Excellent map!

Download it!

I personnally do not think that this map is that good. I don't think the custom Japanesse textures blend well with the standard Q3:A textures. They are too plain. Also, I don't think that the layout is all that interesting

g1zm0's maps OWN id softwares maps!

Sleepy - you have a right to your opinion, but i think you have taken this just a little too far... its a map for Quake3Arena - a game, not that different to Tekken (not sure if thats the right spelling). Comments like yours are not exactly helping fight stereotyping - I would say if anything its supporting stereotyping, so I've removed the very uncalled for post. If there is any more like it, I'll ban you. You are welcomed to explain just how this map support(s) the stereotypical view of Japanese culture - but don't bring in someones parents, esp. if you don't know anything about them.

sleepy ? so, lets see here, you are saying my mom is a racist bitch ? not true, not by a long shot, not even cool my friend.

over sensitive I think you are.

I don't like the map... but Sleep-man, you need to get a life. It's a map. It has a japanese feel and look to it. And the thing about player models, he's a fucking mapper. not a modeller.

Nice job!!

keep up the good work!!

Great looking map... although it lacks in the gameplay department. I think there is a lot of "stuff" laying around that really doesnt need to be there. All the little pagodas and swords and things... They would look great in a single player mission based Q2 map but when I am blowing people up in DM or CTF, give me some solid walls in a base anyday.

Not to knock this map though, it does look great. I love the jump pad through the window =)

It's about fucking time someone made a (decent) map that just isn't a queer assed clone of id's style (not that id's style doesn't kick ass, but I like some variety to my map collection). This one is sweet.

sleepy, um, what are you talking aobut ? you don't like me or something ? you already posted 3 times about this map, all bad, why 3 times? isn't once enough ? evidently some people like the map, you don't, I can deal with that... so can you, don't play it. oh and whether I know about japanese culture or not, its still only a map for a game, get a grip, put down that mouse and get some air =)

g1zmo.. you have done it again. It seems as though your maps will end up being my favorites just as they were in Quake2. Excellent job sir.

I agree with Sleep. Not the greatest map I've ever played...

not worth the 5 meg d/l...

Sorry, this map is still a 2/10 at the most. If you understand Japanese culture this map will make you vomit!!!!!!!

Dis map made me say, "Damn that's funky fresh, yo!!!!"

Just download it;

it's worth it!

Super map. Fun as Hell to play. Great textures and layout. A little slow in places but over all a F'n blast.

I played this map alot over the wknd in a LAN party with 10 ppl. The only lacks I found in this level are that there aren´t many ways to enter the flag rooms and the stairs are not strafe jumpable. Anyway when I´m going out of either the castles my fps drops dont quite a bit on my Gforce Pro ddr. Beside this, japanctf is one of the best ctf maps yet.

good job, G1zmO Are you japanese btw?

=)

since when does an opinion have to be from someone you've heard of to be important =P

although you're right, if i don't like the way your map plays, i just won't play it.

P.S.

I didn't make this map for the guy that runs "the big house" either, I forget his name, someone I have never heard of I think :P

sleepy, I believe Paul J mentioned that Paul J mentioned that they tried using curves for ground, hills, ect, and that players didnt have much control while running over them, thats one reason I didnt use them there.

Also using curves there would have driven up the r_speeds, which means the map would have ran slower for you. besides, I didnt make this map for you sleepy =), I made it for ppl that might enjoy it, you don't ahve to play it =)

This map looks nice, despite the odd textures and mysteryous thick white fog(?!?!?)... but a maps looks do not make it a good map. This map plays horribly. There is a lot of completely unnescessary detail and with q3's curves, the terrain could have been done much better.

I dont know what you people see in this map.

I have to hand it to ya, this is a really great map, Im not a huge Q3A player but i have to say...WOW!

I have to hand it to ya, this is a really great map, Im not a huge Q3A player but i have to say...WOW!

Once again, I have to agree with everyone and say that the level looks awesome, aside from the unrealistic looking jump pads (no object in real life is pure black w/o reflections and shadows). The DM level is not that great for playability, however the CTF level plays quite nicely- my only gripe is that I like my CTF levels a little larger than this. At any rate, definetly a worthy download.

Thank you eveyone that voted, and had comments on my map, good and bad =)

the good ones, I really appreciate, and make it all worth the time and effort I poured into it.

the bad ones I also appreciate, they will help me strive to do better next time =)

thank you all again,

mike (g1zm0)

Though some people may say that this map just looks good without any playability, I'd have to disagree with them. I have played a lot of games so far on these maps and they were all very fun (I especially like the ctf map). Even after reading http://www.planetquake.com/bighouse/Q3Reviews/Japanese.htm I still enjoy this map and only agree with them on their point of weapon placement (unlike what they say, many of the battles that I fought in took place in corridors, not just "circling" battles in large rooms). Of all the custom maps that I have downloaded (and I have downloaded nearly every map on this site) this map is one of the best and it is the only custom map that I see each time I refresh my servers.

This map looks very nice. But that's about where it stops for me. I like to look at it, but the actual playing isn't that much fun. I agree with everything here: http://www.planetquake.com/bighouse/Q3Reviews/Japanese.htm

Another great map from g1zm0!

This is one of my favorite q3ctf maps I have played to date. The terrain is awesome, the realistic features are great with awesome realistic presentation. Good job g1zm0, I hope to see some more maps of this quality :)

Excellent flow, very good work on getting the textures to fit with the map. The jumpads rule!

g1zmo owns!!! =]

This map rocks! It runs well on my P133, and it still works great. I loved the details like the sword rack and the pictures on the walls. Download it and see for yourself.

I liked this map very much . Ive d/l a few q3 custom maps all of which suck besides this 1 . I would love to see more maps by gizmo in near future.

excelent map... but a texture seems to be missing "q1metal7_98"

anyways the map is a kickass...

If the name is g1zm0, the map is quality. Ever since I first played Dakyne, I have been a fan of his maps. I only wish this one had the large outside areas like the ra2 map did. Other than that, very high quality.

Very nice looking map. The only thing i can think of that could be different is the shortest path between each flag is really pretty short.

This has to be my favorite user-made level so far for Q3.

Just gorgeous.

HOWEVER, I've found a rather serious weak link in the implementation of the bots.

(I play the bots most of the time, since my ping sucks hard.)

If you go to the little upstairs room where the quad/haste spawns, you can fire through the fence, and rack up frags by the dozen, since the bots never know you're there, and rarely bother to come around it to get the quad!

Oh, well. Easy kills are fun too, I guess...

I liked the fog. It looks really cool as you walk down the stairs. It is a bit weird as you come out, though. I think it would have worked better if the fog was placed in a dead end, or if the fog was deeper. I'd like to see a Japanese garden/castle at night... give the cool lanterns a reason to be there. =)

I'm with Fingers on the texture problem - if you use something that is NOT part of the pak0.pk3 then include it in your <filename>.pk3, and include it as something like textures/<filename>/textname.jpg or scripts/<filename>/scriptname.sharder - this is the ONLY way to make sure your map will work how you want it to, on every users system.

q2 conversions or not ... these are just fantastic

especially the DM versions ... the CTF castles are a bit to close to each other ...

but I actually LOVED the rest

I see... No, I didn't read the text file. Still, in my opinion an add-on level should work in vanilla Q3. I don't play CTF, so I have no reason to download several megs of a CTF level pack... Just because some add-on level uses one or two of its textures is not enough. (Maybe he could've included the extra textures in his pk3?)

And I did say I like the level... But it doesn't change the fact that it runs at ~20fps on my machine at some places, and I collide into invisible walls when I try to jump around on the rocks, and that I can't see anything at places that are pitch black. Which is why I don't find it particularly playable, even though it's gorgeous to look at and thus very well worth a download. :P

cant wait to see more gizmo maps

GREAT MAP!

Am I the only person that played these two maps for Quake II? When I downloaded this pack I thought I was going to play something really different... I was wrong.

Don't get me wrong, this is a great conversion but these are NOT original designs.

Two really terrific conversions!!

At last a great looking map that actually plays brilliantly as well. My only complaints are that the corridor where the thunderbolt is goes nowhere, just a loop plus theres that dead end around the same corner but even that can be amusing if your playing someone who doesnt know the layout.

All in all its a 9 for me. Gimme some more...

This must have taken forever to build. Best level I've played. Greatest textures.

It is the best map I've played on Quake III. Some areas give me the feel of quake II. Hook us up with some more g1zm0. : )

Awsome! It is great to see a map not in the (rather boring)gothic style that seems to be dominating the user map scene. Great work g1z.

rawks!

cool

Well don't feel special, Essobie. g1zm0 hooked all of #quakeed and #leveldesign up with the early versions.

AWESOME map. Great design and I love the Japanese architecture. The CTF map is just as good.

Prettiest map todate.Excellant flow and gameplay.Played this map for 4 hrs. last night with my wife. (AWESOME)This guy g1zmo continues to pump out some of the best maps I've ever seen.

i meant 2 caligraphy writings on the wall not one.

great map,however there's 1 minor flaw,most of you probably wont recognize it.In the DM map,there's a caligraphy writings on the wall near the rocket launcher(the one before the stairs to the mega health room) one translates as 'Fighting Spirit' and one as 'Warrior',the 'warrior' writing texture is somehow inverted left to right(the red seal is suppose to be at botom left)if u can read chinese characters u'll nkow exactly what i meant.

Yep....great

Good Map, Runs fast,(on my machine anyways) Nice and original, love the outdoors, Bot's play reasonably well. Wouldn't say it was the "Best" Quake3 map so far, that in my opinion goes to "Kaos" or Khaooohs By Vondur, and Ik3dm1 By Iikka "Fingers" Keranen. But this is still very good, worth the download just to look at the originality of the whole thing.

See ya !

i think that this is probably the finest none id map so far the graphics are fantastic as they really add to the atmosphere! more please! :)

Absolutely gorgeous! Yet, IMHO, the fog should have been made thickerhigher, so you kinda emerged out of it when you exited the buildingentered the backyard outside area going up those steep stairs. THAT WOULD HAVE ROCKED@#$% Otherwise, it seems like it was just thrown in.. All in all though, still *the best* user created map(s) to date for Q3A!

Bravo! Bravo!

What an original idea for a map. The outdoor area is a great place for DM battles and the japanese art that sprinkles the whole map is fantastic.

Bravo! Bravo!

What an original idea for a map. The outdoor area is a great place for DM battles and the japanese art that sprinkles the whole map is fantastic.

U know that drooling thing H. Simpson does all the time? Well, that's what i was doing when i loaded this map. This is the 1st truly *ORIGINAL* map that has been made for q3a and it is really encouraging to see someone make a map that doesn't plagiarize the q3a style (like every other map that's been released). DOWNLOAD THIS NOW!!!!!

THIS MAP ROCKS!!!!!!

Dont bother reading this download it NOW.. u wont b disapointed!!!!

First of all I realize everyone is entitled to an opinion but Finger's opinion is just stupid the layout is better than any custom q3a dm map I have played yet, no textures are missing that I found, its very well lit and it plays very fast compared to a lot of the levels that came with q3a

sorry if i ofended you but you could have at least read the readme before judging the map (you know because of the texture thing)

Awwww YEAH! I remember playing Jap Garden for RA2, and this is very much in the style of (well, obviously... it's G1zm0!)

Damm... This is definitly the new standard that Q3a maps are gonna have to compete with!

However, one thing this map makes me realise, is how much I'm looking forward to RA3....

Overall, this is THE BEST user created map so far... :-)

aghhhhh.... drool.... 9.99999/10 you'll be downloading this now...

Nice map. :)

This map friggin rocks big time! Everything is done right including able to configure the maps through the menu. The bots are also really fun. The only thing I wish is that the map could be larger in size. At first I thought it was huge until I started to run around it. Otherwise it's a perfect 10 and I hope g1zm0 creates more quick!!

Outcast

one thing, and i don't know if it's the way maps are made (not a mapper) or the way the bots are programmed in the game, but i've noticed that on this map, playing with 4 bots on nightmare, none of them will touch the quad UNLESS i get it and am then killed. only then will they pick it up. kinda' kills playing with bots with this map, for me, as it takes away from the fun. damn po-down towns and their no cable-no dsl-crappy phoneline policies. =|

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Fingers: the missing textures are because you do not have the threewave ctf (Zoid's) pk3 installed. If you read the readme, it says that explicitly.

*sound of jaw dropping* This is by far the best, most creative, well done level I have seen from the community thus far. All others have cosmetic problems like brushes overlapping, or walls that you can strafe through (fognhell), but this is by far the most pro, and the most flowing level I have played. I can only pray that more levels of this caliber come out of the q3a community. P.S. I dunno what you all are smoking, I think that the fog gives it a nice Mt. Fuji kinda effect.

Gizmos work continues to excel! I am one of his biggest fans and this work is great. The Japanese Garden for Q2 was a blast as well as the Daknyne series and now this!

Keep'em comin' Mike this is good stuff!!

Do yourself a favor and get this ASAP!

Very nice... Good use of curves on the roofs, nice textures... I love the outside areas. Too bad it runs really slowly, and some textures are missing. It could use some more light as well, and some of the clipping is overdone. More a work of art than a DM level... But certainly worth a download just to look at it.

I agree with Scamp here... Making all rounded edges in a traditional Japanese style building would be just plain silly. The author has used the curves perfectly where he should, as in the gorgeous rooftops.

The "new" (read Q3A's) style sucks. I love maps that have their own 'thing', like this one.

Looks more like a q2 map because of all the edges where things should have been rounded. Great map, but just looks like old style.

Yeah, I agree with the majority on most things. Very nicely constructed and a decent layout. I thought there could have been a few more details on the walls in places.

One thing I wasn't keen on was the jump pads. The writing on them was cool but I thought the *pitch* black colour looked a little odd, some random noise on the texture would have been nice. I also thing the white fog looked a bit out of place but these are minor quibbles. All in all a good solid map, nice work Gizmo.

What can I say...

SWEET, SWEET, SWEET!

It's one of the nicest maps ever... and finally some change from the good ol' Quake brownish textures :).

What can I say...

SWEET, SWEET, SWEET!

It's one of the nicest maps ever... and finally some change from the good ol' Quake brownish textures :).

I actually had to suffer ReSeTH's rockets playtesting the level, but I found it a boatload of fun. The implementation of the Japanese style goes right down to the details, and I can only imagine the amount of research this must take.

I didn't really notice the fog problem that Tigger mentioned, at least not while in a deathmatch, so if there is anything it's probably minor.

Keep up the good work! More in this theme? What's next, Arabian nights? Aztec temples? ^_^

You don't download this map, and we confiscate your Quake3

Gold baby!!

This Map is great.

Kewl graphics combined with great gameplay !! I love it. Well, Bots arent very inteligent in this map but who cares :))

This map is the stuff, what a CTFler needs :))

Get it now !!

I give this map a 10 !!

(ctf and dm)

I am about to try this level. It looks promising.

http://www.tom.tomko.com

You know I love it... g1zm0 hooked me up with an early release version of the ctf map, and I was very impressed with it... and then I download the entire thing and I get a DM version as well?

BONUS! :)

Visual Intrest: B+

Flow: C

Texure Choice: B

Originality: A

Rs_Speed:B

OVERALL: i give this map a B (similar to 8)

Junkyman99@hotmail.com

this level looks great. G1zmo has done a great job with those new textures, it all looks very oriental and impressive. There was a game of 6 players on the uni network earlier but it was full so I couldn't play it (ctf version).

I actually like the block rocks although perhaps some more detail in them wouldn't have gone amiss. Still, who am I to criticise when I spent about 10 mins trying to figure out how to deselect a brush in q3r yesterday. Still, I'm starting to figure stuff out now - it's far harder to get to grips with than wc and the curve selection is a real pain when you have abunch of curves close to each other as their bounding boxes overlap and shit... er, anyway, I've gone off topic. Nice map G1zmo :)

-Than

As tapped said, some of the earthen structures are blocky, but then again, vortex manipulation isn't the easiest thing in the world.

VERY NICE! the original decor is great, the sounds (gotta' love a gong!), and the architecture are superb... haven't found any bugs, but haven't played it much either.

only one complaint: as good as the map is, some of the earthen sturctures look a bit blocky. other than that, great job.

Well, I downloaded the pak and the maps are just very cool! They have the same cool stile like the map that g1zm0 made for q2 (japanese garden)..WELL DONE!!