Romeo is a Dead Man is a third-person action adventure game from Grasshopper Manufacture and Goichi Suda (aka Suda51).
Described as the studio’s “bloodiest action game yet”, Grasshopper says to expect “super bloody action, crazy twists and turns to blow players’ minds, and a whole mess of kinda-stereotypical gimmicks – all rolled into one wild ride”.
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