Unpopular Opinion - RP_Southside is the best GMod RP map ever made

[Whathe12]

Despite lots of people not liking this map, I believe that RP_Southside is one of the BEST Garry's Mod RP maps ever made.

There are LOTS of interiors in buildings, PARKOUR on the rooftops, Vents which can be used to sneak into the PD and bank, MANHOLES in the streets which lead to a sewer system that goes around the map/used to break into bank. Fences you can climb. Windows you can jump out of and onto fire escapes. 2 bases which can only be reached by boat or swimming. A variety of highways, suburbs and skyscrapers. As well as loads of PassiveRP features such as trash cans that can be thrown, vending machines that dispense soda cans, as well as ROOMS WITH LIGHTS that can be turned on/off.

Cops raiding? Turn off the lights in the room. Cops inside? jump out the window onto the fire escape. Cops on the street? Run into one of the many dark alley ways or open a manhole and dive into the sewers. The amount of action that this map can potentially provide is insane.

The only criticism I have is gameplay features which dent the potential this map has, such as limited mining, mini-map bug, and a few other gameplay tweaks which are slight such as more ATMs, etc.

 

[Mazen]

not true. chances of you actually making it to any of those interiors, rooms, rooftops and whatever are very slim when uve got 20 cops chasing you because there's not a single situation for them to respond too. idk if uve played monolith southside but this is quite the opposite of how it went lmao. maybe if cops and players didn't resort to shooting, these situations might be more likely to happen.

 

[Ace Carter]

nope, ive played mobsters paradise its the same map, i do not like mobsters paradise map, although i never played during the time i would say the HL2 map was better.

 

[Shabzino]

Not sure if you were even on during the southside map change but this wasnt really the case with 10+ cops most of the time being bored and keeping the vent circulations on 24/7 so that nobody could sneak along with 4 way roads everywhere making it very confusing the first time on the map. If you really do like this map though just go on mobsters paradise or other servers instead.

 

[friskiemar]

REally good map. Not the best tho. One thing that bothers me is the traffic lights.....they are all facing the wrong way. As a map, taking just the map itself, it is possibly one of the best maps out there. However, it does not mix well with monolithRP

 

[Mazen]

nope, ive played mobsters paradise its the same map, i do not like mobsters paradise map, although i never played during the time i would say the HL2 map was better.

agreed. to be honest drew is correct when it comes to southside has lots of rp opportunities but that doesn't work when the only outcome of every situation is a shootout. maybe the map just isn't meant for monolithrp like friskie said

 

[Scofield]

I found a lot of the street names and billboards funny, but I wish the lighting was changed it gives a weird tint on things. I really liked the PD, I thought that was really well made. I still prefer monoford though as that was carefully tailored for monolith gameplay

 

[HΛISSAM®]

That's a really good map ! for seriousrp

 

[PiffTheSeal]

It is nowhere near the best map on GMod, I've seen far better maps in GMod that are custom, either you never been on good maps or you're on drugs

 

[Asiandiskool]

there were some aspects I liked about the map such as
-the sewer system
-the bank
-how you could turn on lights in rooms

but it felt super compact and if you are in a police chase, forget about running away. The map is much smaller and if there are 10+ cops on, you're finished. I would take some aspects of the map and bring to monoford, but the map itself not a massive fan.

 

[itz_coffee]

statua wanted that level of detail on monoford but he had to limit it due to having 2 layers (or something like that)

it's a nice map of course, but you can't really replace a custom map that keeps getting updates for its community

 

[Colonel Cookie]

If Source didn’t have its limits Monoford would be insanely tricked out from top to bottom

Oh how one can dream

 

[Epsteindidn;tkillhimself]

the best game mode is sandbox and the best map is also sandbox

 

[reqord]

Southeside was a good map, it is just a tad bit small and maze like for my taste. It’s inefficient to drive from point A to point B because of how much you have to turn. While a lot of the features are great I’m sure they all could be added to Monoford if they get a well written suggestion to do so.

 

[Jace]

its a good map, just not for monolith

 

[Vig Rollins]

y'all are sleeping on

Spoiler: the GOAT

 

[Whathe12]

Real talk @Michael Sartorri that was the OG RP map, back before GMod store existed and every DarkRP server was spammed with the same exact addons

 

[A Sack O' Salt]

Real talk @Michael Sartorri that was the OG RP map, back before GMod store existed and every DarkRP server was spammed with the same exact addons

rr that’s when it didn’t matter where you played
but southside sucks

 

[ammeo]

Make southside 4x its size and its best map ever. The map has a Noir feeling to it. Makes you feel like you are in a 1950's movie. With an active day/night cycle, it would be even better.

 

[Ingolf]

I think that the RP_Southside map was great, and I enjoyed all the big/small details that the map had to offer.