世嘉新《瘋狂出租車》將是一款“3A級別”的大作

對於《瘋狂出租車》的忠實粉絲來說，有個好消息：世嘉札幌工作室總裁瀬川隆在接受《日本時報》採訪時透露，該系列即將推出的全新遊戲將是一款“3A級別”的大作。

《瘋狂出租車》主機版最初在2000年登陸世嘉Dreamcast平臺並迅速走紅，後來還移植到了PlayStation 2、任天堂Gamecube以及PC等多個平臺。儘管此後推出了續作和衍生產品，但除去2010年代發佈的幾款移動端遊戲外，該系列在過去的幾十年間大部分時間都處在休眠狀態。系列的最後一部主要作品《瘋狂出租車3：拉斯維加斯》是在2002年問世的。

早在2022年就傳出此款重啓之作的消息，直至2023年12月才正式公佈，不過當時僅透露了遊戲正在製作中，以及一段包含《瘋狂出租車》在內的2023年遊戲大獎預告片中的幾秒實際遊玩片段，同段視頻中還有《Jet Set Radio》、《忍者龍劍傳》、《戰斧》和《怒之鐵拳》等遊戲的身影。

早前有報道稱這部新作爲一款“高額預算”的重啓項目，現在看來這一說法已得到證實：瀬川表示，世嘉札幌工作室正在參與研發多款三A級大作，其中便包括《瘋狂出租車》。

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