Most BEAUTIFUL City Maps In Garry's Mod 

garry's mod has such amazing atmospheric maps

Being RP maps, I remember these maps not having any AI nodes, so I spent hours manually placing them all over the 3 maps. It was tedious sure, but I had fun exploring as I placed these nodes.

I’d recommend a couple of films that have these dark, dreamlike cities set in an unobtainable alternative America. ‘The Crow’, ‘Flatliners’, ‘Seven’ and even ‘Spawn’ has it’s moments. They’re not really America in the pre-smartphone era although that’s when the films were made. More like strange dark and almost forest like cities.

so dark and gritty

8:32 Hey, that diner reminds me of Men in Black. This is where they came to think about what to do next, cause the older one said that eating there makes him think better or something.

Rp_UnionCity will always have a special place in my heart because of it being the map that I played with my boyfriend on the most

Fun fact, Rp_UnionCity was my first gmod map I ever played ! It was running at 10 FPS but I appreciate the small details and the nice visuals very much.

5:18 dam didnt expect a sorse engine vid to make me sad lol

Good choice for using the gta 5 pause music it fits so much for this type of video from you

Radhaz is absolutely right. You can keep succeeding Source with new technology, but lots of passionate creators like to stick with what they know and every year, create something in this ancient engine that still surpasses everyone's expectations. Source really is immortal.

These maps give me heavy GTA IV vibes, something about the dark, gritty look of the city mixed with many areas that look pretty similar to those found in Liberty City. Definitely has something to do with the fact that both maps are heavily inspired by NYS. Love the look and feel of this map.

me and my friends commonly play on the rp maps by fishke, one of us found that some of the tunnels that are meant to go to other maps dont align with eachother, i found that the LOD models are stored in the skybox which looks like a mini version of the map they also have some interiors.

Southside is absolutely my favorite GMOD map, I used to play on this cityRP server that was on southside night and there was a guy that was set up in the diner that i would always goto and RP eating food for shits and giggles, and when I visited the diner there was 2 dudes messing with the owner, so I had a "main character" moment where I told them to leave because they were being unsavory, push came to shove and i ended up shooting them both, paying for my food right before the owner said "you should get out of here, i called the cops" made my getaway and noticed there was a sewer entrance just outside of the diner, so I dipped into the sewer right as I heard sirens getting closer. TL;DR Absolutely the greatest RP moment I've ever had in any videogame and it wouldn't have been possible without such a beautiful and thoroughly thought out map design.

That NYC map really give Max Payne vibes.

I just love these videos that just look around different maps

I did not expect to hear the GTA 5 pause menu music, and for it to go as hard as it did in this video.

These maps are wonderful. Fishke did an amazing detailed job on these. You can wander around for an hour and just enjoy it. As a matter of fact I think I have. It must have been a lot of work. But they're appreciated. It really captures the classic atmosphere. And Union City always reminds me of the great Blondie song "Union City Blue''.

I always love empty maps in games. They have something special.

Ive been playing some of these maps for years now, there seriously underrated

i dont know what it is with southsides sewer area but it is creepy as hell and the sound effects to

Trust me as someone who also wanted to visit those cities (and did so) and romanticize them so much thanks to media like games and movies, reality is those cities are super overrated specially in 2024, and I can honestly say that the vibe those cities had faded away after the early 2000s, especially NYC and California. Exploring them through games is way better lol. I actually explored these maps in VR last year and was blown away by their details and quality, and they had that vibe that you would get in the 90s and early 2000s in those cities that games like GTA3 etc captured so well. So yeah you're not missing out on anything by not visiting them today imo lmao.

I love this dark and gritty channel!

just yesterday i was playing on nycity and southside and forgot how many interiors there are in the maps . i remember a year ago i was messing around in southside and putting a lot of pokemon and other ragdolls just hanging out . i might go back and see where i put them and maybe even add More of those

The reason that rp ny city has the "rich vs poor" vibe is because one side is Brooklyn, and the other is Manhattan. They're both parts of New York, in case you didn't notice that that's what the maps are based on.

I know, bold but Can you make a video about good Eastern-European city maps as well? I'm a bit bored of the HL2 city 17 layout and I don't have much experience with RP Gmod maps, cause I don' have such big free space to even download the content, you know.

I'm glad you finally made a review of these, they are simply amazing!

These maps are incredible. Viewing them with what I assume is the music you composed is very relaxing.

great video as usual, you should do more personal videos like this.

The "Morley" cigarettes ad shows that Fishke is probably a film/TV nerd. Morley cigarettes are most famously used in the X-Files, but it's a leftover from an old Hollywood prop company. They appeared in movies for decades.

NY at night = dark and gritty my beloved

Honorable mention to Hometown1999, so many years have passed and it's still my go to.

i love me a good city map :D or any urban setting really lol cant wait to see these, see what i do and dont have already

These maps look amazing. BTW just in case you haven't seen my last comment Mod suggestion: The Thing Remaster is a remake of The Thing mod for the HL2 Beta, i played it and it was great, you should check it out.

amazing song choice. the gta V menu theme perfectly fits the city location

Dude I love those maps but I couldn’t use them any more because I have an ass laptop, but one day I’ll buy a PC that can actually run it.

gta 5 pause menu music is on point, good vid

These maps reminds me of L4D1/2 maps but before the infection!

Thank you Radiation Hazrd, very beautiful video!

"it is supposed to be this dark, gritty..." you just cant resist not saying that can you lmao

That…feels like Chicago. While watching your video it felt so familiar. Now playing GM_UnionCity and, going through is really weird, these feel and look like real places even the subway platform reminds me of the Blue Line. It all just feels so real, absolutely adore it.

These are Stunning! Wow!

Literally a great maps to do a rp life + sopranos setting or a late 90s to early 2000s story rp with friends

I always have trouble finding beautiful maps in gmod, thank you for showing me some!

GMOD maps never fail to amaze me. They always deliver such atmosphere.

I played this map (NYCity) with Max Payne NPCs and some scenic etc I had fun ! I am still nostalgic about the time I played with my friends with hamachi on GMod, we could have much fun there ! See you !

4:39 This buildings looks a lot like Roman's apartment

These are possibly the best looking maps in the entire game. Amazing.

Union City brings back memories because of a serious zombie RP server I played on that used it. Good times.

When I first saw his maps on the workshop I thought those were real photos.

So light and smooth

Rad as a true blooded American i can say that I have visited every city in America and it is cool to visit a city and i have also been shot 15 times

1980s rp goes hard with these maps

Needs fluttering leaves, moving clouds, rats at night and ambient noise!

These maps and Asheville are the best maps Garry's Mod has to offer at the moment, pushing the Source engine to it's limits, and looking absolutely amazing doing it, so props to the mappers for still sticking with this 20 year old game in an even older engine and making things this amazing in it.

Secons custom map I ever played, I remember playing union city with the "fill the void" mod, i got 5 stars in 6 minutes

40 years of reviewing Garry's Mod maps? That's insane. I can't imagine reviewing these maps since 1984. Crazy to think the Source Engine came out that long ago. I'm not serious.

The best RP maps ever is ambiance is atmosphere

GTA V pause menu music my beloved

Maybe you could share your favorite story maps in gmod, there are some really good ones in the workshop. I think it would make for a nice video

Man you would love shin megami tensei 4 The game captures perfectly the feeling of walking in the city at night

wonderful video as usual radhaz--i recently found a mod on moddb being worked on by kralich (you may know him as the lead of RTB:R) called "The Burton Equation" about a time traveling detective stopping the Combine in various decades, i think youd love to cover it

1:20 damn, I actually did not know Fishke is Finnish! Though now that I think about it, there is actually a small clue pointing to it in rp_NYCity, which has a Finnish flag hoisted in front of the hotel. There are other flags at the same place too, but they belong to much larger countries.

this gives me such great deus ex (2000) vibes. amazing

Southside was my favorite. I used to play on it a lot with endless possibilities. Imagine all three maps combined, goddamn

IMO the union city night maps feel kinda spooky but also kinda beautiful (one could even say creepy and comfy)

Oh damn didnt know rp_nycity was out 👀👀

It must have been hard work but the result is wonderful.

I love the gta 5 pause song

RP_NYCity feels very Max Payne like (well obviously). Funny how both the game and the map are made by Finns. I like dark cities too, I literally tried to make a HL2 beta mod once called "Dark City". I guess we Finns really like dark cities.

Man, this makes me wanna boot up Gmod again. Exploring these maps with the NPC Invasion addon would feel so incredible, I might just install the game again. Which reminds me, I should play Deus Ex again sometime.

i love these maps

I used to make tiny animations with Gmod and planned to upload them on my Channel but I had a problem to find perfect City Maps. These Maps are the Key that missed but now I got Work and Im not sure if I want to keep up with the Hobby of Animation. Voice Actors have also been fitted since previously with AI Voices. But again I have to find motivation and Time to keep up with the Hobby.

i wish garry's mod was real...

2:47 DARK AND GRITTY MENTIONED!!!

Makes me happy to see another video By radhaz

you should review RP Riverden by steinman (french mapper)

Great inspiration for my own city environment I want to map out for a game, though the prospect of it taking years to make is uh... not good.

so dank and griddy.

I wish Gmod RP blew up instead of GTAV. I'd be so on that if these were the maps being played on. 2004 game and its still incredible

Imo, you need to try out The Darkness 1. This was the first thought about these maps. After that it was Max Panye 1 and 2.

These maps seem to be made with a photographers eye

Maybe with a ton more huge sprees of gifted subs, you could finally fulfill the dream of visiting or moving to a big city!

nah gta 5 pause menu theme is another level in this vid 🔥🔥

GTA 5 pause menu music makes me cry🙏

Funny you use GTA V pause music, as these maps do use a lot of GTA 4/5 assets.

I have (and still do) the rp_unioncity_day map and I just can’t believe how many details they put into that map. There’s also a reason why it’s so memorable. I like completely making that map just pure chaos with my brother. For example, I said “OPEN UP” and in the game just shot him with an RPG 😂😂😂😂😂. Well, if only he started playing with me again on Gmod. 😢

what a gta 3 man lmao

I wonder how it would like during snow or rain.

Do a video where you play half life source but fixed.

American architecture has always been so intriguing to me as a kid, and to an extent it continues to do so today, however just like you mentioned early into the video, unfortunately the media has distorted its current state and social issues, and movies, as awesome as they may be, only further insist on painting America an image that simply doesn't exist. Indeed, it's a nice place to visit, but certainly not to live... By comparison to the old city designs, nowadays it all looks so shiny, inflated, soulless... and fake. That being said, of the bunch, I think Union City's dense atmosphere is probably my favorite, it gives me some night time Liberty City vibes in particular (besides, the name alone sounds very inviting for a revolution :p). Then NYCity goes beyond all that, and strongly reminds me of Max Payne and the Sin City movies (wish that movie franchise would be continued honestly...), it's just so beautifully noire.

My small old MacBook would turn into Chernobyl if i tried loading any of these.

Ai nodes exist for some of these maps on workshop, so you can use ZINV enhanced related mods to spawn npcs including armed soldiers, gangs, cops, zombies whatever your hearts content via the nodes, literally infecting the city in a hostile manner around you. Complete this combination with F.E.A.R combine ai and enhanced Stealth mod and even Navmesh optimizer to generate better navmeshs for nextbots such as Aliens from the aliens movies and their nextbot packs or other zombies or units etc to add to the mix. Resident Evil and even now Metro 2033 nextbots exist including the bosses allowing for insane npc battles and short films. VJ base Npcs can also be spawned from the ZINV automatic spawner just not next bots those gotta be manually placed. I have been having a lot of crazy ideas for realism style short films especially with these maps such as maybe making a short film about a bank robbery gone wrong HEAT style fighting authourites in the streets such as PayDay 2 SWAT NPCs or even GTA 4's NOOSE SWAT units etc. Or maybe fighting like some type of extremist gangs in the streets of new york city at night. Perhaps some zombie and Alien short films. Predator Yautja NPC with custom animations also exists from the movies and he cloaks and everything, another great short film potential npc for a dark city like this. NPC possessor and Bsmod kill moves Predator wrist blades with custom first person executions along with using timely music for having predator ambient and combat music in the background could literally result in a short film in the city at night that is very Predator: Concrete Jungle especially in the futuristic Cyberpunk city map that also exists, combine that with combine & some scenic citizen npcs on the side of the streets walking and or standing around or talking to each other etc even. Huge Max Payne fan like yourself too. So I want to do some Max Payne style short films using the action extension mod for slow mo bullet time, diving and rolling etc. And use the Max Payne player model and TFA VOX pack to have some built in voice and lines. Add some more in video editing.

My view of Southside has been completely taken over by Ironstone, I just can't disconnect the two now.

Using the inf map mod, imagine someone connects all these maps together... that would be fucking amazing.

2:01

Source engine still holds up to this day

Now do a bright and cheery map review

I wish i could try these ;-; Rest in peace my hard-drive

gm_adventurers is a really cool detailed map for Garry's Mod

Ah rp_south_side if not the Gmod map I spend more time playing on than any other map,