Underplayed Gems

Crazy Taxi Next

Developer
Hitmaker
Publisher
Sega
Platforms
Xbox

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How it feels

A scaled-back vision of an online taxi sequel that never reached its original ambitions.

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About

Crazy Taxi Next was a game that was announced at Microsoft's E3 2001 Press Conference, it would have featured online play and a day/night cycle with changing passengers and locations. However, the final release of Crazy Taxi Next was scaled back and dropped these innovations in favor of a much more direct sequel to Crazy Taxi 2.

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