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Crazy Taxi ps2 Game Reviews
Crazy Taxi
Critic Score
Metascore: 80 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.2 out of 10
based on 15 reviews
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The first game from Sega's development houses to reach the PS2 is almost an exact port of the wild ride that is already the crown jewel of the Dreamcast.

PUBLISHER: Acclaim
DEVELOPER: Sega
GENRE(S): Driving
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2001

What The Critics Said

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95
GameZone
The feel of the arcade makes a successful transfer into an exciting and forever entertaining game that teaches everyone to respect those time honored heroes: the cabbies.
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90
GamePro
Its excellent mix of driving techniques, fantasy physics, and gigantic cities will keep couch drivers burning onscreen rubber for some time.
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90
Total Video Games
There is a vast collection of challenges for you to try, some simple, some stupidly difficult.
90
Hot Games
A faithful port of a modern classic, down to its nagging flaws.
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86
Gamezilla!
After playing Crazy Taxi I had so much fun listening to the music that I felt I should’ve gone out and bought the soundtrack.
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84
TotalGames.net
You might not find yourself playing Crazy Taxi constantly on the day you buy it, but you'll still be picking it up for a quick blast of arcade action this time next year.
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80
All Game Guide
An excellent, adrenaline pumping game that is nearly identical to its arcade and Dreamcast counterparts.
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80
GameSpy
It's even the kind of game that you can put down for a month, pick back up, and it feels new all over again. However, it's unlikely to inspire extended gameplay; once you've beaten it, there really isn't much to keep you playing.
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78
GameSpot
The original version is every bit as good, if not better than this new release, so only those PS2 owners who don't also own a Dreamcast will find this game worthwhile.
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75
Electric Playground
Almost identical to the Dreamcast version. Like a 98% clone identical.
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70
GamePen
If you’re a gamer looking for some simple, fast-paced auto action then look no further because it just doesn’t get any faster—or simpler—than this.
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60
Maxim Online
We don’t like how the pesky pedestrians always manage to dodge your cab, but the graphics of the San Francisco–like city are amazingly detailed.
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60
PSX Nation
It's a few screws short of perfection, but "Crazy Taxi" is worth playing just to see how the opposite end of the "Gran Turismo 3" scale of driving gameplay stacks up.
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60
GamerWeb Sony
This is the epitome of the "rental title," you'll be returning it at the perfect time. You'll not only have finished most of the modes, but you'll be pretty sick of it by then too.
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58
Game Revolution
A mediocre port of what can already be considered an old Dreamcast game. But on the other hand, it's a port of a good fun game, with the ever-important gameplay still intact. Crazy Taxi on PS2 is still a gut blow of fun.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

NIcholas V. gave it a10:
This is a great game I love it.

NIcholas V. gave it a 10:
This is a great game I love it.

Jay K. gave it a 10:
GREAT.

Alex K. gave it a 5:
Gets boring... even more boring than I thought this classic arcade-to-Dreamcast-to-PS2 phenomenon would become. Everyone knows that you can't play a game like this for long stretches of time before putting it on the top shelf for a few months and then rediscovering it. What surprised me, though, is that after only about a week of play I found myself totally uninterested in even fully learning the nuances of driving tricks, or the details and shortcuts of the two cities. I just got frustrated and sick of the game. In its defense, I found none of the slowdown or technical issues that most reviewers complained about, so that alone shouldn't sway a purchase. It's a fun and innovative arcade game that is unquestionably worth a rental if you've never tried it before, but in the end I was sorely disappointed.

John R. gave it a 10:
This is the best game in the whole world. Nothing will replace it!

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