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 enlarge | From: Atari Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $5.95 (On sale from $5.97)
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New (24) Used (15) from $2.56
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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 Cool game for Matrix fans check it out now!!! December 14, 2005
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
It is as good as the commercials imply the next "big thing
to hit console system is not an ape". LOL
This game is pretty awesome, just like "Enter the Matrix"
it never gets too boring and thus live up to expectations
for the most part. Ok there are some drawbacks but
really the graphics, controls and cool Matrix moves you
can pull out along with playing Neo for the first time
are all bonuses!!!!
That was the major complaint two years from Matrix
fans, now Neo is the main character.
Let's see how the games builds up shall we folks:
Graphics:
The graphics were quite excellent if I must say
so, I really don't know what geeks complain about
saying it sucks. The characters look just like they
did in the Matrix including Neo. The movie looks
spectacular in full color. On a big screen tv ,
thr graphics rule. Lots of detail everywhere showing
the Matrix Very nice.
Sound
Yep great here as well, the actors from the movie do
provide some of their voices, the game itself uses
clips and audio for the movie so you really feel like
you're in the movie!!!!! How cool is that. That has
to be very cool.
Controls
The controls ok we're perhaps the weakest part to some
gamers, but I thought they were good. You have a whole
can of buttkicking matrix combos to do here. The most
powerful ones will keep you alive especially when
you meet up with the Agent Smith and others.
Extras
Ok some ok extras following the game including a Making
of extra.
Challenge
The challenge is pretty cool. It is subpar but
only because I consider myself a veteran gamer with decades
of experience here. Most vets will pass the game within
a week or two. However, that doesn't take away too much
from the pleasure here. The game is pretty challenging
when it needs to be. The battles with the Agents have
to be the highlight. There are some spectacular battles
that make this game buying or rent.
I would recommend this game to any fan of the movie,
or Matrix universe. You will not be disappointed and
it would make a great Christmas gift.
On the right path! December 1, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I finally got my copy of The Matrix:Path of Neo and have been having a blast playing it!
Here's what I thought...
GRAPHICS
Not the game's greatest strength, but they have their pros and cons. Some objects can be blocky, yet at the same time the environments are beautifully detailed. Really, the most beautiful aspect of the game belongs to the overall design and it's environments. From visually dramatic shafts of light, to dreamy blossoms floating through the air, to eery night time street encounters. The game sets some really nice moods.
Frankly I gladly overlook the few graphic's shortcomings due to where the game shines...
ACTION
When Neo runs up an agent's torso and administers a devastating barrage of kicks to his face in slow motion, it is only too authentically reminiscent of the Matrix series. All of the various combos (and there are many) have subtle details built into them that make the gameplay fantastic and the stuff of a great action game!
Path of Neo gradually builds your abilities from a clumsy shove to impressively complex aerial attacks, upper cuts, kick combos, sword slashes, slowing bullets and eventually stopping bullets cold in their tracks. Everything beautifully orchestrated to give you that feeling of being super human and truly "the one". In what other scenario would you be able to grab enemies and use their bodies as a weapon to pummel each other?
FILM INTEGRATION
Throughout the game you are fed film montages which serve as nice introductions to the levels you are about to enter. However, they can be a bit random feeling and will even clumsily feed you a shot from levels you aren't even close to yet. Foreshadowing? Who knows?
The montages aren't masterpieces, but in the end, they manage to do their job and bring the mood of the film to the game.
SOUND
Impressively, the original Matrix actors came in to do their own voice work, adding even more authenticity to the game.
The music soundtrack is rich and moving, keeping you engaged during tense scenes and giving moody ambiance to the environments.
OVERALL
Despite a few flaws, Path of Neo boils down to be pretty much everything you want it to be and worthy of The Matrix name. The superb fighting animations and the fact that you can finally play as Neo and use all his super powers are elements that set Path of Neo in a whole different league than Enter the Matrix. There's really no comparison. Path of Neo is what a Matrix game should be and now finally is.
A must for anyone who enjoyed the Matrix films and a great game in it's own right! Enjoy.
Quick and fun action, it is as simple as that November 29, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I did not really have so high hopes for this game, but still it is always fun to use your kung-fu in slow motion. Anyway, the game starts of with a challenge that will test your skills and match the difficulty accordingly. I started with Normal, and that was just right for me. Now I'm playing "The one path (Hard)" and it is really hard.
The graphics seem to be really cool, although they seem to be an upgrade from "Enter the Matrix", this game would have been really good looking if they had spent more time on the graphic tweaking and so on.
It has some great parts and some boring parts and some medicore parts.
The worst thing about the game is the sound, its not my computer, the voice actors so...not alive, and hollow. And some of the final skills seem weird.
 Falls flat everywhere November 27, 2005
6 out of 16 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of the whole Matrix franchise, and as such, I really wanted to like this game. So I went out and rented it--which is a good thing, because now I'm only out $7 and change.
Where to begin? After playing Prince of Persia and Psychonauts, you have a good idea of what a good platformer game is with a great story and fantastic gameplay. Of course, neither of these two games were locked into a movie script, which I think is a big part of the problem... The game wants you to follow the "path of neo" so closely, that even when it gives you a creative option, it's not creative at all. For example, at the beginning of the game, Morpheus asks you, "do you want to take the blue pill or the red pill?" Now, why on EARTH would I want to have that decision at all?? So, of course, I took the blue pill! BIG DEAL! You wake up as yourself again in front of a computer and then you're given the choice all over again... after a few minutes of boring cut scenes. WHY DID I DO THAT??
Which brings me to another point: The cut scenes. There's actual movie footage in this game, which is sorta cool, I guess, but since I've already seen the movies at least... oh... a BILLION times, I really didn't need them, now did I? They were very annoying after a while. And you couldn't skip them! Another annoying thing! Some of them were out of sequence from the actual movie, but help the game along (I think).
There's a "pre-game" before the game, in which you get your ability as a gamer tested, and then the game says, "you qualify as a master--do you want to play the hard level or the easy level". Problem here? You get teased with a bunch of cool Matrix abilities, and then they take them all away from you to begin the plot. Okay... I can live with that. A bit odd, but, whatever...
When the plot actually starts and you have to sneak away from the Agents, you have to sneak through your office. What's a problem here is that the game TRIES to give you "helpful" directions, but they are so not obvious that you have to get "killed" a couple of times to understand what the game is trying to lead you through. It will say, "Go down the next hall..." and you see two halls and you're like, "uh... WHAT??"
The camera angles SUCK! You have to keep "resetting" the camera angles, which is extremely distracting. Psychonauts and POP did that so flawlessly, and when there was a problem, turning the camera slightly was easy. Not so in this game.
I can go on: The animation is poor and repetetive, some of the graphics make no sense (a guy standing a foot off the ground is a little odd). And the gameplay was okay, then got annoying reeeeeally quickly: Once you get out of the Matrix, it's time for your training, just like the movie! NOT! In the movie, there was Jujitsu with Morpheus... I don't remember much more. In the game, you have to train, and train, and train some more. It looks like you have to conquer something like 30 or so "levels" of training to even start to go back into the Matrix. Needless to say, I got bored really quickly. First you're fighting some kung-fu guys, then you're fighting in a world that looks like it came out of the movie "The Ring" -- which would have been cool if this were a game version of "The Ring", but here--it was distracting. Then you have to fight sword guys, gun guys--all in the training sim... BOOORING! Where's the plot?? Sure, Trinity shows up ONCE, to help you fight, but other than that--snooooozer! I turned the game off after about 2 hours. I think I'll wait for the last Prince of Persia to hit stores. Glad I rented this.
Finally, the ONE we always wanted to play! November 27, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Hey, what can i say? THIS game is much more like what the first game should've been.
This game is not linear as other reviewer(s) have suggested.
Yes, it follows a VERY familliar story-line for fans of the series. But, this program allows you to act out some of the BEST battles that NEO had to offer within the trilogy.
The way they meshed the movie bits with a new perspective was very nice. 600 DIFFERENT ATTACKS! I think that's incredible.
Some are so creative you'll find yourself attached to them more than others. But, there are so darn many you may never use all of them! New characters written in by the Wachowski's , come new environments, and the original voice actors. Better graphics than the first, better action. Easier to control characters.
The only complaint i have is that your friends AI is not all too smart. Once in a while they'll walk right in front of you while you're shooting and bite the big one. Or, stand too close when you detonate a bomb and (again) bite the big one.
Other than that, this was as great as i expected it to be.
I'm not even a die hard fan of the movie franchise.
I am, however, a fan of this game. A fun program whether you're a hardcore fan or not. But, it does help to know at least a little about the movie first.
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