slime party for-fucking-ever. the massive amount of slime variations is one of the primary reasons i love the DQM series
i think DQM2 is probably the best in terms of coherency of world and general vibes. I like the lonely, strange vibes of the first with its randomly generated dungeons and We All Live In A Big Tree locale, but DQM2 definitely feels the most like a traditional DQ game. I’d love to give the remake a shot sometime, though the remake of the first missed the mark by a lot lot lot. Still, the second definitely lends itself better to modern game design.
The fact that I remember almost nothing about the Joker games tells me that they probably weren’t very good.
if anyone wants to read more of my words on the first one, this post and the one right after are about a retranslation patch for the first game, and why i think the remake sucks. and my thoughts on the first few hours of caravan heart are on my blog - I didn’t play much after that, and for a good reason (it’s bizarre and not very good)