Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

PREFACE: This is specifically for the 1.12 version of the mod! Later versions completely rewrote the mod and it might as well be considered an entirely different mod in newer versions.

So, on 1.12 this mod is something you shouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole. While some of the biomes look nice, the compatibility of the mod is terrible. And compared to other biome mods available on this version, it doesn't really add anything substantial besides biomes with very dramatic terrain heights (which are a pain to traverse). The worst offense of the 1.12 version, though, is that it's MCreator. Compatibility with other worldgen mods is terrible, and as with all MCreator mods, it's buggy as all hell. 0/10 wouldn't recommend if not using the rewrite.

This is honestly the best dragon mod currently available for MC (Wyrmroost is a close second, but it doesn't really add proper dragon bosses in the way you'd expect from an epic fantasy). The models are great, and the combat is interesting (dragons have multiple attack movesets). Past mods have attempted and failed to add proper dragons to the game. But I&F? It's honestly scary meeting one when you're low level. I&F isn't the most stable mod, especially on older versions, but it's not bad enough to be game breaking. Just a little laggy.
Just remember to reduce dragon detection range or significantly reduce dragon den spawn rates, because those mother effers will tunnel to the surface and cross heaven and hell to chase your but down and roast it alive.

This mod is like the holy grail of patches for 1.12 devs. The amount of tweaks and bugfixes are insane. My only gripe is that most of them are enabled by default, and some can break other mods or cause weird bugs, so the initial setup time of going through and disabling stuff is a little tedious. But that's a minor issue. The dev is also pretty responsive to small feature requests, and has added several that I and other devs have asked for that helped to create some pretty critical game mechanics in their respective modpacks.

I may be biased due to familiarity, but FTB Quests is hands down my favorite quest mod. Easy controls, great UI, lots of customization options, and tons of features (especially considering kubejs integration) make developing with FTBQ a treat. By default, FTBQ is a streamlined questing system with intuitive visuals, but FTBQ can also be a shop, a bounty board, a virtual portal room, an ore processing diagram, a cross-dimensional telecommunication matrix, or even all five at the same time!
As for downsides, all of those examples will necessarily have an FTB Quests look to them. While you can use a resource pack to replace the (admittedly barebones) default textures and add your own images if you so choose, there are still only a few quest shapes and the UI elements will remain the same. There also aren't any per-player "themes" as some other questing mods have - the textures, colors, and quest shapes will always be the same per pack.
To me, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. (even though it looks like I wrote about the same amount for each... oops) While I'm all for competition, I have yet to see a quest mod that I prefer to FTBQ.
(I might edit this and put some of my favorite implementations; if you want to see them remind me lol)

The Enigmatica series have always been some of my favorite kitchen sinks, but Enigmatica 9 Expert really surprised me from the start and is, from my short playtime so far, a very tightly crafted and unique challenge.

While I'm not usually into expert packs, I'm a sucker for any pack that starts you off in a dimension that's not the overworld.
More on that:
The pack has you start in the Twilight Forest, and this is the first time I've experienced Twilight Forest without god-like abilities, much less with progression mode turned off. I now have a newfound appreciation for this, let's be honest, somewhat overused staple and I think getting you to look at old content in new ways is what expert packs are meant to do at their best.

[My reviews are based on a mixture of subjective preference and objective game design criteria]

Design ratings:

-Originality: 0/10
-Aesthetics: 7/10
-Thematic Consistency: 5/10
-Custom Content: 0/10
-Grind: Low

Found this pack during a search for ocean themed modpacks. From the page description, I was expecting an ocean world with subnautica themed content. The pack even has the MTS subnautica vehicles addon, so I was optimistic. Turns out, the pack is a generic kitchen sink with no custom content whatsoever, and the only subnautica or even ocean related thing is that MTS addon. To top it off, the dev openly violates Copyright by using a resourcepack which rips subnautica's music and audio files, as well as even stating on their pack page that the images used in the project aren't his (with the usual "ask me to remove it" fine print). "Disappointed" would be an understatement.

[My reviews are based on a mixture of subjective preference and objective game design criteria]

Design ratings:
-Originality: 6/10
-Aesthetics: N/A
-Thematic Consistency: 8/10
-Custom Content: 5/10
-Grind: Low

I tried this out while on my search for an ocean based modpack. The hint of a story intrigued me. There is no story, however, beyond a couple questbook notes. I also didn't find any structures in the ocean, though I admittedly didn't look very far.
I played for a couple hours but ultimately decided to drop the pack. I checked better questing in edit mode, and the questbook is essentially a collection of "craft this" quests. There are also very few recipe edits (a single script with half a dozen lines that integrate some magic mod items into the tech recipes).
The setting is somewhat interesting, with the entire world being under water, and the player starting in a custom structure. But the pack doesn't really seem to go anywhere with further custom content beyond that. It might be fun for players looking for a light pack who are new to custom starts and unfamiliar with the mods used, but I otherwise can't recommend it.

Hey! Like adventure? Playing with machines that shock you because OSHA doesn't exist in minecraft? Enjoy all the sorts of magic ranging from inter-dimensional, natural magics, cult-like? Got some friends that you may or may not enjoy bullying with the most random piece of wingdings in a book somewhere? Solo and want to do it all? This modpack has it all, something for everyone, detailed and many details that are both fun to discover or great to observe from a distance, be lazy, power-play, build up a tower with stuff from multiple mods and watch it all mesh together or simply be a farmhand taking care of your animals in a quiet place, the choice is yours, the fun will remain!

Macht sehr viel spaß die Welt zu erkunden und sich eine Base zu bauen aber es fehlen noch Content Updates !

Maravilhoso, ótima jogabilidade, a dificuldade está em um ponto perfeito além da progressão também estar muito boa, o único ponto negativo que na vdd nem chega a ser um ponto negativo, é que pra fazer tocha agora precisa de lã kkkk.

Mas sem sombra de duvidas, um modpack fenomenal.