History VideoGame / ShakedownHawaii

* TaughtByExperience: Throughout the game, the [=CEO=] constantly gets scammed from everything, from food packaging to ad. He then uses said scams to keep his business running. Smaller food packaging? Uses that on his bottle of terrible diet soda to increase revenue. Annoying Ads that causes him to think fiber sandals are what everyone wants? Finds out about Advertisement ID and uses it to sell his VHS.

''Shakedown: Hawaii'', developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment, is the spiritual sequel to ''Videogame/RetroCityRampage''. It was released on May 7th, 2019 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on Epic Games Store, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, with UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/Playstation3 versions slated for some future date. The game uses same gameplay and graphic style as its predecessor (though were ''Retro City'' armed for an 8-bit aesthetic, ''Shakedown'' tries to emulate the games of the 16-bit era), but the story this time leans less towards {{parody}}, and more heavily towards {{satire}}.

* ShoutOut: After you beat the final boss, you get text reading [[VideoGame/{{Broforce}} "Area Liberated!"]]

''Shakedown: Hawaii'' developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment is the spiritual sequel to ''Videogame/RetroCityRampage''. It was released on May 9, 2019, for Epic Games Store, [=PS4=], PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo 3DS. The game uses same gameplay and graphic style as its predecessor (though were ''Retro City'' armed for an 8-bit aesthetic, ''Shakedown'' tries to emulate the games of the 16-bit era), but the story this time leans less towards {{parody}}, and more heavily towards {{satire}}.

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''Shakedown: Hawaii'' developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment is the spiritual sequel to ''Videogame/RetroCityRampage''. It was released on May 9, 2019, for Epic Games Store, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo 3DS. The game uses same gameplay and graphic style as its predecessor (though were ''Retro City'' armed for an 8-bit aesthetic, ''Shakedown'' tries to emulate the games of the 16-bit era), but the story this time leans less towards {{parody}}, and more heavily towards {{satire}}.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The game will occasionally switch characters to focus on the CEO's son Scooter or the hired gunman used to settle affairs overseas.

* VillainProtagonist: The main character is a ruthless [=CEO=] who isn't above fraud, extorsion and murder if it turns a profit.

* AnEntrepreneurIsYou: The main goal of the game is to TakeOverTheCity by buying up properties all over the island. Several of the businesses require you to perform a Shakedown on the owner in order to make them available for purchase. You can also unlock various multipliers such as false advertisement, credit cards and untested products to increase the values of the businesses.

''Shakedown: Hawaii'' developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment is the spiritual sequel to ''Videogame/RetroCityRampage''. It was released on May 9, 2019, for Epic Games Store, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo 3DS. The game uses same gameplay and graphic style as its predecessor, but the story this time leans less towards {{parody}}, and more heavily towards {{satire}}.

''Shakedown: Hawaii'' developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment is the spiritual sequel to Videogame/RetroCityRampage. It was released on May 9, 2019, for Epic Games Store, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo 3DS. The game uses same gameplay and graphic style as its predecessor, but the story this time leans less towards {{parody}}, and more heavily towards {{satire}}.

Taking place 30 years after Retro City Rampage, it stars an old, overweight (soon to be) CorruptCorporateExecutive in a quest to save his floundering company via crooked business practices aided by his son and his hired gun, in 16-bit graphics and UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} soundtrack.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The game eschews pop-culture ReferenceOverdosed that adorns Retro City Rampage in favor of TakeThat toward modern MegaCorp business practices. The colors are more realistically tinted compared to the more colorful Retro City Rampage.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The protagonist soon have to resort to this in order to quickly save his business. [[EvilVersusEvil Not that the opponents and the world at large are any better, though.]]
* CrapsackWorld: Common video game console are overloaded with advertising, and so the internet, also any tech gadgets not only cost a fortune but also served as a subscription... yes, and this is just the beginning.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The game eschews pop-culture ReferenceOverdosed that adorn Retro City Rampage in favor of TakeThat toward modern MegaCorp business practices. The colors are more realistically tinted compared to the more colorful Retro City Rampage.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: As the cover art helpfully show us, our ageing CEO is quite found of doing this to his competitors. With a rocket launcher.

* CapitalismIsBad: The game is not subtle at all about how this is its main message, being about every single dirty, underhanded, and predatory trick modern {{Mega Corp}}s use to skirt around the law and government regulations, making their products worse to cut costs while also inflating prices, creating monopolies, and generally fleecing their customers.

* CapitalismIsBad: The game is not subtle at all about how this is its main message, being about every single dirty, underhanded, and predatory trick modern {{Mega Corp}}s use to skirt around the law and government regulations, cut costs, inflate prices, create monopolies, and generally fleece their customers.

* CapitalismIsBad: The game is not subtle at all about how this is its main message, being about every single dirty trick modern {{Mega Corp}}s use to skirt around the law and government regulations, cut costs, inflate prices, and generally fleece their customers.

The spiritual sequel to Videogame/RetroCityRampage.

It was released on May 9, 2019, for Epic Games Store, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo 3DS.

* MegaCorp: Your goal, along with TakeOverTheCity.

* TakeThat: Toward modern MegaCorp business practices.

* AlternateUniverse: See Retro Universe below.