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*)
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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
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The original Crazy Taxi was such a fun game, that it stole hours away from my otherwise uninteresting life. This third installment, an exclusive for the Xbox, continues the same gameplay of picking up funky passengers, racing against time and dropping them off in one piece, hopefully.Unfortunately, the graphics is also little improved, a shame considering the Xbox is capable of doing many times more than what the game offers. Sound is also at best mediocre. Controls are easy to learn and master, and the fun factor can be high for some audience -and definitely more fun than the copycat "Simpsons Road Rage".
You may want to rent this title before buying it. I enjoyed the demo from Official Xbox Magazine enough to rent it from Blockbuster, but I'm definitely not buying it for my permanent library.
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Initially a hit arcade game, then a Dreamcast exclusive, Crazy Taxi has been one of Sega's most popular new franchises, a reason to buy a DC in and of itself. Once Sega began spreading its talents to other consoles, CT was one of the first games to be exported, to both PlayStation 2 and GameCube ... but not XBox. Instead, Sega and Hitmaker have brought an all-new version of the game exclusively to Microsoft's big black console. It retains everything that made the original (and its DC-only sequel Crazy Taxi 2) great, while bringing with it new features and, unfortunately, a couple of new flaws.If you've been living incommunicado lately (say, the last 2 1/2 years), the game casts you as a taxi driver in a big city, in this case Glitter Oasis (an homage to Las Vegas). You get to choose one of four personas, each with uniquely-styled cabs (the choice of cabbie doesn't really affect gameplay enough, so just choose one you like). Your job is to pick up passengers and transport them to their destinations within a certain time, using any means necessary.
Potential fares are highlighted by a colored dollar sign over a similarly-colored pick-up zone. Red symbols denote short-distance (i.e., cheap) fares, with yellow, green and blue symbols pointing the way to more challenging (and more rewarding) fares. An arrow at the top of the screen directs you towards your destination, a large highlighted area where you stop and drop-off your passenger.
If you make things "interesting" along the way, by executing high-speed drifts, near misses or gravity-defying jumps, your passenger will tip you more and more. Succeed, and you get the fare plus the tips, along with bonus time to pick up other riders ... fail, and the passenger stiffs you and hops out of the cab, even if the destination is in sight.
Fans who missed out on CT 2 will notice a new feature ... the ability to pick up multiple passengers. These riders are highlighted by a number instead of a dollar sign. The stakes get really high here, since (a) your travel time--and potential fare--is much higher and (b) tips are multiplied by the number of passengers you have. However, this is an all-or-nothing proposition ... if even one of the group doesn't make their destination in time, you lose the *ENTIRE* fare.
CT 3 is one of the most replay-loaded games released in a long time. Crazy X brings you several new mini-games to play and unlock, along with a chance to improve your skills. Best of all, you get West Coast and Small Apple, the arcade maps (modeled after San Francisco and New York, respectively) from both Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2, along with their own unique cabbies!
As cool as all this sounds, it's not without its flaws, minor as they are. The game can be slow-loading at times, although it is faster than the demo disc some of you may have seen. While graphically gorgeous, it's not significantly better than even the Dreamcast versions of CT and CT 2. In fact, there are points of some limited slowdown; however, the screen has to be quite busy for this to occur, and when it does occur it isn't for very long (a couple of seconds).
The in-game music is appropriately fast-paced and very hard-rock oriented, from arists like The Offspring, Bad Religion and Tommy Lee. It retains tracks from both previous games, and even re-uses sound samples. Hardly original, but it don't take that much away from the game. (Parents please note: Some of the music tracks have some brief adult language, hence the game's T rating.)
If you're a fan of CT and CT 2, you really can't go wrong with CT 3, especially since you get to re-live those games once again. If this will be your first foray into the world of Crazy Taxi, rest assured that the positives of the game far outweigh the negatives. Now get out there and make some crazy money!
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