Minecraft Mod & Modpack Reviews

i have yet to see an end-game such as DJ2's.
god, simply amazing, totally worth the grind.
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performance definitely becomes a hassle eventually, ad idem to any highly-intricate heavy modpack, so beware of lagspiking (although I didn't experience many crashes).

There is so much unnecessary content it jars me. Besides the fact that the challenge is almost entirely 8 different large alien mods with virtually zero coremodding to tie them together.
The amount of mechanics required is insane! I don't mind a little Create integration but that much in a modpack that's supposed to be about shooting aliens is crazy!
It takes 20 minutes to load a world and if there isn't a ton of structures in your area you're cooked. Like come on, I want to blow the Flood to bits, not knap rocks and rub sticks together for fires! You can't even break glass without a pickaxe or whatever! Give me a rock and I'll show you who DOESN'T need a pickaxe to break a window!
To their credit, this modpack did integrate Cosmic Horizons, which technically isn't playable yet. But to invest 40 something hours just to aimlessly wander in space seems a little much. I play games to have fun, not work. And with this modpack, you will be WORKING. And in the end, it's more draining than satisfying.
I don't hate the modpack. Obviously a lot of effort went into it. There are just important aspects of the pack that need attention and are being ignored.

I tried to begin this pack nearly two years ago. I loaded up a world and I was immediately overwhelmed and frankly disgusted. It wasn't much more than a generic zombie pack and I religiously held to CursedWalking (which wasn't much better to be honest) for a long time.
After I saw how the pack had been overhauled, I downloaded it again just to take a look. I was instantly blown away! It took me less than 15 minutes to figure out what I needed to do, and I have since persuaded a friend to switch to DeceasedCraft as well.
The core modding is incredible, the gameplay is smooth. Personally I recommend making a few one-session worlds to get a grip on the quest book (what to complete, what not to complete, etc.) so that you can maximize your grace period looting instead of reading!
If I had to make any complaints, it would be the textures. A lot of effort has gone into making this pack amazing, maybe some of it could go towards some retexturing? especially the special zombies, the spore mod, the rogues and bandits, and the furniture and stuff. If you've played the pack you would know what I mean. Just to make it a little more congruent with TZP you know? Also please please PLEASE find a way to make the quests that ask for you to kill "Zombies" include Husks too because I had killed maybe 20 zombies before I completed the Emily Carter quest just because it ONLY included normal zombies lol.
All things considered, I play this pack with 6.5 GB of RAM and a NVIDIA 2080 on my 10-year-old computer and still get a comfortable 80 FPS average. Alternatively, 8 GB RAM and 65-80 FPS average when hosting with Essential Mod (I've made several dedicated servers, including one for DeceasedCraft, but strangely have never been able to have other people on because of their tech difficulties lol)
Overall, amazing pack. 4.8/5. Please find someone to retexture though lol.

It has been a good long while since I played this so bear with me. As someone who was always interested in tech packs but overwhelmed by the grind and the weird recipes, Cuboid Outpost was a breath of fresh air. It got me interested in tech again. Overall, beginners to tech mods could definitely find use with this pack as it is pretty in-depth in certain quests and guides you through tech progression. The environment is very empty, though. There is little exploration.

Resurvival isn't 100% perfect, there are still some issues - however, it's actively being worked on by people who want to make it the best possible experience. And what is there is some of the most unique fun I've had in a modpack. Rarely does a pack make me continue playing for longer than a week, but this one has held my brain captive because it actually improves upon many of MC's lacking aspects. Combat has more variety with foes to face and also gear to use, and the origins all have their own very unique powers that make combat (and exploration) a blast. You're actively encouraged to explore the world to progress, across as many biomes and structures as you can find, and the owlytrian - my favorite origin - has such a fun progression as you gradually gain better flight abilities via gaining enchanting gems. Combat and exploration are significantly improved, there are many awesome structures to find, end remastered is configured in SUCH a satisfying way, and not to mention the worldgen is GORGEOUS and very very unique (most ive ever screenshotted a pack, so freaking pretty). The sea / sky theme is one that really sets resurvival apart from vanilla, with these two worlds that are at odds with each other in different ways. Also the owlings / illhawks are very cool, and in my opinion much more compelling than the villagers and illagers. This pack is great and is only getting better. Performance does suffer occasionally though, so do be aware when using shaders / natures / explorer compass if you're on a lower end pc. But yeah, 5 stars this pack is excellent.

The best backpack mod for newer versions, in my opinion. Really nice upgrades for backpacks.

Amazing enchantment and progression mod, even though it is extremely unbalanced post ender dragon. Gear customization using affixes and gems is insane, you can make a pickaxe that has a reach of >10 blocks for example.

This was a refreshing modpack to play. The premise and early game are great, I appreciate that everything ties back to clay. The lack of mobs in exchange for geese are fun and work well for such an alien world. The exploration is sparse, since the focus is on mining clay, but rewarding as it unlocks important resources to progress. The different compression textures are great and allow you to have some variety in your clay based builds. The mid game, starting to focus on the nether and dyes is unique and feels like a puzzle game. I'm excited to reach the end :)

Makes the common mistake of having lots of grind rather then actual complexity, no i don't want to grind all the way up to awakened draconium just to make the very basic seed infuser for mystic agriculture.

This modpack is really fun, i've gotten to the LV stage since i'm busy with life but i definetly recomend it. Butttttt it's stuck in a really really old version, and that's bad since some settings or updates that could be useful are not in the game.
Even with this, it's a great mod.