![]() Thematically, though, it's very different to Retro City. However, with more of a 16-bit aesthetic than its 8-bit-flecked predecessor, Shakedown offers a large, supposedly Hawaiian, city that is stuffed with things to do, businesses to threaten, and weird mini-games to engage in. Fundamentally, the game is the same as far as driving around and shooting things goes. Shakedown: Hawaii is a slightly different beast. Vblank's Retro City Rampage, released a terrifying seven years ago now, was the proverbial cult hit - a GTA-inspired slice of top-down drivin' n' shootin' lunacy, riven through with more pop culture references than you could wave a sonic screwdriver at.ĭo you see? Do you see what I did? I made a pop culture reference. Impressive, given we all know how much competition there is for that particular world record!!!!!?!!!!!!Īlso, there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, which is why the Hawaii's state fish, the "Humuhumunukunukuapuaʿa", reads like the result of somebody falling asleep on their keyboard. I found out that leprosy used to be a bit of a thing there, snakes and billboards are banned, and the island of Oahu boasts the largest "pineapple maze" in the world. ![]() Trying to research some context for the game didn't help much either. It mostly looks like your usual top-down city, but with a few more beaches and palm trees and that. ![]() Unfortunately, this still makes it hard to assess the authenticity of the Hawaii depicted in Shakedown: Hawaii. I have seen Lilo & Stitch, however, which is set in Hawaii, probably, so I feel like I've been there. I mean, why would I have been? It's really far away. ![]() Shakedown: Hawaii, the sort-of-sequel to Retro City Rampage, is also available for the PS Vita. ![]()
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