Taxi Challenge: Berlin

The Good
Well, it's basically Crazy Taxi for Windows, which is good since Sega never bothered to port it. It has exactly the same game features plus the mission mode as well as some more taxis/drivers. But this is where the good stuff ends...

The Bad
Why did they come up with that NOW? The graphics look like crap - blocky, dull buildings, jerky animated pedestrians which always try to dive before your taxi, textures which don't deserve the name... bah! The sound may or may not be appealing to you - it wasn't to me - but the worst thing here are the slow motion controls. Turning the cab around a corner is so damn slow, if you don't start the turn way before the corner, you'll definitely collide with the next building. You never get the real driving feeling as all cabs have exactly the same crap controls. By the way, the car doesn't get visually damaged even after the worst crashes. And the game isn't too fast even on my P4/1500...

The Bottom Line
If you want a good game where you can drive taxi - buy Grand Theft Auto III, as it's the best real-world driving-action game to date and features a Taxi Driver mode. And since you get great graphics, great sound, great damage models, great pedestrian smashing, great police chases plus tons of other stuff to do, I would save the 25 Euros for this crappy game here and buy GTA3 :)

The Good
It's a very addictive game, and both my children can't get enough of it: Especially the heavy crashes in the VW Golf GTI.. GTA3 is the only thing which comes near it, but this is too violent for my kids. (the "hidden" tank in TCB is more destructive, but somehow less violent)

The Bad
It requires quite a fast videocard to play this game, and the cheats should be made more easily.

The Bottom Line
Very suitable for young children, fastpaced (addictive) racegame for teenagers. Can't wait for it's sequal, "Taxi Challenge London".