Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

The first of the ten mods that every pack on 1.12 should install, no questions asked.

A truly staggering number of fixes with a robust configuration system.

Nothing more or less than a complete redesign of terrain generation to be a series of sky islands rather than the traditional Minecraft experience.

Like the original pack, it suffers from Fetch Quest Syndrome, has critically poor modded dimension integration, and the last chapter isn’t worth it; however, the new terrain challenges add an additional layer of complexity that make it a fun experience nonetheless.

I like making skins so I have mainly been using this mod test them out in game, but I also like having a quick way to change skins in game without changing my actual skin. It's pretty straight forward and easy to use. There's capes too, which is nice and you can even upload your own.

Firstly, it's worth noting that I did quit playing this modpack around the second chapter as I was playing with a friend and we found something more interesting to do.

To those coming from modern Create (around 1.20), the modpack can be pretty different, as it's on 1.16 and features a more unpolished version of the mod. Bear in mind it hasn't been updated since 2021, so it's not going to recieve any updates. Overall though the modpack seems pretty decent, I love the integration of different mods (Kelp-based items from Architect's Palette are used to make Andesite Alloy), and although some of these recipes do depart from base Create, it's probably to be expected in an expert pack and is a welcome experience. There's also some random systems like a barrel you need to place down and open, with there being a chance for treasure or just another of the same barrel, which seem pretty fun.

The quest book is really helpful and informative, and the farms involved in progression are pretty satisfying to make if you're into automation.

I did encounter some weird chunk generation issues around spawn, but they weren't super annoying to traverse.

This modpack was my first experience with TConstruct, which was really fun to play around with.

Alongside a lot of tech mods integrated into Create, the modpack has a few random mods such as Buddycards, Darker Depths, Occultism, and Forbidden & Arcanus, and while some of these are quirky little mods to add to the game experience, the larger magic mods particularly feel unintegrated into the modpack experience, like they were added only because they add one specific item.

The textures of some of the original Create items and the Storage Drawers mod are a bit ugly in my opinion, and could benefit from resourcepacks, but they do also have a certain charm.

I'd overall recommend the modpack to fans of the earlier Create mod (from 1.16), who prefer automation-based packs. As an "expert" pack, it didn't seem to have a particularly steep learning curve either.

The modpack also has a remaster named CABIN, which may be worth checking out, as well as a few other similar modpacks such as Arcane Engineering and Advanced Industries.

This mod does exactly what it should do, bring the cool numbers from Create into all the numbers in the game. It just adds a little fun joy to all the numbers! The only downside is that for certain mods that add gui elements that include numbers, the visual effect does not apply.
Taking this into account, I would 100% still recommend!

This mod is genuinely the most useful mod I’ve ever downloaded, completely fixes my storage needs, the backpack modules add so much depth to the system, when asked to recommend mods for a mod pack I always recommend this because it’s that essential to gameplay

Been playing this mod since first releases, I just absolutely love the structure designs, Mob designs, deep lore and the ******* amazing music and textures, this is the type stuff I’d expect other dimension mods to live up to

Skin Layers 3D kind of says it on the tin - it renders your skin in 3D. It's a nice and simple client-sided aesthetic mod, and I've never encountered any performance issues or memorable bugs since I've started using it. It has clear compat guidelines, has been actively in dev for years and just makes for a nice vibe when playing with friends. 10/10, would 3D again.

Farmer's delight is a mod that can be added to every modpack but it's not overstaying its welcome yet, miraculously.

It builds on the shoulders of prior mods of this genre like Pam's harvestcraft and offers a lowered amount of crop variety in exchange for more interactive cooking and a sturdy foundation for a whole library of add-ons. The latest update that dropped added a bunch of QOL features (cutting STACKS on the cutting board!!) and other things that made an already finished mod even better.

IDAS is a great structures mod with impeccable design, numerous secrets and an overall fantastic generation that is only held back by the fact that like most structure mods, it adds noticable strain on the server.

Many of the structures are full of minor lore, easter eggs and secrets that reward you for interacting with Create, Supplementaries and the other many mods that have integration with this mod. It resembles Dungeons Arise but with more reasonably sized structures and a better application of mob spawners.

I recommend combining this with a mod for managing structures in order to control their frequency, spacing and to disable unneeded structures (e.g. if you don't have fire and ice installed, you can disable the related structure and keep the error logs down a bit).

All-in-all a lovely mod that I can rare do without these days.