i bought this yesterday on tim rogers' recommendation. yes, fucking tim rogers. someone assface on qt3 linked to the heather campbell review of twilight shitcess and i "accidentally" clicked on the front page link, where i caught a glimpse of that snarky babbling fuck's review of dungeon maker. unforunately, he made it sound pretty awesome -- i think he actually said "...like diablo..." at some point in the review -- and so i bought it because if it's like diablo, i buy it as a rule.
anyway, it's by the dudes who made exit, and it is vastly superior to any ds game not titled etrian odyssey. basically, every game day, you, as the hero, go into an abandoned dungeon and expand it, butchering and looting any monsters therein, DIABLO STYLE. you add corridors and rooms and try to create layouts that will attract monsters with better loot or quest monsters or bosses. there are very few load times, it moves really fast, it looks really polished, and it has the addictive "JUST ONE MORE DAY I GOTTA SEE IF MY NEW FOUNTAIN ROOM ATTRACTED A GOOD MONSTER OR GOT SOME PHAT LEWT" quality.
BUY BUY BUY. if you do not buy it you are a papangus; no, you are worse, you are a FUCK MORAN. BUY. sell your ds to buy it. if you buy it, i will be your friend and i will let you touch my dick. BUY.