The Weaponographist (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Weaponographist

The Weaponographist is a speedrunning hack-n-slasher dipped in a bit of rogue sauce. Doug McGrave, demon hunter and all-around jerk, refused to help a poor village and now he's cursed to have every weapon fall…

63 29 April 2015

What The Weaponographist is

The Weaponographist is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Puuba and released in 2015. It was published by Mastertronic. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Lightweight Java Game Library.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Weaponographist is a speedrunning hack-n-slasher dipped in a bit of rogue sauce. Doug McGrave, demon hunter and all-around jerk, refused to help a poor village and now he's cursed to have every weapon fall apart in his hands. Never stop and never slow down, constantly picking up the weapons of fallen enemies and building combos as you race through the depths of the dungeons to break the curse.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The Weaponographist holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The Weaponographist launched on 29 April 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Mortal Kombat X, Kerbal Space Program and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Mortal Kombat X, Kerbal Space Program, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.

Official trailer