Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

Disclaimer: I've only played the playtest versions, but 1.0.0 is the closest version I can select

Sunlit valley was already one of my favorite modpacks, so adding another dimension to the gameplay loop made it even better. Love that you can choose when you want to deal with most cobblemon elements.

Same performance issues as normal sunlit. And while you can drag a SV world into this pack, it's best to start a new world for the added cobblemon world gen

I played every single GeoPol version from V1 to V8 (Or 'season 8') and was briefly a developer/moderator from V4-V6, and i can say that this modpack gave me some of the highest highs and lowest lows of a modded server.

I got to meet lots of interesting people and get better in my understanding of game design in playing and working on the server. GeoPol was lots of fun.

Adds some very well documented create compatibility for KubeJS. Supports all crafting means from create and reload capability.

Only not 5 stars due to the lack of Mysterious Conversion support

Me and a couple friends played this expecting it to be a fun time, and it quickly proved to be too difficult for a group of 2-3 people.

We would start a new world, get everybody in, then we would have the first day to grab as much of the basic loot lying around before night, try to hold up in a building and fail. Repeat 10x times until you realize its too difficult.

Overview

Having spent the last year working on both my own projects and Dungeon Heroes I'd like to be able to say I know the RPG Series mods pretty well.

And I think if I were to pick the best addon to go along with the base RPG series mods this would be it, Does it at the most? No. Does it at the most powerful equipment? No. Has it got the most downloads? No. But thats exactly why its so good, It fills a role that none of the existing RPG classes fill without adding anything that feels out of place, While the Cleric is a great support class its designed for healing. Bard is the first class designed for buffing your allies and debuffing your enemies.

If your looking to expand you options when starting your RPG experience, look to Bards

Its not perfect, Its still young and it does have its problem, A error in a tooltip here, a hit box not quite perfect there, the odd spell slighlty off balance. However this mod is actively being worked on and my the time your reading this review these issues might be completely fixed. You'll never know till you try it.

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

Overview

Now I have rather mixed opinions on this pack like I imagine most people do, I've played this pack through to completion, at least up to the point that was available when I played. That being the start of the Hasturian era, Now I did genuinely enjoy my time on this pack and played it with a few friends. However I had plenty of problems and complaints over that time.

Starting with the positives, when it comes to custom content this pack is one of the best out there. Custom items, game mechanics, guests, mobs you name it. The system towards the end of the game where you kill bosses to subsequently unlock fights with more and more difficult bosses is great, it gives the player a stream of things to work towards even after completing the main story.

Some of the Custom items and weapons are also rather well made, including unique skills and spells.

The Quest line is acceptable though falls into the realm over overwhelming, with a large number of quests seeming unnecessary.

Performance on this pack is rather poor, with lower end pcs struggling to run it.

Unfortunately for all the custom content this pack provides its going to be have to be put into the "kitchen sink" category, While playing through this pack you get the feeling the pack itself doesn't really know what it wants to be? A fantasy pack? A tech pack? Sci-fi? Survival? Story? RPG? The pack tries too hard to do well at every and in turn fails to do anything extremely well.

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

Overview

At the very core of the RPG Series of mods, Spell Engine is at the core of so many modern modpacks, a feat some people may never have even realised.

While a Library mod itself, it has made way for some of the highest quality content mods out there, like Wizards, Druids and Bards, along with plenty of modpacks, The largest of which being Prominence II and Dungeon Heroes.

I've personally played through Dungeon Heroes and Prominence II and can confidently say that these packs wouldn't exist if not for spell engine.

The documentation for people to be able to make their own addon and content for spell engine are second to none and the support in the discord is amazing.

The best mod no one has heard of.

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

Cool items and unique curios that spice up the gameplay, my favorite dungeon was the trial spire, I havent felt this much fun exploring since twilight forest was a thing

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

There are very few mods that have become quite as well know as Farmers Delight, or mods that have had quite as many addons created for them. Now this is for very good reason, Farmers Delight really was one of the first mods to really raise the standards for modding as a whole, with perfectly designed vanilla+ textures, simple and intuitive gameplay elements, adding just enough to make farming feel expanse but not enough to feel overwhelming.

And with both its MIT licensing and easy to integrate systems its allowed for an unimaginably large suite of addons that range from mods as simple as expanding the number of vegetables to mods that let you cook up the monsters in your world.

There really is very little negative that can be said for this mod, the only negative feedback you ever heard for this mod is that is overused in packs, While I can't disagree with this as it definitely is I also can't blame this on the mod itself and there are definitely a large number of modpacks that put the time and effort into creative implementations of this mods.

No complaints from me.

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