Near perfect introduction to tech and automation
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About reputation ranksI've put off making this review for awhile because I felt like I haven't put enough hours into the pack or gotten very far, but I feel like early game and first impressions are really important. I'll update this review whenever I get to the rest of the pack.
Coming from someone that has really struggled to enjoy tech mods and automation in modpacks, this pack felt different. I've always wanted to enjoy tech, I find it really cool! But for one reason or another I couldn't get very far in any tech pack or mod without getting frustrated at a lack of explanations or boredom.
This pack explains EVERYTHING but still let's you figure out puzzles on your own. The puzzle being how to most efficiently complete this automation task. At least in the early game, the quests give you all the information you could need, with a few exceptions. It's really easy to get into the groove and just keep going. Most other packs have some sort of roadblock or tedium, this pack doesn't have that so far.
Thats another thing, basically all tedium is GONE. No mobs, no day-night cycle, no annoying terrain, just focus on the fun! This might put off some people but I implore you to give it a try! Because of its heavy focus, it has a lot more effort put into the fun part of the gameplay loop. While there is a main progression (thankfully!), this pack lets you explore with a few different tech mods at the start, letting you tackle what you feel is most important.
Performance is very great, given it's a basically superflat world with no mobs. With some modern 1.12 performance mod changes and Cleanroom, you could probably get this pack to run on a 20 year old laptop. I can't say anything about late game performance however.
Aesthetics I gave 3 stars because not much effort was put into it as far as I can tell. No high-effort presentation and aesthetic polish that many modern packs have these days, basic vanilla main menu with a logo and screenshots. Only 2 texture changes as far as I see in the files. The custom item textures are nice however. I would've really loved a more polished presentation and consistency in aesthetics, but it really doesn't matter all that much considering the vanilla aesthetics fit the pack mostly well, but a unique presentation and aesthetic is important these days!
If you've struggled with tech in the past, want to try something different or don't want any tedium/differing focus of other tech packs, please give Feed The Factory a try!
