FabooPack Resource Pack 1.8.9 / 1.7.10

The FabooPack resource pack has truly managed to amass tens of thousands of downloads in the many years since it has been released, and honestly, testing it out made it super clear why! Over time, with each update, the resource pack managed to change vanilla Minecraft in many different ways that make it look stunning without feeling too off from the original game. Amongst the many achievements of the FabooPack, I found that the upscaled textures are by far the most notable. Using a gorgeous 128x resolution for textures makes plenty of room for more details and less boxy details. It still retains the typical Minecraft blocky visuals but with so much more detail packed into the textures. Trees look incredible with more detailed leaves, and the exact same thing goes for grass, flowers, and other types of plants in the game. Weapons are also much more detailed and less boxy, meaning they no longer look as if they are made from large pixels and instead appear to have genuinely improved 3D models.

Stone and brick blocks also look much better even when looked at from a close distance, which really blew me away during my exploration. The same goes for wood blocks, sand, gravel, and pretty much every single type of block in the game. These visual upgrades are complemented wonderfully by the change in the color palette, where the colors are noticeably brighter and there is less visual noise overall. All textures appear much clearer and easier to distinguish one from another, making building and mining a visual treat. Water and sky textures were also improved, and I noticed that there is very little that has not been improved in the game with new textures in the FabooPack texture pack. Being a 128x resource pack, keep in mind that it may lead to some framerate drops depending on your hardware. Players with older systems should definitely expect to notice performance degradation as the resolution of the textures is a whopping 8 times higher than in vanilla Minecraft. For the best experience, installation of the resource pack should be done with Optifine HD or MCPatcher since it adds special features such as new sky textures, and I discovered that FabooPack also works exceptionally well with shader resource packs which can further improve and sharpen textures, shadows, and reflections.