Specs: 32GB DDR5 RAM (8GB allocated), Intel Ultra 7 155h, Nvidia RTX 4070 Laptop GPU

I really, really, REALLY did not want to leave this rating. The pack is fun. It's a good take on Stardew Valley, and I would have loved to actually play through it. It's just too f!$%ing laggy.

I really hope you enjoy constant, unending frame drops every few seconds, because that's what you'll be getting. And it's not just going to the 50s or 40s and then popping right back up, either. Naw. This pack will drop you to ZERO FPS for several seconds before finally catching back up. Completely unplayable, entirely unacceptable.

The art is really good! The builds look nice, the npcs are really cool, and if their dialogue was cleaned up a bit (grammar and sentence structure), they'd be even better. I just cannot play this pack with how poorly it performs. It is genuinely the worst performing pack I have ever played. It's just awful.

If you have a beefy computer, then you'll probably have better luck than I. If you have anything less than the top of the line in your machine, you should really just play Stardew Valley.

what can I say that hasn't been said? this is made with love, it is so meticulously put together with every detail being fine tuned. I recommend the cobble version if you aren't entirely opposed, but this one is fantastic.

Good modpack, I found it suitable to play in a mixed group of people completely new to minecraft and seasoned gtnh players who enjoy overoptimisation. There's some depth to the progression and many speedrun strats while new players can chill and touch minisheeps, fish and build beautiful farms. Good luck to author with sunlit 2.0. definetely would check it out

This pack is crafted with a lot of love. You can see it in the art and the sheer amount of integration there is between all the elements. I love how you aren't guided down a single path, but you are free to explore what interests you. For example, if you're not into slime ranching, there are alternative ways of getting the materials they would give you. This theme continues for all the elements. There is also SO much to do. I've sunk in about 40 hours and I'm still not at the end game. You can definitely speedrun to the end but you are free to take your time and enjoy everything.

I have a very old PC and it performs surprisingly well for a pack with over 300 mods. I get some initial FPS drops when I first load in but the game is rather smooth. I go without shaders, otherwise the FPS drops are constant.

For those wanting a Stardew-Minecraft mix that's more about farming, cooking and building, perfect! All the mods are, from what I saw, integrated together perfectly leaving all materials working together in any recipe you make. Building is easy as well, Templates for those who don't like to build (or aren't the best) and tools to help those who do love building themselves. The later dungeon is fun, rewarding and not too hard. a great blend. The only "Complaint" I really have is the lack of reason for villagers. There's only a few and while they are adding more, past their shop they are a bit useless, but cute. Hopefully if they decide to update them, hopefully they add more reason to have them around.

I love packs that let me buy and sell items, so this pack is perfect for me as that's the core gameplay loop. One of the few packs I've enjoyed playing on public servers. There is so much charm and effort put into every aspect of the pack.

The only reason I can't give it 5s across the board is the performance issues on servers.

Overview

This is a somewhat early review as I've only put a few hours into the pack, However I've honestly been having such a good time with the pack I thought I'd put my thoughts out there.

From the start this pack feel closer to the Stardew Valley experience than any other pack I've played in the past, The custom mods that have been created for it to introduce the Sprinklers, Daily Growth, Fertilisers and various other interesting features do an amazing job of adding to the overall immersion of the pack. The selling bin and currency systems work well however I found that running around the world gathering items seemed to provide a better way to make money than actually staying at home and growing crops.

The custom NPC system for the pack is amazingly well done and feels completely different to any other system I've seen in the past, Big points for this.

The use of Journeymap and Feed the beast Quests did feel slightly out of place in the pack compared to the cosy theme of the rest of the pack, There did also seem to be a number of FTB Quests that were redundant and severed little purpose. However the FTB quests that were done well were done REALLY well, The bundle system works in the same way requiring players to gather items to complete them and in turn being rewarded for doing so, This felt really good and gave me something meaningful to work towards.

There were a number of items I came across that had errors in the tooltips or duplicated text displaying which broke immersion slightly. These are however all small issues, I'm yet to encounter any problems I could consider game breaking or worthy of stopping the pack for!

While most definitely not a kitchen sink pack by any means it does at times feel like there is a little more than is needed, 74 pages in emi, a large portion of which could be removed or hidden in that menu to reduce the overwhelming feeling you get when looking through.

Will update this review as time goes on and I experience more of the pack, While this review may seem to contain a lot of negative feedback this remains one of the best feeling modpacks I've played and would recommend it to anyone looking for that Stardew Valley experience!

Reviewer's PC Specs:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900 @ 3.70GHz - RAM: 32 GB
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - VRAM: 16 GB

I've been trained to read descriptions of mods and modpacks with a grain of salt when it comes to claims of being inspired by or based on other games and media, as I'd come to understand that in most cases this inspiration was very loose and/or weak. But when Sunlit Valley says "A Stardew Valley experience!" it means it. A currency system, important things being ticked by days, selling crops, making mayonnaise, animal affection, and the Skull Cavern?? It's wondrous how many things have been translated from Stardew into Minecraft. Everything is implemented with great care and intention, with an eye on keeping progression (which is based primarily on your money-making potential) balanced and well-paced. My favorite pack I've played.

I have played this, as well as the cobblemon version, more than I have ever played any modpack in my entire life, and I play a lot of them. The progression is paced well, the gameplay feels fresh and unique, and you can really tell that Chakyl and co. really put their heart into this pack. Things like crops and machines progressing daily instead of on random ticks makes it really exciting to set things up and see the fruits of your labor in the morning.

My number one complaint in most farming-related packs is that, other than buffs, there isn't that much of a reason to branch out and cook/grow/produce a large variety of things. Sunlit Valley has a wide variety of foods, beverages, sweets, and crops that all feel worth it for the sake of diversifying your income and truly exploiting all the things that the earth can provide :-) I haven't been able to scratch the itch of wanting my variety of cute little cakes to actually matter with any other modpack.

If anyone asked me to recommend a single minecraft modpack, this would be my choice!

the best capitalism simulator ever created. I love Stardew Valley and the developer did a great job bringing the mechanics to minecraft and making it feel unique