Aether II: Highlands Mod - Cosmi's Mod Reviews (ft. DragonClaw)
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Aether II: Highlands Mod - Cosmi's Mod Reviews (ft. DragonClaw)
The Aether has always been one of my favorite Minecraft mods to use. Today, we'll be taking one last step into the Aether as we explore the brand new (and in-development) Aether Highlands!
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Huge thanks to Emile van Krieken for making the music for the Aether mod that I used in this video!: / emilevankrieken
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Hey everyone!
I’m making the executive decision to re-review this mod at some point. I don’t know when. My workflow and the time that passes between mod reviews is unfortunately pretty long, and I want to get better about that. But this mod is still pretty early in development and as I’ve had more time to think about it I realize that I may be too quick to judge it. I’ve also noticed quite a few criticisms in the comments below that I didn’t really take into account, so next time I’ll look into those.
TL;DR: Starting to have doubts, I’ll re-review this mod with a few changes such as taking criticisms into account and allowing more time to pass for devs to work. That’s all!
You
Nao falo igles
Links to your other review videos in the description would be handy.
Might be soon as development has started again
Honestly I think I like legacy the best. It feels like it integrates most naturally into vanilla
Definitely in agree
I like Aether II: Highlands because its not as close to vanilla
Definitily agree
100% agree
I like Genesis of the Void because is has more variety! (Unfortunately is was cancelled)
Honestly this is just too much of a change from the old aether, as the old aether felt more like a sky adventure
I do really adore this mod, but I agree. Aether Legacy does have the benefit of being a nostalgic adventure on its side
@@CosmiKazie yeah. Also you gotta make more of this stuff man I’m subbing
@@hybhrhrnhtnhrh76 that's the plan! i'm gonna do twilight forest next, so stay tuned!
Old aether 2 was also good, im only sad about the slider dungeon removal since that was the most entertaining thing for me in aether
@@HalloweenAppel yeah
I tried playing this with friends and they said it didn’t feel like heaven tbh and I agree the aether legacy and genisis of the void looked so cool and felt really heavenly but the islands being huge now and there being less trees/foliage being spread around feels like a random dimension mod instead. I know it’s unfinished but it doesn’t feel like the aether anymore :/
I agree with many of the critiques in the comment section. (which are all surprisingly polite and well-worded and I think that speaks to the quality of your vids.)
I feel that by increasing the scope of the project, the nature of the mod in the bigger picture was lost. This comment is needlessly long but it goes over all my immediate thoughts on the topic.
Restoring the Focus of Vanilla:
The flying pigs, sheep, and cows all feel like Minecraft to me, a fantastical and quirky set of creatures in a new world to explore. It's been said before, but the Aether really tried to recapture the 'Adventure' part of Vanilla which is still largely unnecessary and unrewarded in the base game despite being a major feature. The progression of tools is reset so you're forced to struggle for survival again after getting through the nether and building the Aether portal. This brings the 'Survival' and the 'Mining' back into the game which are otherwise entirely stagnant after acquiring diamond gear. Coal has no air to burn with, iron is fragile, diamond is useless, and all of the Aether equivalents have new quirks (the difficulty of gathering floating Gravitite flows seamlessly into Minecraft's DNA). Now that Freezing is a Vanilla feature, it'd be super cool if Netherite were to transform when it enters the Aether and start freezing you unless you take it off. A luxury of the other dimensions but mostly a burden in the new one. The Elytra should also be ineffective unless upgraded with the Aether's final boss drops. I also feel the portal ought to be made of Glowstone or Quartz as the Aether is a more difficult environment made to be a succession to the base game, and making the portal with iron is bizarre.
Integrating Dungeons:
The floating dungeons were pretty cool in Aether Classic, albeit very simple and not too difficult to traverse. Mineshafts are a better example of Minecraft-ey dungeons to me since they often become difficult to traverse due to ravines, multiple layers, mobs, webs, and lava. This merges Building, Exploration, and Combat together into a natural extension of the Minecraft experience. The Aether Classic dungeons have some of this, and they're pretty tricky and fun to navigate but it's not a perfect feature. Their main draw for me is the need to Explore to find them and the need to figure out a way to get into them despite their often precarious placement. The boss fights are cool, but the text is pretty much unnecessary and strays into excessiveness in terms of sticking to a Vanilla feel.
The Issue With Text and Written Lore:
I feel the talking and named NPCs In the Aether 2 are a downside since Minecraft isn't really ever about lore (it might be cool to find 'lore enchanting books' with both an enchanting utility and flavour text, that'd be way better). Considering the existence of villagers and traveling merchants already, I feel the idea of merchant NPCs isn't a bad one, and having a bizarre, mob-like sky race like the Piglins or the Villagers could be fantastic! Perhaps frog/cloud people or something, with their own quirks and odd personality. Along this line of thought, having an item-based currency rather than a separate system would fit better too since emeralds and gold are used this way.
Elegant Integration of New Things:
The Bunnies, Sheepuffs, Pigs, Cows, Whales, Moas, Zephyrs, Cockatrices, Sweats, and Poison Plants are all skillfully integrated into the game (the dungeon mobs are great too). The bunnies are a natural, cute, and quirky extension to your mobility and the pigs are too. The Moas serve as a rare kind of horse equivalent with an incentive to find rare breeds and a limited yet very handy flying ability (the incubator stuff is pretty cool too). The zephyrs are the Ghast equivalent and seamlessly add to the difficulty of moving through the Aether's terrain safely, emphasising a more challenging evolution of Minecraft's exploration mechanics. Aether 2's Tempests are great too since they revive the 'get shelter before nighttime' mechanic which practically defined Vanilla's survival system. The whales, while not necessarily very useful (perhaps it'd be good to give them some purpose or integration), they don't really need to be useful and they're great for setting the tone. The old models for Cockatrices look terrible, but they're a great feature nonetheless since they're evil bastards.
The newer models seem to grow in scope as well, and don't resemble the quirky and simple feel of Vanilla anymore, although I love the idea of fantasy crocodile-type monsters.
Aether Classic's terrain also has some forgotten traits too, such as the smaller number of cloud types which result in a less cluttered-looking sky than Aether 2 (the use of the sky could be expanded on even further to give the large cloud-scapes some features to explore). Thankfully, Aether 2's biomes are otherwise fantastic and speak to the exploration and wonder of Vanilla.
That about sums up my thoughts and hopes for this mod, or at least a fan-made edit of it. Your vid's pretty great, but I do think that the context of Vanilla and Aether Classic are very important to the character, potential, and direction of Aether 2. Take care!
this mod makes me sad tbh. i always liked how minecrafty the aether felt, and this doesnt. it has some really cool stuff. its got more stuff the the regular aether and the old aether ii, but a lot of the stuff i loved is gone or changed. lore is fine, but i think it should be a secondary, external thing. maybe like the lore book, but the npcs and weird more advanced models and stuff really puts me off. i wish there was a sort of mix of all three mods, having the new ore and some blocks and biomes from this, the updated dungeon from the old aether ii, while being more minecrafty feeling with the mobs and stuff from aether legacy. new biomes and stuff would fit right in and make it feel more fleshed out. having new wood types and items and maybe more dungeons in the aether would be sick, as well as biomes. maybe npcs could stay in some form, like a rare village-like structure in the clouds where maybe valkyries or some other species are willing to trade stuff. this has a lot of cool ideas imo, but none of them really hit it for me because of how un-minecrafty it all feels
Yeah the nee aether doesn't look good
This mod can be used in tandem with legacy. Its why they changed the portal
Agreed. It just feels like it could be its own thing entirely, it makes no sense to me.
@@Akogiri well friend, it is, the creator even commented about people saying this, aether 2 is a complete revamp and remake and not meant to be like the original.
@@BranchBruh the fact that it's different doesn't mean it's good.
I really wish the developers make a sort of "Aether collection" modpack which includes both Legacy(or at least a remake of it to fit more with it's sequel and the lore) and this newer one once Aether II's development comes to a halt, as sort of a fullgame in Minecraft, like, you'd beat Aether Legacy, and then it'd continue right after with Aether II: Highlands, and maybe they could free up the map for completely open exploration after you're done with Highlands, meaning you could stay in the New Aether, or go back to the old Aether.
it will be buggy if both mods are in a modpack
@@chrism852 which is why I'm wishing devs made a full Aether mod experience...
@@gettingdeletedlol i do research and you can have both dimension i'ts the reason they change the portal recipe
The reason you dont make aether portals with glowstone anymore is because they want to allow you to use this with aether legacy. Good review regardless
I enjoyed these few mod reviews you have done. And the editing is very impressive (and funny af)! DEFINITELY, keep doing mod reviews. YOU'RE GOOD AT THEM!
I never thought I would hear johnathans theme in a Minecraft mod review
i hope you're satisfied jojo
how is this 48/50 there are not even dungeons and there is nothing to do in this dimension
pog jonathan's theme is in the video
Idk why does this guy has just this many subs...
Imma sub so yea... U explain everithing so well! Wd
What if I wanna eat it? :(
DO NOT EAT THE AMBROSIUM
@@CosmiKazie but it look tasty :(
@@professionalcommentstealer5271 NO
:(
@@CosmiKazie I dont think its danger, you just want to keep all for you. XD I will eat it ok?
Aether 3 electric boogalee when
boogalee
CosmiKazie yes boogalee
Hopefully dungeons get added, those were fun
Instructions unclear. Ate an ambrosium
Yum
My video will be coming sometime in the next decade :D
You make great content, keep it up !
Ok the only download for Aether II I can find is Highlands,but highlands says it has NO DUNGEONS. Does highlands still include all the content from the original Aether II, and Genesis of the void aswell? Does it mean it doesnt have dungeons in the new biomes, or just in general? im so confused pls help
7:44
Fukutsu mushin no sakebi
Jonathan Joestar theme
@@VORTEXXNEON indeed
The aether 1 is better! It’s more simple, more mobs, less npc to make it feel more like vanilla (which I think is good). The only thing better about the sequel is the new wood, and the new cicatrice and Mia designs
You mention previous videos but didn't like them in the description
Honestly, this should have been its own game than a Minecraft mod :/
You can make quartz Portals
MOM I MADE IT
7:45 why does it sound like jonathan's theme from jojo?
Because it is
Im pretty sure it's just a slowed down version
I lived, fool
oh god
they should‘ve kept the world generation, dungeons and textures of the legacy version. these islands are waaay to big and flat😅
compared to the legacy mod which is easily an 11/10 this one gets a soft 4/10
Remember me when you get 10k subs
This update is ruined everything😭.
Why
I’m going to eat it
I only have a question: the aether II highlands mod have the same things than aether legacy ?
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh this game....... this mod......... that nostalgy........😢😭😭😭
you didn't even tell him about the bunny
that knowledge is sacred
wut bunny
@@Aryzn there's no bunny what are you talking about lol haha.... did you think there was a bunny on your head
@@rebornwoshua78 no but I really like Raichus
I fucking hate non-based Aether portal god damn it
Funni
You use ZeldaOcarina of time music?
yes
What's the most recent version the mod is available on?
Iirc it’s 1.12.2. It’s a pretty standard version for mods
LORE
5:29 dont really?
does it keep the music
The portal change is awful
Whats with the dungeons?
In the descruption it says 3 new dungeons lol
I know there are no i waisted 3 hours searching one lol
@@egorex7735 oh yeah im not really clear on what they are or if they're even fully implemented yet (probably not) but at somepoint dungeons will be a feature implemented
(fyi i paused this video @1:30) DID YOU JUST SAID LORE? WHERE IS MATPAD TO TALK SOME THEORY HERE?
Matthew Patthew
in this version have dungeons????
Not yet, but I believe they're coming soon
@@CosmiKazie Ha! "Soon".
Geogaphy
hi
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