ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN

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Romeo is a Dead Man Romeo is a Jank Man Romeo is a Hype Man Romeo is a Gorgeous Man Romeo is a Difficult Man Romeo is a Cheese Man Romeo is a Peak Man Romeo is an Unfocused Man Romeo is a Flawed Man Romeo is a Good Man Kill the Past

Admittedly this game isn't for everybody. It's the same feeling I get when I play a Kojima games. "This is GENIUS...buuuut I probably won't recommend this to friends", I find myself saying quite often. Enter Suda51 and his bat-chit crazy games. I love them. They're easily some of my favorites. But I can remain objective enough to know that not a lot of people will be able to get thorough or see through the "jank". While I may not have any friends that would play this game, I'm writing this review for the person that this game would speak to. Did the trailer grab you at all? Did it seem interesting and you kinda wanna try it? I'd say it's a safe bet then that you'll enjoy it. There is a lot to love if you're a fellow weirdo that enjoys less than perfect gameplay. This is an A or maybe AA game. You can tell it doesn't have the best graphics, the deepest gameplay and it's not terribly long. But what you'll stay for is to experience a genuine work of art. Suda51 does a good job of making the weird feel like it belongs and wasn't put in JUST for the sake of being weird. The combat, while not Devil May Cry levels of action, is actually deeper than what you may initially have expected after messing around with the weapons. The combos and gun play is all par for the course, but each weapon has it's own weight and feel along with great looking attack animations and that's just as true for the guns. Between that and being able to call support from your bastards (actual name) there is enough flavor to keep things fun and interesting. I walk into a room, 2 dozen zombies start running my way, along with a fatty-boom-batty, and some bats. I pop my Tornado Bastard, whom ive recently leveled up to insane levels. The whole group is caught up in my whirlwind taking massive damage while being flung around like rag-dolls. I turn around and whip out my Shotgun and blast the bats in the face, then switch to my rocket launcher and take out Fat boy, then activate my Turret bastard to mop up, and then when it's all said and done, I pop a healing bastard when the fight is over. All your weapons are viable, it's all about what YOU feel comfortable with. I could have kept the Shotgun in hand, and blasted at the Fat Boys weak spots, but I decided a rocket launcher to the face was more fun, and quicker. The story is honestly interesting enough to keep you engaged the whole way through and I have genuinely enjoyed beating a level and getting to my ship and enjoying all the different ways to power up my character. The game does nothing for you, in a good way. You don't level up on your own, you play a mini-game and earn your power up. Same thing with upgrading bastards, nothing is done off-screen. You plant them, you merge them, you un-earth them if you want to upgrade them. There's a lesson in there somewhere. To conclude, if you have enjoyed Suda51's past work, then you'll feel right at home. If you're used to playing AAA games or F2P games, this may seem too odd and janky for you. There's at least a 2 hour window you can use to decide if you wanna keep with it or not. I am personally having an absolute blast with it and I find myself thinking about it often, even when not playing. It's why I love Suda51 games, they stick with you. So whip out that CC and grab yourself this game and see why god made plastic.