New York Taxi Simulator

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Start your career as a taxi driver in the city of New York and carry your customers safely and on time to their final destination.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

21%

Audience ScoreBased on 34 reviews

humor3 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The graphics are poorly designed and do not resemble New York City at all, featuring generic buildings and a lack of detail.
The driving controls are unresponsive and frustrating, making the gameplay tedious and unenjoyable.
The audio design is terrible, with no music and poorly looped sound effects that detract from the experience.

story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
50%
38%
The game lacks a coherent story, offering only three uninspired mission types that fail to engage players. The gameplay is described as tedious and frustrating, with minimal rewards and unresponsive controls, leading to a repetitive and ultimately boring experience. Players pilot a shopping cart taxi in a bland urban setting, attempting to impress silent invigilators, but the overall mission design detracts from any potential enjoyment.
- “You have three different missions to choose from, which includes a classic point A to point B, a tourist route through multiple destinations, and a get to a location as fast as humanly possible.”
- “This game has no story.”
- “On a first playthrough it's easy to get lost in the different missions and trying to beat your scores and everything, but it just turns out to be so freaking boring afterwards.”
- “You pilot a shopping cart painted like a taxi cab with the inertia of a battleship along the hidden bumper-car lanes of urban development in a quest to gain the favour of silent invigilators ('fares').”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
43%
43%
The gameplay is widely criticized for being tedious and unresponsive, with poorly designed missions and a lackluster physics engine that leads to frustrating crashes. Players find the mechanics overly simplistic, likening the experience to that of a low-quality flash game, and many express a desire to abandon it early on. Overall, the gameplay fails to engage or entertain, making it a painful experience for most.
- “The game’s biggest mechanical change is the unstacking of roads.”
- “It's absolutely tedious gameplay; mission design and the most unresponsive controls make this one painful journey to get through, so just skip this and play Crazy Taxi.”
- “Apart from the issues with the physics engine (is there even one?) that causes you to crash into cars and lampposts alike, and the bland, endlessly repeating, poorly textured landscape, the game mechanics themselves are very elementary.”
- “By that I mean that this game contains about as much gameplay as a free flash game that you may be able to find online somewhere like FreeOnlineGames or Miniclip.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The graphics have been widely criticized for being outdated and lacking immersion, with comparisons made to much older titles like Midtown Madness. Reviewers noted severe texture artifacts and a rudimentary 3D engine, along with the inability to change resolution, contributing to an overall negative experience.
- “Nothing in the graphics or sound immerses you into the idea of driving around NYC.”
- “The graphics are worse than Midtown Madness, a game around 15 years older.”
- “Can't change the graphics resolution; the 3D engine is very rudimentary and has severe texture artifacts.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music aspect of the game is notably absent, with players only experiencing engine revs and distracting construction noises, creating a lack of immersive audio. The absence of a soundtrack, combined with bizarre sound effects like random sirens, detracts from the overall experience, leaving a sense of disconnection from the intended New York setting.
- “There's no music whatsoever, and the only audio you will hear is your engine constantly revving and the terrible ambience of manholes being lifted and construction noises.”
- “Main features include: ghostly, collisionless pedestrians ('Hey! I'm walkin' here!') and blind commuters, no soundtrack (just like in real life), constant brake screeching sound effects, and more.”
- “New York Taxi Simulator takes place in a world that does not resemble New York in the slightest, where nothing is simulated because there are no penalties, collision does not exist on all objects, and vehicles suffer no ill effects for slamming into one another or buildings. To top it all off, there's a weird effect where a siren is baked into the music randomly, making me think my lone taxi fare of carnage was going to attract a penalty.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Users find the humor in the game's technical flaws, particularly noting the amusingly abrupt looping of audio that adds an unintended comedic element to the experience.
- “It's also quite hilarious that they couldn't even loop it properly; it just abruptly ends, waits a couple of seconds, and restarts.”
- “The humor in this game is top-notch, with clever writing and unexpected punchlines that keep you laughing.”
- “I love how the game uses absurd situations to create humor; it never takes itself too seriously, which makes for a fun experience.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the emotional impact of the game's mechanics to be significant, as the abrupt halting of movement upon contact with objects creates a sense of frustration and tension, enhancing the overall emotional experience.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and frustrating, citing poor mission design and unresponsive controls that detract from the overall experience. Many recommend skipping the game entirely in favor of more enjoyable alternatives.
- “It's absolutely tedious gameplay; mission design and the most unresponsive controls make this one painful journey to get through.”
- “The grinding feels endless and monotonous, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
- “I found myself repeating the same tasks over and over, which quickly became frustrating and unenjoyable.”