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 enlarge | From: Atari Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 3415
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 26500
Model: 26500
UPC: 742725265004
EAN: 0742725265004
ASIN: B0009PETYO
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 FINALLY!!!!! are game designers caring about us anymore? February 11, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
i put this down faster than i picked it up!!! why the heck did they wait 4 years to get the brain power to make this game. no one wants to play as niobi and who the #%$%$# @$#!! is ghost??. after the 2003 suck office smash hit Enter The Matrix, they could have atleast realeased it the following year!!!
you follow neo's story as "The ONE" as you kill people and fight machines. the graphics are lacking. the only slightly entertaining feature in the game is finally being able to finally pick up swords and other weapons in the weapon room sean from matrix reloaded. for any fun u will need to get cheat codes from CHEAT! on G4. waste!!!!
 "Whoa!" - Neo after playing Path of Neo January 20, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally a game fills the gaping void in the videogame universe that was created by that abomination "Enter the Matrix". Not to be repetitive but this is the game that should have been released 3 years ago. Forget about Ghost and Niobe in this game you play as the man himself and it from the beginning you really do feel the power of being The One. This game follows the new movie-made-into-a-game formula which is: stay true to the content of the movie by including all the best scenes for that movie BUT elaborate by adding new scenes to give the player a less than predictable experience. There are plenty of expanded scenes from all 3 matrix movies and things that you might have seen in the movies if they were Peter Jackson length (wink, wink). Though the cut scenes typically include footage from movies (which most matrix fans have seen too many times to count) but these cutscens have been re-edited in a sort of remixed fashion to give them a fresh feel. The only thing I would have improved about this game is the fighting system. Basically the fighting system just feels kind of clunky and is basically unpredictable. Some of the coolest move sequences are created through pure button mashing rather than trying to perform strategic combos. I think this game would have benefited from a system that was more like the one in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, which is much more precise and responsive. Having said that, you still feel like Neo when you're able to jump into the middle of a hoard of enemies and take them all to school in a matter of seconds. Some people have called the game "repetitive" but I think this assesment is somewhat misleading. Path of Neo is a beat'em up fighting game; there are quite a few fight scenes in the matrix films; so it's no suprise (to me anyway) that there are a lot of fight scenes in the game. The game does a good job of breaking up the monotony with a good puzzle or a first person shooting sequence like the chain gun helicopter scene.
Finally, You Are The One January 5, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Enter The Matrix was a good game mostly because it offered a video-game playthrough of the Matrix: Bullettime fighting, off-the-wall kung fu moves, crazy stunts and overall fun. However, the developer Shiny, neglected to give gamers and Matrix fans Neo, the hero of the films. Instead they gave us Niobe and Ghost.
Shiny has changed his ways with Path of Neo. The game starts off nicely: After the inital titles, you find yourself in a dream with Morpheus, choosing to take the Red Pill (And continue your journey through the Matrix) or the Blue Pill. However, the choice isn't very important. If you choose the Red Pill, you continue through the inital events of the film. You choose the Blue Pill, Neo wakes up in his bed. Period. About a five second ending. Choosing the Red Pill drops in the middle of a Dream Lobby, where several waves of enemies come to greet you. For example, the first wave consists of security guards, the next of policemen etc. Depending on your progress, you get to choose a difficulty setting.
Overall, playing as Neo is an awesome experience. Neo has a vast selection of hand-to-hand moves. Later in the game, you're able to upgrade moves. Neo can battle multiple enemies at once as well as have a vast amount of attacks. For example, while I was playing the Burly Brawl level which is a battle against hundreds of Neo's archnemesis' (Agent Smiths), I pressed a random set of buttons which caused Neo to knock two of the Smiths to the ground, grab them by their feet, and use them as spinning windmill weapons against the waves of enemies.
The game has about 20 or so levels, most of them being pretty fun. However, the rest are somewhat frustrating and repetitive. For example, after the Dream Lobby sequence, you find yourself playing as Thomas Anderson trying to use stealth to escape from Agents. Most of the sequence involves you following Morpheus's instructions, which eventually turns into climbing a skyscraper and then running from the rooftop to the floor.
Another frustrating level is a new sequence added after the Chateu scene in the Matrix Reloaded. Instead of simply flying off, Neo has to go through three levels and then fly off. Overall, the original version is better. But anyway, the first of these levels, puts you in an upside-down world filled with multiple doors that warp you to multiple places in the level. This puzzle-solving element is really annoying, espescially since you have an uber-powerful superhero who can kick a foe so hard that he smashes through a wall or who can throw an enemy into the ceiling and then pin him to the floor before spinning him around and tossing him ten feet. Whats more, the enemies in this level are ants. No, I am not kidding. Ants. Plus, the ants are man-sized and for some-reason know kung fu.
Besides these inconveniences, the missions are really fun. In two sequences, you are given the choice of doing certain mission in any order: One in which you have to rescue potential Red Pills from Agents and another where you have to rescue trapped Captains. There are even a handful of training levels in which you learn the basics of the game and get a feel for it: In one level you go to a stage taken straight from the Enter the Dragon film (There's even the control room where Bruce Lee sets a snake loose and scares the operators silly). In another you battle a samurai with a sword, who later in the level gains more power and then forces Trinity to come aid you, which eventually culminates in you having to battle multiple clones of the samurai.
Unlike Enter the Matrix, Path of Neo sports a nice set of melee weapons for you to use, such as a wide variety of swords (Including Katana's, tri-horned, medevial), hatchets, multiple staffs and even a candleabra (For fighting the kung-fu ants). Each of these items have a list of attacks as well. For example, while using the Burly Brawl staff to fight hundreds of Smiths, one attack allows you to stick the pole into the ground and kick the Smiths attacking you with 360 degrees (Just like the movie). You then lean down and knock the Agents off their feet and then by pressing a combination of buttons, leap into the air and slam the ground with tremendous force that knocks the Smiths thirty feet into the air. Another attack with the Katana allows you to slash at a stationary enemy about fifteen times with lightning fast speed.
The game's graphical abilities pushes the PS2's limits. In my opinion, it even surpasses that of the Xbox, which sometimes looks much darker and not as detailed. Except for some random glitches, the graphics look superb. So does the sound: Smacking waves of Agent Smiths quickly with a metal pole sounds just right and in sync with the movie. My regret however is that a lot of the hit music from the films didn't make it the game: The Burly Brawl music or Neodammerung from the final battle sequence against Smith.
Speaking of the final battle against Agent Smith, you're probably better watching the scene from the movie than playing it out. It's a huge dissapointment: You battle first against Smith on the ground, and then take to the skies. The aerial controls are somewhat clunky, and the devastating combos from the rest of the game aren't availiable. There is also a final boss battle, whose two cinematics are nicely brought together by some excellent CGI technology. The Wachowski Brothers actually come on screen to give you the big surprise before the cinematic.
Overall, The Matrix: Path of Neo allows you to play through the films and beyond of the Matrix trilogy. It has everything Enter the Matrix didn't have: A longer martial-arts list, creative melee weapons and a much better main character. However if you aren't a Matrix fan or you haven't seen the game, ignore it: Even those who some who are fans of the films can't bear the recut footage which doesn't do a good job of telling the story. Overall though, Path of Neo is one truly excellent game.
YES!!! THIS GAME RULZ!!! READ THIS BEFORE BUYING!!! January 2, 2006
INTRO and OVERVIEW:
Since 1999 I have loved The Matrix Trilogy, and since 1999 I have anticipated the arrival of a good Matrix video game. "Enter the Matrix" released in 2003 was a bit lame, you couldn't play as "THE ONE", only as Ghost or Niobi. In this great new game you relive the Path Of Neo, (hence the name), from taking the red pill, to Defeating Agent Smith and saving Zion.
GRAPHICS and HARDWARE:
The graphics are amazingly realilistic, no seriously now, I know what I am talking about, I have been an great gamer for 6 years, and I got to say this is one of the best. This game features advanced AI (Oh no the machines are taking over again!) to place the player in the appropriate skill level by testing you in training programs right after you take the red pill. That is why I love this game so much, the creators thought of everything, ANYONE ON ANY SKILL LEVEL CAN BEAT IT. It's not like other games that are rediculously hard to beat (*cough* JAK II).
***MY ADVICE: When you play "The Matrix: Path Of Neo" for the first time, place the game dfficulty on easy (called Disciple in game), even if you think it would be too easy for your gaming level or the game places you on a higher skill level, choose the lowest level first. The controls are somewhat tricky. I can say this from experience.***
GAMEPLAY:
Throught the game you can use a varity of weaponary, melee, such as a sword, and ranged, such as machine gun. all weapons in the game can be used (yes even the ones hanging on the walls in the Merovingien's chateau!), and if you can't find one, you can even improvise using misc. items, or even another opponent!
As you progress through the game, Neo learns new abilities. When this happens his health bar and focus meter also increase. Sometimes Neo gains a master ability or atman principle. Look through all of the availiable master abilities before making your choice (It doesn't really matter which one you choose, just pick the one you like the best or the one you think you can use the most.). As for atman principles, don't waste your points on them unless they are the only things left to aquire. I have beaten the easy and normal levels without any of them.
The combos are amazing. Ever seen the movies? You can use the exact same combos you see our hero Neo using against countless enemies in the trilogy.
Pick up briefcases in different levels to allow Neo to learn new combos, and unlock bonus material.
In combat, the camera angle sometimes shifts to show the gamer a better view of what they are doing, it's really a lot like the films.
The opponents you face the most are, you guessed it, agents. You also fight against police officers, SWAT teams, helicopters, oh yeah, and giant man-sized kung-fu fightn' ants. Yeah, I know what your thinking...
NEW ENDING:
Yes, Trinity and Neo still die, but the game also features a whole new ending for "THE ONE" that was written and directed by the Wachoski brothers, the creators of the Matrix films. I won't say exactly what it is on here, it is something you should really see for yourself. I will simply say it RuLz!!!
I have played literally hundreds of video games before , but I gotta say this one is one of my favorites!!!
its awesome December 30, 2005
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
i just beat this game 20 minutes ago and it was awesome though the wachowski brothers tell u the "suprise" ending overall its awesome
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