There will be some missions where you’re saddled firmly in the POV of one specific character, and some where you’ll be bouncing between perspectives, moving different parts of the machine at different times. In order to rebuild the empire, the trio of Feeble Multinational will need to negotiate, purchase, bribe, extort and occasionally sabotage all around the island (you are in Hawaii, after all) while trying to actively not get arrested. Once again, you’re hard at work in an open world with several tasks and story missions to work on (okay, over a hundred story missions) and plenty of wiggle room in the how and why you get these things accomplished. Shakedown: Hawaii is the 16 bit equivalency to the delight that was Retro City Rampage with a few major differences. Will there be legitimate business deals? Of course, you need some way to make the whole operation track for the public eye! Will there be super illegal activities? Every step of the way, you can bet your ass. As important figures within the Feeble company, you simply cannot let this happen, and it’s up to the trio of the CEO, Scooter (his adult son) and The Consultant (clearly a fixer) to help get the company back on track. The modern era of online shopping, video streaming and smartphone ride services have totally neutered Feeble’s entire monopoly. The story centres around the failing multinational corporation known as Feeble, which was once a sprawling empire that’s now so deep in the red you’d think they respawned in Hades. Shakedown: Hawaii is the spiritual successor to Retro City Rampage, though there’s very little connecting the two games in terms of story. Now, with a Steam release, the floodgates are open, and the newest journey through the game era of excess begins on PCs around the world.
Ever since the release of their second title, Shakedown: Hawaii, I’ve watched it get ported to newer AND older consoles, including a physical release for the WiiU that I deeply regret missing. The fact that there was an effort not only to downsize the game to fit on a floppy disk, but to make it work on a 486 era computer AND sell the game on physical 3.5” makes me happy in a way that doesn’t have a sound. I’ve bought Retro City Rampage no fewer than four times now, and I’ll probably buy it again in the future. There’s something about their mission statement and approach to gaming that I sincerely appreciate, and it continues to resonate throughout their limited but fantastic library. If I had a choice about getting back into the world of the video game industry, I think I’d want to work for VBlank Entertainment.
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