The Weaponographist

Puuba · Apr 29, 2015

Rating pending

About

You play as Doug McGrave, famous demon hunter for hire. Highest level, bestest gear, ruggedly handsome, and unrepentant jerk. For refusing to help a poor town plagued by demons, you are immediately, deservedly cursed. Your powers, your wealth, and your weapons – all gone. To overcome the curse, you’ll need to clear out the dungeon using whatever weapons you can find. Fighting your way through, you are forced to use the weapons and spells dropped by enemies, as they fall apart in your hands.

Fill up your combo meter by defeating evil, vanquish demons to regain your strength, and weaken the curse while you can. But beware. Whenever you aren’t attacking, your combo will quickly drain away, and the curse will continue to take its toll. Only by killing monsters quickly, adapting to new weapons, and slowly removing the curse in pieces can Doug make his way to the depths of the dungeon and get the heck out of this damned one-horse town.

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Critic 5.8 (7 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

Destructoid
Chris Carter · May 03, 2015
5.0
As a hypothetical free PlayStation Plus title, The Weaponographist would have some room to flourish as a mindless hack and slash game with a poorly implemented, but nonetheless existent, reward loop. But as it exists right now in its sole PC incarnation, there are many more titles worthy of your time -- including that 1000th run of Isaac you've been putting off.
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Hardcore Gamer
James Cunningham · May 03, 2015
7.0
While not exactly a top-tier shooter/RPG hybrid, The Weaponographist is still enjoyable. ...Even the story starts out strong, but in the end needs more writing and plot than the intro and end scene to provide a rough framework to hang the action from. The Weaponographist is wonderfully insane and had the potential for greatness, but the pieces that it’s lacking mean it’s simply a fun, straightforward speed-running twin-stick action/RPG-lite. Honestly, though? That’s not a bad thing to be.
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Game Revolution
Jeb Haught · Apr 30, 2015
5.0
But not all is bad with The Weaponographist. I enjoy the basic gameplay, and the Saturday-morning cartoon-style visuals and light humor add to the fun. However, the lack of variety and poor design decisions make it seem like I'm the one that's cursed whenever I play.
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GameSpot
Brett Todd · Apr 29, 2015
7.0
The action gets repetitive, however. ...Despite its reliance on a familiar formula and some repetition, The Weaponographist is a dumb, fun arcade romp due to its quick pace and interesting concepts governing weapon use and skills. This is one of those friendly games that just about anyone would enjoy picking up for short play sessions every now and again, especially those who like their dungeon crawlers tinged with a sense of humor and a retro flavor.
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Arcade Sushi
Danny Saya · Apr 29, 2015
7.0
The combination of twin-stick shooter gameplay and simplistic dungeon crawling is fun, but it’s nothing you haven’t seen before. While it attempts to set itself apart with its random weapon drops and combo meter, these ultimately fall flat. The game also lacks a strong sense of identity due to a weak narrative that feels like it’s only there to set up gameplay and nothing else. There are some intriguing elements at play, but there are more interesting and engaging rogue-likes out there already.
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Game Grin
Borja Vilar Martos · May 09, 2015
2.5
A good way to cook up a good headache and end up in anger management,The Weaponographist is repetitive, uninspired and incohesive. Based around the idea of grinding, you'll find yourself playing the same level over and over just to level up. And you won't enjoy it one bit.
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