Zonko

Reviewing this as a standalone mod

The monsters are really well designed and the animations are stellar. And I love the early game when they start appearing for the first time.

But in the late game things begin to get silly. It seems the viral progression scales really drastically out of nowhere, and not like a World War Z type thing. I believe the default system needs some serious balancing. The later mobs are also unbalanced in attack damage.

Additionally I appreciate the elaborate config, but I get extremely confused trying to manage/navigate it without causing a crash. Earlier versions of this mod had simpler configs which I enjoyed.

Finally, performance goes insanely down when the biomes arrive.

I like the mod but would like more fine tuning rather than more content being added.

This recent mod is so good for modpack developers right now that its unreal. It gives so many different customization options for a smooth and personalized experience. Additionally, it raises from the dead old/no longer supported performance and tweaking mods and integrates them all into one mod whilst improving them. Each integrated mod is incompatible with the original, but it will actually tell you what exact mods need to be taken out so you wont have to go searching yourself.

If you have a 1.12 pack, use this.

This and Subaquatic are my favorite moda right now. Oceanic Expanse not only backports a lot of ocean, but also adds in new unique creations. I also love the redesigned trident it adds and it works really well.

My only gripes are that the performance in coral reefs isnt always the best and there are still bugs that need to be fixed, but for its release there are a lot less bugs than other mods that are newly released.