Thunderbolt Games: "It must get awfully tiring being a dungeon maker. Every day you wake up and set out into your dungeon to battle monsters and build rooms. After a hard day's work it must feel worthwhile knowing you've got boiled vegetables waiting for you before you hit the hay and wait for the next day for more monster fun and frolics. This is essentially the whole basis to which Dungeon Maker stands. It's an addictive lark at times, but unfortunately the dungeon making novelty rubs off extremely quickly, and it does little to hold your interest for as long as the game's conclusion."
An ambitious but novice dungeon maker arrives in a small town known to suffer periodic attacks from violent monsters. He buys a vast plot of land at the outskirts of the town to create a grand dungeon in hopes of luring in various enemy monsters which to hunt to collect gold and items. He envisions his complete dungeon to be one so appealing as to lure the legendary Wandering Demon. Defeating this menacing monster would free the townspeople from the fear he casts upon them, while winning acclaim as a true dungeon maker for the "Architect."
Dungeon Maker is a nice little game package which will suit younger gamers - ideally those who haven't had too much experience of other role playing, turn based battle games with constant monster battling and grinding. It will no doubt be good training, and stand them in good stead for the future with its 30+ hours of gameplay.
Although being the idea of being a dungeon master is oddly appealing at first, it doesn't take long for tedium to settle in. Rising Star would have been better off bringing the Rune Factory games over here instead.
