It seems to me that Shakedown Hawaii is a whimsical isomorphic 16-bit GTA style game that doesn't take itself seriously and it is glorious. Shakedown: Hawaii takes the essence of classic top-down GTA and arcade shooters and infuses it with a wry comic sensibility that hits its mark with the same degree of accuracy as its arcade-precise weapons. I mean, only if you want… In 2013 a somewhat popular game called Grand Theft Auto V released – you may have heard of it. Another rampage. Noah Graham May 7, 2019. Its spiritual sucessor, Shakedown Hawaii bumps the bits up to 16, and with double the bits, comes double the fun (feel free to use that in the promotional materials, guys). Shakedown Hawaii for PC game reviews & Metacritic score: Vblank's open world action heads to the tropics, in Shakedown: Hawaii. We're in a resplendent era of one-person studios and I couldn't be … Review: Shakedown: Hawaii. It’s a must play, and this is our review. Shakedown Hawaii is a whimsical isomorphic 16-bit GTA style game that doesn't take itself seriously and it is glorious. It went on to make a fair few quid, totalling more than 11 million copies sold, and that was only the latest in a long-running, genre-defining, cultural phenomenon of a series. It seems to me that most of the people who reviewed this game poorly never manged to play it correctly in the first place. In short, Shakedown Hawaii is a fantastic top-down open world adventure with tons of content and quite arguably more tongue in cheek humor than the Rockstar inspiration. 2019-05-11 13:00:00 by Chris Carter. Give me all your money! You primarily step into the flip-flops of the CEO, but you also take to Hawaii’s streets as his idiotic son (and wannabe DJ) Scooter and business associate Al. 0. Shakedown: Hawaii Review.