The WillPack resource pack by William Male is a resource pack that adds a lot of variety to Minecraft. More than upgrading textures, it adds different textures for the same blocks. For instance, standard bookshelves all look the exact same in Minecraft when playing normally....
BDCraft is actually a very old resource pack which many designers have used as a kind of baseline for creating their own packs. The GrungeBDCraft resource pack is one of these branching packs which were spawned by the original BDCraft. Sphax, the same author behind...
Low-resolution resource packs are often some of the most popular in Minecraft. The fact the textures are so easy to render means more players can use the pack, which naturally means more players will use the pack. Even the author claims there’s really nothing special...
For Minecraft players who want more realism from their favorite game about farming, mining and roaming the world, the SpaceCubeCraft resource pack is definitely worth a look. Despite the name, there’s nothing really spacey about it – except of course for the backdrop up in...
Even though the Woodpecker resource pack sounds like something that would have a lot to do with birds, that’s just not the case. If you were to put it into any single genre, it would actually be a rustic pack more than anything else. One...
A New Realism HD resource pack is guaranteed to brighten up your Minecraft gaming experience. It is a 32x resource pack, making it one of the smaller ones, but it features a lot of support for high-end graphics mods which you usually only see with 256x...
Though there are a handful of decent shader packs available for Minecraft already, it’s always worth paying attention when another good one pops out of the woodwork. Conquest of the Sun is exactly that – a good shader pack. It takes some inspiration directly from...
With all the different realistic resource packs out there for Minecraft, one would have to do something pretty amazing to stand out from the others. It would need to really beef up the textures with an increased resolution; it would need to look good on...
Most Minecraft players are skeptical when they hear about simple packs that make the game look more modern, and with good reason. It’s hard to make a world in Minecraft that looks like the one outside of it when relying on textures that look cartoony....
With a name like A Brush More Colour you’re probably expecting a very colorful resource pack here. You won’t be disappointed if that’s what you’ve come looking for today. Just about every texture in Minecraft gets brightened up and emboldened by this pack, which somehow...
You might think the Fire Leaf resource pack was all about making Minecraft more, well, fiery; it’s right in the name after all. But this pack adds a surprising amount of lush, green color to the game rather than the reds, yellows and oranges one...
Despite the meager 16x resolution, the Sonic Smooth resource pack really does have some strangely smooth textures. It’s quite surprising when you consider how jagged some of the blocks and items in vanilla Minecraft look normally. Before getting into all the good things about the...
If you already know about the Lucky Block mod, then you know it’s one of the best mods available for Minecraft right now. It adds an element of chance to the game which just isn’t there otherwise, and for that it’s one of the more...
Shaders significantly improve the appearance of Minecraft. Some are more detailed than others, adding realistic shadow and lighting effects to water as well as the rest of the world. The thing about them is, it’s hard to figure out which shaders are doing what when...
Many of the standard textures in Minecraft have a kind of beat up and rustic look about them. It serves the game well, but for players who want to make a more modern metropolis, those textures are dated and pretty much useless. Memory’s Modern resource...
Cyberghostde’s HD resource pack comes in a variety of resolutions, starting at 64x and doubling once, then again, to a maximum of 256x. Like other resource packs which come in different resolution sizes, there is a noticeable difference between the smallest and largest versions of...
The HerrSommer Medieval resource pack by DerSommer is just one of many themed resource packs from the same author. According to the author, this shall now and forever be the only version of HerrSommer which will continue to receive support, and that message was a...
The Sexy Pixels Returns resource pack is a relatively simple pack, but its small 16x resolution doesn’t limit the scope of the changes it makes. In fact, it’s kind of surprising just how many textures look completely different, in spite of the small size of...