The Matrix Online is a MMOG where tens of thousands of players jack into the Matrix world at once to take an active role in continuing the saga of The Matrix movie trilogy. The Matrix: Path of Neo followed the plot of the the Matrix film trilogy, allowing the player to play as Neo, which got the game generally better reviews. The Matrix Online Edit. The Matrix Online was a MMORPG set in the Matrix, which continued the story with events set after the end of The Matrix Revolutions.

publisher: Atari / Infogrames

Game mode: single player

game release date:

15May2003

Merciless Agents stalk your every move. You'll dodge their bullets. Defy gravity. Break all the rules. Explore the hidden depths of the massive dreamworld that has enslaved the human race. How far down does the rabbit hole go? Are you ready to find out? Are you ready to Enter the Matrix?

Enter the Matrix features awesome gunplay and spectacular martial arts that bend the rules of the Matrix, insane driving and stunts, and the chance to pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet. This game isn't just set in the Matrix universe - it's an integral part of the entire Matrix experience, with a story that weaves in and out of The Matrix: Reloaded, the sequel to the Academy Award-winner. Enter the Matrix is the story-behind-the-story.

Enter the Matrix was developed under the creative direction of Matrix filmmakers Larry and Andy Wachowski. The unprecedented level of collaboration between Hollywood's hottest filmmakers and the award-winning Shiny Entertainment team promises to make Enter the Matrix a truly unique gaming experience.

* The game is based on a highly original blend of the key best selling console game genres. (Action/Exploration/Fighting/Driving.)

* The writer/directors of the Matrix movie trilogy, Andy and Larry Wachowski, wrote the game script and personally directed around one full hour of NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Matrix footage exclusively for this video game. (Shot at full Hollywood quality using the same movie crew and actors.) The final experience is a seamless blend of gameplay, in-game cinematics and fresh new Matrix footage.

* The game stars all of the key characters from The Matrix Reloaded (likeness and voice over), including Neo (Keaanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith), Ghost (Anthony Wong), Sparks (Lachy Hulme) and Persephone (Monica Bellucci.)

* The game has the truly authentic, photo-realistic Matrix look based on unparalleled collaboration with the actual movie making production crew. The fight sequences in the game are choreographed by Master Wo Ping (Crouching Tiger-Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey) and his team of expert disciples. Just like he did in the movie, Wo Ping gives you the power to run on walls or take down a room of enemies without breaking a sweat.

* The game contains incredible visual effects including advanced particle engine and world destruction as seen in the Matrix movie.

* Players will see, only after playing the game, that their actions actually have an effect on the 2nd movie The Matrix Reloaded and when seeing the movie for the first time will realize how what they see actually ties in with the game they've played

* Same musicians in-movie AND in-game

* Same SoundFX in-movie AND in-game

System requirements

PC / Windows

Recommended: Pentium III 1.2 GHz, 256MB RAM, 64MB graphic card (GeForce 3 or better), 4.3 GB HDD

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It's Not That The Matrix: Path Of Neo is bad. It's that it's sooooo bad. Really, really awful. There are amateur Matrix-themed game mods out there that are better. Supposedly taking you through all three films, but mostly just taking you through the fights, the game follows Neo as he slowly becomes The One and learns how to hit people in slow motion.And it's appalling. Truly appalling. Yes the fights can be action-packed, but the effect is totally destroyed when the camera swings around behind a wall and obscures your view whichever way you swing it, or you have to fight through a tiresomely protracted and boring level just because the save checkpoints are stupidly placed, or as soon as you see the shocking, shocking graphics for god's sake... And don't get me started on the all-new ending. In fact, save yourself the effort and download the movies online. Yes it's real and yes, it's that, that bad.

The whole package screams 'rushed' at you, although for what reason I can only guess. It's a bad console port that feels as though it's been chucked out the door with no thought, care or consideration. Why do I have to choose my language and reset my key configurations every time I load up (we have hard drives that let games remember that sort of thing)? Why do I have to mess with an .INI file in the installation folder to change the video resolution?

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What I find funniest/most heart-breaking about this whole scenario is that I've been reading reviews elsewhere and everyone seems to be going out of their way to be as generous as possible while still listing all of the above problems. Mid-table scores, occasional seven out of tens (and even a reprehensibly misleading 9.5/10 from one website - once again proving that game reviews should be left to the professionals) - it's like people just can't bring themselves to accept the truth here: The Matrix: Path Of Neo is an irredeemable abortion of a game that Atari, Shiny, the Wachowski brothers and anyone even remotely associated with it should be ashamed for ever thinking about releasing in this form.