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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.

This modpack is amazing! Definitely a service done to the 1.12.2 modding community! Smooth gameplay, amazing shaders, features that feel seamless! The level of integration is incredible! Only one minor bug with JEI.
The Mind's Abyss was frustrating until I went into creative and explored. Turns out I just had a terrible spawn that was hundreds of blocks from anything useful diamonds
The Nether is not nearly as hard as people make it out to be, but the Mind's Abyss is nearly impossible! Less monsters or a slower sanity decrease would be nice, but it's hard to stay focused when you're being two-shot by literally anything everytime you exist lol
Overall great modpack!! I would put this up there with CursedWalking and Reclamation easily!