In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of one seven, two sixes, and one seven, for a total of 26 out of 40. The Matrix: Path of Neo received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. This footage includes clips from the original The Matrix theatrical films, and from other sources, including the short film series, The Animatrix and Enter the Matrix. The game uses film excerpts as cut scenes throughout the game at certain milestones. The game also allows the player to meet many of the characters in the films, including Trinity, Morpheus and the Merovingian, amongst others. A number of weapons are available in the game, consisting of both melee weapons (including various types of swords, staves, and escrimas) and firearms (assault rifle, submachine gun, pistol etc.). Many of these skills are used by Neo in the trilogy, including the bullet dodge, bullet stop, and flight. These additional skills may be levels and in the main game. As the game continues, players learn new skills and techniques, equipping Neo for the final showdown with Agent Smith. Īt the start of the game, the player is hacker Thomas Anderson, and does not possess any of the powers that the character will later discover as Neo.
Most of these sequences, picked by the movie directors themselves, are taken from the first film in the series. The Matrix: Path of Neo allows the player to participate in many of the major action scenes in the films. It did not feature the series' protagonist Neo, and due to its nature as an extension of the films' storyline, had few recreations of scenes in the film trilogy. In Shiny Entertainment's first licensed Matrix game, Enter the Matrix, only sideline characters were playable. Players control the character Neo, participating in scenes from the films. The game was written and directed by The Wachowskis, who wrote and directed the three The Matrix films.
The digital pad is used to cycle through weapons and to also activate ‘Code’ mode where Neo can view the matrix in its code form (useful for seeing through walls and detecting hidden enemies).The Matrix: Path of Neo is an action-adventure video game, the third spin off from The Matrix series and the second developed by Shiny Entertainment. L1 enables ‘Focus’ for uber-cool slow motion moves and L2 opens doors and activates things and also allows Neo to back up against walls to use them for cover. R2 pulls out your current weapon, R1 fires that weapon. (On PlayStation 2) Triangle is punch, circle is throw, square is evade/roll and X is jump.
Path of Neo uses a similar control system to Enter the Matrix. Do well and you can choose a higher level – if you’re hopeless you get to play the game through on easy. A number of enemies attack you and depending on how well you beat them up, you are awarded with the option of choosing your difficulty level in the game. You’re then taken to a dream sequence in which you play through a pseudo-lobby scene in which your skills are rated.
Path of Neo starts as Neo sits at his desk, as he did in the movie, and the words ‘Wake up Neo’ appear on his PC monitor. You play as Neo right from the start of the game spanning across the three movies to the end where he fights for the ultimate fate of mankind and, this time, you CAN win…
Their first step was addressed with the title and main function of the game – to be ‘The One’. Rather than Enter the Matrix 1.5 or 2, Shiny have set about to create Matrix 5.0 – a game that is leaps and bounds above the original in terms of gameplay and graphics. With 2 more years under their belts since then, the main men at Shiny have been hard at work on a new Matrix game that is everything the gamer and movie fan could ever want.