Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

As many other reviewers have said, this pack is an outstanding example of what integrating mods means. Almost no mod hasn't been configured to fit within the structure of the pack. I remember playing this pack and being amazed at how fluid the progression feels at the start. This pack was one of the most important packs of its time and showed what was possible through mods such as game stages.

Unfortunately, this pack does suffer from some execution issues, with later ages feeling a bit like a slog and some changes, although cool, ending up more as a time waste than an interesting mechanic. While it can get frustrating sometimes, this pack is far better than anything similar to it that came before it, and it is still one of the best examples of stages in a pack ever made.

I did end up dropping this pack after progressing quite far because I just couldn't find the motivation to keep going, but the start of the pack was still an incredibly enjoyable experience and I find myself playing it sometimes to get more ideas about what I could do in my own packs. if you're a pack maker, I would definitely advise playing this to see what is possible.

I would advise everyone to try this pack, some of its mechanics hold up incredibly well even with it being over 8 years old as of this review!

This mod is present in so many packs, and for good reason. The utility it offers is immense through magnet rings, ender rings and mending mixtures. This magic mod has a lot QOL with an arcane coat of paint and it does it very well.

This mod can be a bit overpowered at times due to how easy it is to get your hands on a lot of the items it introduces, however this can be easily balanced by pack creators and I don't think this is too much of a detriment to the mod.

If you're making a pack that this thematically fits in, I would advise adding it, the QOL is incredibly useful and it's just an all around well-made mod.

The fact this mod is even possible on clientside is incredibly poignant and shows how poorly all these 'player safety' mechanisms have even been introduced.

These chat restrictions should not be a thing on private servers and this mod fixes this. I would advise everyone uses this mod rather than handing Microsoft any more of their personal data if they can help it.

This mod does what it says on the tin and I wish there was a way for me to guarantee this was automatically installed any time I play modern Minecraft. The fact the option to easily disable telemetry without a mod isn't in the base game is ridiculous.

Install this mod.

When I'm on servers I never play without this mod. This mod prevents your chat messages from being reportable by possible but also warns you when the server doesn't support this. It is incredibly useful because of how possible it is (especially on modded) for your messages to be tampered with and for you to be falsely reported.

There's no reason to play without this mod, simple and useful.

This mod is a godsend for server owners, when new players join modded worlds they are often placed into a desolate spawn, ransacked 5k blocks in every direction. This mod does a good amount of work to fix that.

The fact this mod supports different types of storage such as chests and barrels and in a lot of cases successfully automatically detects when it needs to replace the loot blocks in structures meaning it can often work without any configs. Although in the few times it hasn't worked automatically it can be a giant pain to get working...

This mod makes me wonder whether something similar for valuable blocks in structures would be possible, though that'd be much harder to implement.

If you ever play modded adventure servers, use this.

This map mod is absolutely unbeatable for immersion and aesthetics, it is so pleasing to look at while still conveying all the information you really need from a map mod. This mod also has full support for texture packs if you want to add a splash of colour and the ability to add new textures for custom biomes.

Unfortunately this doesn't come with a minimap by default, although there are addons available to add this functionality. Sharing way points can also be a pain but this isn't a deal breaker.

I would recommend this mod for anyone who values immersion or finds the typical map mods too overpowered.

This mod is essential when playing with large mods with many controls. Being able to easily search for controls is amazing, and being able to see all the things bound to the same key is also incredibly useful.

This mod is just an all around useful clientside utility and I routinely find myself adding it to packs I want to play so I can more easily configure my keybinds at the start of the pack!

There's no reason to not include this mod in any pack.

Terrible mod. Tons of broken features and obviously AI. Lots of parts of the mod just do not function well at all

This mod is an adequate storage tech mod, and for the vast majority of players it will just play like AE2. My issue with this mod is it offers nothing new over mods like AE2 and the lack of some of AE2's more complex features like subnets can really hold it back for certain use cases.

For people who don't understand AE2's channels and don't want to edit the configs, this mod does work. But I find AE2 without channels plays better and performs better than this mod anyway.

I've only ever had this mod cause one major issue, but that issue was the wiping of everyone's storages randomly halfway through an expert pack. Luckily, I had setup backups on the server but if that hadn't been the case it would've been catastrophic. Performance is normally okay, but can get laggy with big systems.

This mod is good, but I've been spoiled by AE2. Its good enough in packs that don't have AE2 but I'd always use this as second choice.