SEGA being shitty and how people were in denial that SEGA, the publisher that just recently locked new game+ behind a not so microtransaction, would be doing this game dirty.
If these leaks are true, makes me sad but vindicated…
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