Magical Crops

Mod Name:Magical Crops
Mod Author: Mark719
Mod Forum Page: Magical Crops
Mod Type: Agriculture
Highest MC Version:1.6.4


Be careful what you spend your money on, diamonds don't grow on trees...or do they?

Today we will be looking at the interesting little mod that is magical crops.
Magical crops is a mod which adds well...magical crops. But what is so special about these crops?

The crops added by this mod are able to grow resources. Yes that's right you are able to grow things such as iron,coal,redstone, even diamonds if you wanted. But How?

Well within the magical crops mod there are several tiers with each one allowing for more advanced essences to be made. Initially you'll start with essence ore and mine it to get basic essence, howeever these can be upgraded to the top tier of extreme essences,which do cost alot of essence but are used for crop seeds such as diamonds.

So maybe you're saying "how can I get high levels, i can only find a bit of essence and I want resources NOW", well the mod has covered that for you so when you break a fully grown crop, for example coal crop there is a chance that the crops will drop a weak essence which you can make into other seeds.

Well I knew this was going to be a slightly shorter review because the majority of the games mechanics are the same, ie make an infusion stone,upgrade it,make essences,combine them to make seeds, plant the seeds....profit
Since it was a shorter mod review I won't do the overall scores for it, but will say it is a fun little mod and the tiers keep it balanced along with configurable options for quantities dropped and recieved.

So have fun with it.

Ars Magica 2

Mod Name: Ars Magica 2
Mod Author: Mithion
Mod Type:Magic
Mod Forum page: Ars magica 2
Highest MC version: 1.6.4

abra cadabra, fiddle te de make a mod of magic for me...hey look it worked and it made this pretty nifty mod.
If there's one thing I would say about Ars magica is it's different. But why would I say it's different?

Well Let's look at the mod and then maybe you'll see why I would say different.

So as with most mods let's start with what is ars magica.

Well ars magica is a magic mod (i hope my clues were subtle enough) that allows you to create a vast amount of spells of all DIFFERENT sorts.
For example one spell could be a digging projectile fireball of light.
The only real limit within ars magica 2 is what your mind can think of for what you need and/or want in the game.


So it has spell creation what else is added within ars magica 2?

well ars magica 2 adds in a variety of bosses 7 in total, each using different attack styles and each being of the various elements, for example water.
Each boss has its own summoning ritual that needs to be done under certain circumstances for the boss to be summoned.
Each boss should drop an ars magica experience orb which can be either blue/green/red, which can then be used to gain a magic level...

so now that we're on the topic of it let's discuss ars magicas magic levels.

Magic levels will increase the more you use spells. The more powerful the spell is then the more experience you will get for using it on a valid target.
The higher magic level you are then the more mana you will get meaning you can cast more powerful spells more often.

So what else is there left to say about this magical mod? if you haven't figured it out by now I said it was a different mod given the fact that every single person can have a different experience with ars magica and the spells they use and the types of spells.

Balance
4/5 quite a balanced mod given that more powerful spells require higher levels and are unlocked later in the game.

enjoyability
5/5
a very fun mod to play with given the random and wacky spells you can make

ease of use
4/5
quite easy to learn to use due to the fact that once you start you are given a guide which unlocks more as you find them. Also helps to guide you through the base startup with the mod.
                                                                    *Hint hint*

overall
4.5/5
a very fun mod and personally one of my favourites mithion could very well be the next dumbledore...*spoilers alert* assuming he doesn't get killed by voldemort.