User blog comment:Glflegolas/Has the LotR Mod Lost Its Charm? Applying AntVenom's Video to the Mod/@comment-25947183-20190103125857

Despite the fact that large mods in Minecraft can't easily update to 1.8 easily, I still think that this mod is the most to-scale representation of Tolkien's world ever created in a video game and I think that this mod is absolutely brilliant and amazing and nothing could be better to play than this mod. Congratulations to the makers of this mod and those who have shaped its community for such an amazing achievement which seems to have the reserved spot for "best Minecraft mod" on my personal mod list.

I don't care if this mod "dies": it never will in my mind and I will always like it!

However, mod packs did reach a pinnacle in total file size of all the mods with CaptainSparklez' "Ultra Modded Survival" 1.6 Modpack in 2014 and 1.7.10 has remained the version with the most mods since 2015...