Overview

Now as many problems with this mod as I have, I've got to admit it remains one of the best Medieval Fantasy and Mythology mods that has ever been created, with a selection of mobs that few mods to this day have been able to rival and probably still the best tameable dragons in modding.

Only in the last year or so have mods like Bosses Rise started to overshadow it in what I can only call "Dragon Quality". The ingame guide and method for unlocking entrys is interesting and immersive and encourages both exploration and interaction with the various gameplay loops in the mod.

This is now where issues start to crop up as they can be found in most aspects of the mod, The largest in my opinion is the graphics as extremely outdated in today's standard, the models and textures are poor in comparison to more modern mod releases. This wouldn't be too bad if not for the fact that the models are hard coded and the community is very limited in what they can do when it comes to resource packs and other such systems.

Another problem is the quality of the core feature of this mod, Dragon. While overall the function well they have always felt extremely difficult to use smoothly, Flight and combat using the dragons always feels like the game is fighting back.

I have a lot of hope for Ice and Fire 2 which is currently in development, having seen some of the early development for this mod it should fix the vast majority of issues the exist in the current versions of Ice and Fire and may once again rise from the ashes to be the top Dragon mod out there.

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

Overview

Underrated is definitely the best word I can think of to describe this mod, It tends to be overshadowed my the more simple tree chop mods. And while I can understand that decision as Dynamic trees changes the overall feel of a pack quite significantly. I do think people need to give it more of a chance.

If you're aiming to make your world feel "real" Dynamic trees really is one of the best mods you can go for, when it comes to immersion few mods do better.

The number of addons available for this mod make it difficult to complain about a lack of compatibility, from Terralith, Biomes of plenty, Dense Trees, there's more than enough addons to make a pack feel complete.

The only issue I've experience with this pack is it can occasionally cause modded trees you do want to spawn not to, The mod bountiful adds unique fruit trees that are simply removed with Dynamic trees installed. This is something the could be solved with an addon in the future however.

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

Overview

Nostalgia..... many years ago was the go to dimension mod, and for a lot of people it might have been the mod that got them into minecraft, A lot of people will have got into modded Minecraft during the period of time where all the modded youtube videos you could find were about Twilight Forest, PopularMMOs being my personal introduction to the mod.

But over the years its slowly fallen from grace, with poor textures, unfinished content and a lack of updates for longer than I can remember.

The authors keep the pack updated to the latest version but thats about it.

Its been a while since this mod was truly worth downloading.... as Nostalgic as it may be...

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

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

Overview

This truly is one of the most polished mods of all time, I spent 3 years as an active member of a Pixelmon community and loved my time there. In the short time I've spent on Cobblemon in comparison I've come to enjoy it so much more.

From the incredible models that fit minecraft just perfectly, the moves, the sound effects, the customisation, the pokedex.... everything is so so well made. The ride system for Cobblemon is done to a level that no mod Pokemon or not has ever done before.

I'm not sure I can even think about anything inherently negative to say about the pack, The only reason this isn't 5 stars just yet is because is still incomplete, There are a large number of Pokemon, moves, features that are still in the works. But if what we have currently is anything to go off we have a lot to look forwards to...

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

Overview

Possibly one of the best armor focused mods released recently, Integrating perfectly with the rest of the RPG series mods.

The latest remodels for the armor fit perfectly with the vanilla plus style of the mod, Prehaps one of the most unique features of this pack is the set bonus system that allows for unique buffs for wearing full sets of armor. This system is also compatible with the Jewellery system by the same creator.

I honestly can't think of any issues with this mods, if it were a few months ago I would have pointed out the overdetailed armor but even that been perfected.

The only thing I can think of is that the crystals required to obtain the armor can often be hard to find.

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

Overview

This is a somewhat early review as I've only put a few hours into the pack, However I've honestly been having such a good time with the pack I thought I'd put my thoughts out there.

From the start this pack feel closer to the Stardew Valley experience than any other pack I've played in the past, The custom mods that have been created for it to introduce the Sprinklers, Daily Growth, Fertilisers and various other interesting features do an amazing job of adding to the overall immersion of the pack. The selling bin and currency systems work well however I found that running around the world gathering items seemed to provide a better way to make money than actually staying at home and growing crops.

The custom NPC system for the pack is amazingly well done and feels completely different to any other system I've seen in the past, Big points for this.

The use of Journeymap and Feed the beast Quests did feel slightly out of place in the pack compared to the cosy theme of the rest of the pack, There did also seem to be a number of FTB Quests that were redundant and severed little purpose. However the FTB quests that were done well were done REALLY well, The bundle system works in the same way requiring players to gather items to complete them and in turn being rewarded for doing so, This felt really good and gave me something meaningful to work towards.

There were a number of items I came across that had errors in the tooltips or duplicated text displaying which broke immersion slightly. These are however all small issues, I'm yet to encounter any problems I could consider game breaking or worthy of stopping the pack for!

While most definitely not a kitchen sink pack by any means it does at times feel like there is a little more than is needed, 74 pages in emi, a large portion of which could be removed or hidden in that menu to reduce the overwhelming feeling you get when looking through.

Will update this review as time goes on and I experience more of the pack, While this review may seem to contain a lot of negative feedback this remains one of the best feeling modpacks I've played and would recommend it to anyone looking for that Stardew Valley experience!

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