Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

An advanced Radial Menu mod

Gameplay

• Actions: trigger keybind, open screen, open submenu, send command
• easy to operate & manage ingame

Performance

• runs smoothly

Aesthetics

• vanilla like textures (besides round radial menu)

The only thing that isn't perfect is the item selection.
This currently only works for keybinds ( keyboard 1 , etc).
So you are forced to have the correct item on the 1 for example.

Besides quick item selection via the mouse, i don't see a good use case on my playthroughs.

Gameplay

• Volcanic (rich source of basalt)
• Forest (rich source of moss)
• Dripstone (rich source of dripstone) ~ who would have guessed?

Performance

• runs smoothly on its own
• could reduce loading speed a bit when combined with some terrain mods

Aesthetics

• give a lot of variety to this plain vanilla ocean

I hope that this mod gets expanded or build upon

One of the packs that actually hooked me for more than a week. I haven't "finished" it but I got close enough where I could just put in 2 days of work to finish it after playing it for a month or 2. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a wide variety of tech mods with great compatibility between them and a pack with an actual overarching goal.

Also it is refreshing to be able to play a non expert tech mod pack that actually feels rewarding to complete.

Also it runs well enough for 400+ mod pack.

This small mod could bring some magic to your world.

Gameplay

• quite easy to get (oxidized copper block + echo shard)
• malachite cluster (like amethyst)
• beautiful block palette
• 2 legendary weapons (+ way more)

Performance

• runs smoothly
• sometimes the animation is delayed

Aesthetics

• visually stunning animations
• still vanilla friendly

This one is so similar to BuildCraft that it is BuildCraft ^^

Gameplay

• Item Pipes
• Quarry
• Engines
• Signals

Performance

• runs ok isch

Aesthetics

• outdated textures (like buildcraft)
• quarry just spawns

I hope this mod gets a texture and aesthetic update later on.
This mod constantly updates and introduces new / old features, which is awesome.

They recently added energy consumption for pipes which i will definitely look into.

Gameplay

• Adds 5 new clay variants (which spawn in different biomes)
• Bricks & Block variants
• Or craft pottery & apply dyes / trims

Performance

• runs smoothly

Aesthetics

• beautiful models for pottery
• dyeable multiple times & trimable

Perfect for friends who want to spice up their interactions between each other.

Gameplay

• various fun pvp items

Performance

• runs smoothly

Aesthetics

• vanilla friendly
• effects and sounds which match to their item & usage

This mod brings in 2 whole new counterparts to the breeze.

Gameplay

• Perfect vanilla friendly integration for both bore's & brine's
• The Brine's are hard to kill cause of their speed (use the whip)

Performance

• runs smoothly

Aesthetics

• both visual and audio fit nicely
• vanilla like

This mod is quite different.
It lets you convert planted saplings into living ones.

Gameplay

• Living Trees are not spawning normally.
• Plant spruce sapling -> throw amethyst shard onto it -> it converts

Performance

• Gets laggier the more trees you have in one spot
• only vanilla blocks used (compat friendly)

Aesthetics

• Beautifully designed spruce trees with variety
• Good use of vanilla blocks

Straightforward -> upgraded furnaces with multipliers, so you can produce more in less time and less space.

Gameplay

• 4 chest stages (max 11 rows)
• 4 furnace stages (max 8 times faster)
• various gui buttons (sorting, filter, search, stack, transfer)

Performance

• better than vanilla chests

Aesthetics

• oldschool vibes
• not vanilla like (also different chest texture)