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A 3D platformer without a jump button is a really neat idea in concept… luckily in practice it was also very engaging! You drive around as the titular Yellow Taxi launching yourself off ramps and cliffs to collect as many green gears as you can to keep unlocking new stages. It definitely has the collectathon feel, each stage is full of the important progression collectables as well as some optional or less important ones so it always feels like you are making progress (though sometimes it can be a bit obtuse). There are even levels that add in a Crazy Taxi like mechanic where you are on the clock and need to drive people around to raise the time you have in the stage, all while finding the collectibles. Sometimes the game is a bit too lofty in its ideas and the controls/camera can’t hold up but all in all it’s a really solid unique game in the genre.

The enigma of removing a traditional jump button while including precision platforming is a mystifying and honestly misguided design choice. However, its joyous exploration of various 3D platformer staples is as inspiring as it is refreshing, and will surely go down as one of the more entertaining collect-a-thons I've played in years.

Full Review: https://neoncloudff.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/now-playing-may-2024-edition/