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 No lasting appeal whatsoever July 3, 2005
Dumb Blonde Reviewing (In my bed)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this because a couple of years ago I watched my boyfriend play Grand Theft Auto, and the fact that he could hijack a taxi in that, and pick up passengers sounded quite entertaining to me. I got a GBA for my birthday, and ended up buying this.
Big mistake. I shouldn't be allowed in shops alone to buy GBA games, cos I choose rubbish!
OK, the game was OK to start with. I figured out how to work it, despite having no instructions, and having my licence taken off me on my first go. I carried on, and 'completed' it within a couple of hours. Actually, I don't think there's any way you can complete it, but once you're the number 1 taxi driver out there, there's nowhere else for you to go.
The graphics are also terrible on the GBA, and I don't know why. I 'crashed' into walls & other drivers so many times simply because I couldn't work out where I was going. I had about a couple of inches away from my face most of the time, just so I could work out where I was going.
The training sessions, aren't worth the hassle of playing. They're pointless, and the only one I half managed to do was crash into balloons, and I still only managed 12 out of 20. It's impossible to achieve what is expected of you during the training.
I quickly became tired of this game, although I've kept going back to it, simply because the other game I've got for the GBA is getting on my nerves now. Which funnily enough also has a training session, but if you don't pass the training, then you don't get to play the rest of the game.
The game's also very repetitive. You pick up the same passengers at the same places, and take them to the same destinations. If you change how much traffic there is on the roads in the options, then you do take them to different places, but I found I couldn't pick up as many passengers within the time limit. I managed to pick up nearly 20, but then it started repeating the destinations.
Overall I would not recommend this game to anyone, unless it's very very cheap, which mine was. I like the style of the game, and would keep an eye out for similar styles of games, but not this.
 Do not waist money for this Crazy horrible Game May 12, 2003
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
its boring pointless and stupidgrafics 1/5
fun 0/5
sound 1/5
game play 2/5
 Not a good game at all! December 28, 2004
Person (across the street)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Pros:
- Portable with the GBA
Cons:
- Horrible graphics.
- Horrible soundtrack.
- Very boring, have other GBA games that are very much funer and have better graphics.
- PS2 version is mcuh better.
- Mini games aren't even worth playing.
Overall, if you mistaked to buy this, just playing if you have absolutely nothing else do to. To other people who are going to purchase this, don't, it's not as good as you think.
 Great Game! April 12, 2003
Ranny de Oliveira (Boston, MA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I actually JUST got this game, and I must say I'm pretty impressed. I didn't know the GBA could process graphics like this! Veru colorful, stylish and fun! Dreamcast fans (or people that can't really afford any of the bigger systems) are gonna be very pleased with this title. The reason why I didn't give it 5 stars? Sometimes the graphics get a little scrambled (especially if there's too much action going on) and the cars are not as fast as they should be. Other than that, great game!
Same great gameplay, if you can get past the graphics February 23, 2004
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The GBA conversion of the Dreamcast classic Jet Grind Radio was surprisingly transferred well onto the GBA, but this DC to GBA port suffers more due to the memory constraints of the system. When you get past Crazy Taxi's chunky graphics and almost non-existant sound, you'll find the same addicting gameplay that made Crazy Taxi a hit in the arcades, the Dreamcast, and the various other systems it has been released on since. The controls are as simple as they are on home systems, and the taxi handles almost as good as it has on it's other versions. The only major drawback of Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride, and it is a big drawback, is the chunky and sometimes misshapen graphics that are almost reminiscent of the original Star Fox for the Super Nintendo way back when. If you can get past the graphics though, you'll find a solid game that is worth giving a look.
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