Romeo Is a Dead Man is a high-octane hack-and-slash video game by SUDA51, who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in the industry by fans and critics alike. It’s a different take on the genre with unconventional ideas that never feel repetitive; fight for Space-Time peace as you solve a mystery of your missing lover. For more information, check out its official Steam page and website.
Despite how unforgiving the game is, many mechanics and tips are not explained clearly and must be discovered by the player. Here are the best Romeo Is a Dead Man beginner tips, including how to secure your victory in every battle flawlessly.
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Don’t Use Lock-On Against Mini-Bosses
The majority of mini-boss fights in Romeo Is a Dead Man include additional zombies to protect them. Utilizing the Lock-On feature during these fights can bring a huge disadvantage due to the number of enemies in a single arena.
While fighting, the swarm of zombies will approach you. If you fixate on the mini-boss, the zombies will immediately surround and kill you before you realize what happened.
Ultimately, not using Lock-On provides better situational awareness and seamless camera movement, which play an important role in dodging incoming enemies while still putting pressure on the boss.
Note: The Lock-On Feature Can Be Used By Pressing T on Keyboard and R3/RS on controllers.
Expanding Bloody Summer
Bloody Summer is a special attack that can be utilized to inflict heavy damage to a horde of zombies. It’s a powerful asset that helps you get past enemies. Still, most of its advanced and useful mechanics are explained poorly, which might make you overlook its maximum potential in combat.
This special attack is far more versatile than it initially appears. You can use it mid-air to perform slam attacks and during dashes to execute long-range attacks.
Bloody Summer can be seamlessly used with all your ranged weapons and deliver either massive area-of-effect or laser damage to a clutter of enemies, giving you a variety of options to deal with enemies depending on the situation you’re in.
Lastly, you can unleash a powerful combo on either a boss or a horde of enemies by releasing all the available Bloody Summer charges all at once. Use the DeadGear CannonBall through the Space-Time Pharmacy to upgrade the charges (three maximum).
Play Styles Have Consequences
The downside of using heavy weapons in Romeo Is a Dead Man is that their weight heavily impacts your movement, and you will be unable to keep your momentum stable during these attacks, which is a key element to victory in the game.
While the weapon-gameplay balance varies across play styles, it ultimately depends on the player which style they choose. Heavy and blunt? Major consequences in boss fights. Light and nimble? Minor consequences, but it requires a ton of patience while defeating bosses with massive HP points.
Mixing every ranged and normal weapon during your battles is the right choice. If a horde of rotters swarms you, use the heavy weapons and clear them out immediately with the Bloody Summer attacks. For min-bosses, light weapons like the Juggernaut work perfectly.
Bastards Are Mandatory
This is the tip I would give you repeatedly. Bastards are powerful summons with a variety of abilities that you can use to take control of the battle. Talk to Luna in Last Night’s Garden and give her the seeds that can be discovered after killing zombies, to cultivate them in ten minutes. Additionally, donating 1000 Emerald Flowsions to one of the plots in the Garden can immediately cultivate a Bastard.
Before you can use them, head to the inventory and equip them in an available slot. This allows the Bastards to be spawned seamlessly into fights.
Fighting a horde of zombies alongside a boss can be painfully difficult if not planned well. This is where these Bastards come into play to assist you with their absurd yet powerful abilities.
Surrounded by zombies -> Use the Suicidal Bastard. Stuck on a Mini Boss -> Use the Freeze Bastard to halt its movements.
It all ultimately depends on the situation you are in. Still, sleeping on Bastards is one of the biggest mistakes you can make in Romeo Is a Dead Man.
Have a Healthy Relationship With DeadBall Enhancer
As Romeo progresses through the story, he faces new, dreadful threats in every chapter. And, this is why you should use the DeadBall Enhancer regularly to upgrade your weapons and stay ahead of the difficulty curve.
The base weapons give stronger output in the beginning, but fall off in the latter parts of the game due to their low damage against powerful enemies, especially bosses.
DeadBall Enhancer can be found at Last Night’s training room, which uses Sentreys as a currency to empower your weapons.
However, the amount is extremely limited since there are only two ways to find them: Gather Space Debris from space expeditions and convert it to Sentreys through the Sentrey Forge in the Training Room, and explore all the areas thoroughly.
Katsu Curry Saves The Day
Who doesn’t love Curry with a whole lot of spices? Romeo likes to eat Katsu Curry made by Marianne, his mother, who resides in Last Night with the rest of the crew.
While exploring the areas, you might stumble upon cooking ingredients, which may seem useless if inspected alone. In Last Night, give everything to Marianne and watch her cook literally.
Katsu Curry, in Romeo Is a Dead Man, provides buffs depending on their rarity. These buffs depend on the Curry’s rarity; the rank is directly proportional to the buff’s efficiency. Cook the Curry at its targeted temperature for best results.
You can cook ten types of Katsu Curry, which all depend on the items you carry.
Use DeadGear CannonBall Regularly
Never be in doubt to use your Emerald Flowsions. Besides using them to unlock all weapons for Romeo, they can be used on the DeadGear CannonBall machine in the Training Room.
DeadGear CannonBall puts you in a Pac-Man-esque minigame where you control a small ship to collect upgrades. It includes crucial upgrades like maximum health, base ranged and normal weapon damage, reload speed—basically everything that gives you an edge in late-game battles.
Unlock All Weapons Early
Unlike other Hack-and-Slash games, you can immediately unlock all the available weapons in Romeo Is a Dead Man. And it is a profitable investment if done early in the game. Doing so provides an edge as you master a weapon of your choice and understand how it works.
Considering how rare Sentreys are in the game, it is better to check out all the weapons first and then work on one of them to upgrade it to the max level. And by the latter chapters, that single weapon will be a heavy opposing force for the enemies; all death within a span of a few seconds.
This concludes our guide for the 8 best beginner tips for Romeo Is a Dead Man.
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