Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War

by Tommo

Product Features

• Action RPG/Simulation Hybrid - Gameplay is a mix of dungeon creation and monster slashing
• Fast, Blistering Action with RPG Elements - All battles occur in real time, allowing continuous action that won't slow down the game. Choose from a variety of attack types (over 450 different weapons to choose from), including melee, ranged and magical, all of which have a different effect. Choosing the right combination of attacks for the right situation can either spell victory or defeat
• Dungeon Design - Carve out a dungeon and delve deeper into the ground using simple, intuitive controls. Strategically layout and improve your dungeon to lure monsters and vanquish them to earn valuable assets, such as spells, gold and treasure. With over 90 different parts to choose from, the only limit to your creation is your imagination
• Items, Missions and More - With over 700 items, 90 quests, 150 different monsters, countless spells and recipes, Dungeon Maker 2 is full of content and replay-ability
• Dungeon Exchange - Trade your customized dungeon with friends and show off your dungeon creation skills. Explore each other's dungeons and see what kind of monsters and treasures they have defeated and obtained. Anything you find in their dungeon can be brought back and used in your dungeon, giving this feature limitless potential

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BJ68Y6
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,729 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #66 in Video Games > Sony PSP > Role-Playing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Seventy thousand years of peace has finally come to an end. The evil that lay dormant is now beginning to stir. Will a hero emerge once more to shed light upon the shadow? Ferocious beasts and monsters have invaded your lands. Delve deep underground and create a grand dungeon to lure the evil and vanquish it forever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Enough Upgraded, June 25, 2009

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Judah (New York) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War (Video Game)

It's Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground with a new coat of varnish. If the story was deeper, I wouldn't mind. If they had a bunch of cool, newer features I wouldn't mind (not there). If they made it faster and easier to build the dungeon, I wouldn't mind (still slow going).

Basically, rather than refine the first game, the manufacturer resold the first game, only slightly tweaked. Combat is a little different, and it is slightly harder to get the 'next level' on your dungeon (more score-based). Otherwise, same game. I guess you get to play as a female later on, if desired, but that's hardly a selling point for me.

Normally, I'd be the first to keep what worked, but I learned the extreme tedium of the menu and combat system when I played through the first one. I wanted a faster gaming experience with a larger different world, and instead got a slower gaming experience in larger similar world. I wanted better background music.

If you played through the first Dungeon Maker, the second doesn't have much innovation, and may bore the more serious gamer.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun! Good balance of difficulty for young players., January 1, 2009

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Bryan J. Kolar (Mustang, OK) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War (Video Game)

My 8-year-old son got this for Christmas and we started playing it together. At first we were thinking it was pretty simple and might turn out to be boring and monotonous. As we progressed we found out that this game has a lot to offer, it just takes a little while to uncover some of the secrets.

The most fun and unique thing about this game is the ability to plan out a dungeon in such a way that a monster will want to live in it, which is the point of the game. We discovered that there actually is a method to this if you want to maximize your monster, and thereby treasure, intake. The monsters start out pretty easy to kill, but they progressively get more difficult. As you go you get more advanced rooms to place in your dungeon. The hardest thing for me was figuring out how to place the massive boss rooms (I didn't realize they were so large). It's also not clear how deep your dungeon has to go before the boss will appear.

There are a lot of extras in this game too, including cool spells, a trainable sidekick, and a lot of profitable quests. This is a good game for young and old players. It has enough RPG to keep me interested and enough action to hold my son's interest.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Core = Fun ------ Craftsmanship = Subpar, April 4, 2009

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Paul Zimmer - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War (Video Game)

The core game of Dungeon Maker 2 is entertaining enough for those who enjoy building a dungeon layout, killing the random inhabitance that populate it, taking the money from these killing sprees and making the dungeon bigger and better.

Surround thing core are terrible animations, uninspired models and characters, boring or annoying dialog, unbalanced and uninspired game-play, & many other little annoyances that help the game grate the nerves a bit.

For me, however, the pro's outweighed the cons.