Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Xbox cover art
Developer(s)	Hitmaker
Publisher(s)	Sega
Release date(s)	July 23, 2002
Genre(s)	Racing/Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Xbox, Arcade, Microsoft Windows
System requirements	1 GHz processor Pentium III/AMD Athlon, Windows 98/2000/ME/XP, 256 MB RAM, 500 MB Hard disk Space, Geforce 3/ATI Radeon 8500 or higher, (except MX) Matrox Parhelia
Input	Keyboard, USB Gampad, USB steering wheel.

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller is the third game in the Crazy Taxi series, and was released for the Microsoft Xbox and Microsoft Windows, with also an arcade release under the name Crazy Taxi: High Roller.

1 Features
2 Background Information
3 PC Port
4 Criticisms
5 Soundtracks
6 External links

[edit] Features

The game consists of three locations:

West Coast(from Crazy Taxi 1)
Small Apple(from Crazy Taxi 2)
Glitter Oasis(add-on from Crazy Taxi 3)

Stages are improved graphically and are tightened and updated for full use of the gameplay elements.

Crazy X Crazy Taxi 3 inherits the tradition of mini-games from the Crazy Taxi series. Crazy X consists of three levels, each testing a different criteria of skills e.g. Steering, use of Crazy Dash, Crazy Drift etc.

By completing all of level 1, maps of the locations are available on the menu which includes all the destinations and short-cuts. Completing level 2 will provide you with three more different types of vehicle to ride on: Stroller, Bike and Carriage.

[edit] Background Information

In 2003, High Roller was ported to the arcade via the Xbox-based Chihiro system board. Some versions of this game allow the player to actually win money back from the machine. These versions also include a non-paying version of the game with different difficulty levels.

[edit] PC Port

A PC Port of Crazy Taxi 3 came in early 2004, featuring higher resolution graphics and steering wheel support. Unfortunately the game suffered frame rate drops as the Xbox version but didn't have a very significant impact on the gameplay itself. Due to poor sales the game was out on the bargain range within a few months of release.

[edit] Criticisms

The game received a lukewarm reception, as an above average game on the Xbox, receiving an average 69/100 score from Metacritic. Several of the criticisms were its lack of innovation, Game Revolution stated the game series as "getting old" while this new version "offers little new", while Xbox Nation Magazine stating "the game plays almost identically to the original" Gamer web XBox also points out "a lack of multiplayer and user soundtracks"