Software:Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

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Short description: 2024 video game

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
Developer(s)Panik Arcade
Publisher(s)Those Awesome Guys
Director(s)
  • Lorenzo Tombasi
  • Matthew Godwarf
Designer(s)Matthew Godwarf
Programmer(s)Matthew Godwarf
Artist(s)Lorenzo Tombasi
Composer(s)Jacob Lincke
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseApril 9, 2024
Genre(s)Platformer
Mode(s)Single-player

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a 2024 platformer game developed by the Italian indie studio Panik Arcade and published by Those Awesome Guys. In the game, the player controls a taxi, which they must guide through an island to unravel its mystery. The game was released for Windows on April 9, 2024, and has been met with praise for its gameplay, soundtrack, and graphics but criticism for its story.

Gameplay

In the game, the player's main mission is to investigate the "grand conspiracy" on Grandma's Island, while collecting green gears scattered across each level.[1][2] Gears unlock more levels,[1] and the player can optionally collect coins and springs.[3][4][5]

The player controls a wind-up taxi that can be braked,[1] flipped, accelerated, or driven on ramps;[3] however, the player cannot make the taxi jump.[2][3][6] They may use a cancellable dash ability (termed the Flip-o-Will)[1] to break through blocks and can drive towards obstacles such as bounce pads to navigate the area.[4][7][8] In some levels of the game, the player has to pick up passengers and drive them to their destination within a set amount of time.[9]

In June 2024, a new mode named Psycho Taxi was released. Instead of collecting objects, the player must carry around passengers.[9]

Plot

The Tosla Corporation and its CEO Alien Mosk has littered the world with green gears and has poisoned the world's oil supply; a character is transformed into a taxi to collect them.[1][10]

Development and release

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom was developed by the Italian indie studio Panik Arcade, a two-person team.[11] The game was announced in February 2023, with the release of a game demo.[12] In October 2023, it was featured at the Steam Next Fest and EGX 2023.[7][13][14] Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom was released for Windows on April 9, 2024.[4][8][15][16]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic78/100[17]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid8/10[1]
TouchArcade4.5/5[19]

On the review aggregation website Metacritic, the game has a "generally favorable" score of 78 based on five critics.[17] Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 75% of critics.[18]

Destructoid's Zoey Handley noted the game's variety in worlds but criticized that the game's humor has jokes that are "all over the place". However, Mikhail Madnani of TouchArcade described the gameplay as "hard to put down".[19] While commending the sound design, she also felt that a portion of the gears were difficult to find and obtain.[1] Shaun Cichaki of The Escapist thought the game was a "knock-off" of Crazy Taxi.[20]

Critics noticed the game's similarities to Nintendo 64 games and praised its graphics.[20][21] Handley praised how well the game replicated the early 3D platformer genre and compared the game's "appealing" visuals to Katamari Damacy, which Madnani also praised.[1][19] Commenting on the soundtrack, she stated that the music sounded like those from Super Mario Galaxy combined with "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Handley, Zoey (April 9, 2024). "Review: Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-yellow-taxi-goes-vroom/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handley, Zoey (March 12, 2024). "N64-inspired collectathon Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom releases next month". https://www.destructoid.com/n64-inspired-collectathon-yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-releases-next-month/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Smith, Graham (March 12, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is an N64-style platform collectathon with no jump button". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-is-an-n64-style-platform-collectathon-with-no-jump-button. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Yarwood, Jack (March 14, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Is An N64-Inspired Collectathon With A Twist". https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-is-an-n64-inspired-collectathon-with-a-twist. 
  5. ↑ "黄色いタクシーで駆け回る「ジャンプボタン」のないアクションゲーム『Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom』がSteamで4月10日に配信開始。NINTENDO64愛にあふれ当時の作品を彷彿とさせる期待作" (in ja). April 9, 2024. https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/240409d. 
  6. ↑ "ニンテンドウ64風アクション『Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom』4/10に配信開始。チョ◯Qのような黄色いタクシーが街中をハチャメチャ大暴れ" (in ja). Famitsu. April 9, 2024. https://www.famitsu.com/news/202404/09338934.html. Retrieved September 28, 2024. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Peeples, Jeremy (October 9, 2023). "Yellow Taxi Goes Boom Demo Hits Steam Next Fest". https://hardcoregamer.com/news/yellow-taxi-goes-boom-demo-hits-steam-next-fest/474516/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Denzer, TJ (April 15, 2024). "ShackStream: Indie-licious Episode 159 keeps the meter running in Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". https://www.shacknews.com/article/139509/indielicious-yellow-taxi-goes-vroom. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Handley, Zoey (June 28, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom update adds Crazy Taxi inspired mode". https://www.destructoid.com/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-update-adds-crazy-taxi-inspired-mode/. 
  10. ↑ Takenaka, Kosuke (April 21, 2024). "『ユニコーンオーバーロード』の難易度を変えたら体験激変。『Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom』で楽しむ箱庭。『ASTRAL GATE』は難易度高め。今週のゲーミング" (in ja). https://automaton-media.com/articles/now-gaming/20240421-290564/. 
  11. ↑ Those Awesome Guys & Panik Arcade: Collaboration Between Publishers and Developers / Fireside chat (Video). DevGAMM. December 7, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (February 6, 2023). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Announced With Free Demo". https://bleedingcool.com/games/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-announced-with-free-demo/. 
  13. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (October 9, 2023). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Drops Steam Next Fest Demo". https://bleedingcool.com/games/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-drops-steam-next-fest-demo/. 
  14. ↑ Castle, Katharine (October 12, 2023). "Here are all the games you can play in the Rezzed Zone at EGX 2023". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/here-are-all-the-games-you-can-play-in-the-rezzed-zone-at-egx-2023. 
  15. ↑ Romano, Sal (March 1, 2024). "Collectathon platformer Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom for PC launches in April". https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/collectathon-platformer-yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-for-pc-launches-in-april. 
  16. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (March 31, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Arrives On Steam Next Week". https://bleedingcool.com/games/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-arrives-on-steam-next-week/. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". https://www.metacritic.com/game/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom/. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". OpenCritic. https://opencritic.com/game/16569/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Madnani, Mikhail (April 12, 2024). "Steam Deck Weekly: Reviews Including Children of the Sun, New Verified Games, Steam FPS Fest 2024, and More". https://toucharcade.com/2024/04/12/children-of-the-sun-steam-deck-review-yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-fps-fest-2024-deals-mk1-ermac/. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Cichacki, Shaun (April 12, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Is the Perfect Pallet Cleanser in a Stacked Year". https://www.escapistmagazine.com/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-is-the-perfect-pallet-cleanser-in-a-stacked-year/. 
  21. ↑ Tarason, Dominic (April 10, 2024). "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/yellow-taxi-goes-vroom-delivers-imaginative-3d-platforming-without-a-jump-button/. 



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