REVIEW
Written byMizuni
What if you combined Mario 64 with Crazy Taxi? And that's how Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is born.
More precisely, the game is a platformer focused on collectibles, where new levels are unlocked as you collect them. You control a taxi with a good variety of movement abilities, and you can combine some of these moves, similar to games like Mario, A Hat in Time, and others. Once you learn how to properly use all of your movement abilities, you can also find ways to take paths that weren't necessarily intended by the developers.
The game initially consists of a hub, with each world inside it being mostly accessible through portals that open after collecting a certain number of green gears.
One thing I really liked was the variety of themes across the worlds, with some of them even changing the gameplay a little. Some examples include a beach heavily inspired by Sonic's Green Hill Zone, a corporate tower clearly parodying a certain company, a world inside the mind of a very crazy guy, and many others.
I recommend reading the dialogue, even if it's just to see all the bizarre stuff and parodies, like Bio Vandisel talking about family or a muscular guy named Captain Abs-urd. Some of these NPCs also give you hints, and among those hints are some movement techniques that you already have access to from the beginning, but aren't explicitly taught to you right away. Something similar to the Wall Jump in Super Metroid.
One of these abilities, in particular, is really important to figure out if you like collecting everything or if you plan to go for 100%.
Besides the green gears, there are also coins, which are used to buy cosmetics and can also help guide you toward different paths throughout the levels, like in many other games of the genre.
If you like platformers, you really can't go wrong with this one. I'd say it takes around 6–13 hours, depending on whether you just plan to finish the game or go for 100%.
And one last word: this game is going to get stuck in your head.
Psychotic!!!
— Mizuni / Noobsnoplay