Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2387 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2005-11-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: PlayStation2

Manufacturer's Description
Set in the Matrix film universe, The Matrix: Path of Neo will enable players to actually play as Neo, the central character, and relive his most important and memorable scenarios from the complete film trilogy.. Throughout the game the path the player takes to resolve each scenario and the resulting consequences will be scripted and directed by the Wachowski Brothers.

The Matrix: Path of Neo will incorporate footage from all three feature films, as well as The Animatrix. The game includes several sequences of film-quality live-action, full-motion footage (FMV), as well as Hollywood-quality effect sequences. Throughout the game players will use martial arts, medieval weapons and guns (lots of guns) to take on a variety of enemies, such as heavily armed Agents of the Matrix, including Agent Smith and Exiles in the employ of the Merovingian.

Customer Reviews

Prince of Persia....with kung fu & guns!!!!
Playing as Neo through all the three matrix movies is an absolutely amazzing experience. Having reached the apartment block maze so far in the game, i am greatly impressed. However, i can't help feeling that we have been cheated out of the promised RPG aspect of upgrading Neo. Yes you can upgrade his abilities but only using a basic one point= one special move system. I was expecting a more deatiled Exp. points = ailities and specaials Final Fantasy X style sphere grid system. Still, that does not take away from the fact that the moves are absolutely amazing, more extreme and crazier kung-fu action than was seen on screen. Gameplay wise it plays like Prince of Persia with guns. The enemy AI ranges from pretty poor in many cases to relentless in others, making the difficulty at times, unbalanced. The shooting side of things is far from perfect. Target lock is fine but cycling through targets (which is frequently needed) is a bit of a nightmare. Maybe it is may severly abused joypad but it does not seem to switch fast enough during the intense fire-fights.
The grpahical aspect of the game is excellent, capturing the feel of the movies. Sound & music is top notch and is also faithful to the trilogy. All the cast memebers have returned to provide the voices for their respective characters, so we do not get any second-rate impersonators. Being a die-hard Matrix fan i feel that this is THE Matrix game, it buries Enter the Matrix and dances on its grave! Its definitely not perfect but allows you to live out all your bullet time fantasies. Love the Matrix, love this!

Amusing But Short
Ok, first off lets make it clear that I'm no gamer; I lose interest in games very quickly, and so understand that when I say this game is short, I MEAN it's short.
Lets start with graphics, seeing as everyone seems obsessed with them, the in game graphics themselves are not great, but they are definitely an improvement from Enter the Matrix, and the cutscenes are actually quite impressive. Basically the graphics are nothing astounding but they're good enough to keep you feeling 'part of the game'.
Next, gameplay, the game is quite easy, and I completed most levels without too many deaths, and as I'm not a great gamer that means that more experienced gamers might be dissapointed. The moves are moderately easy to master, and after a while it just becomes dodges and pressing buttons in the right order to pull off cool attacks, which in themself are impressive but tend to be repetetive. Not much puzzle solving, its more about running into room, shooting someone, fighting someone else, leaving room.
The fact that the gameplay isn't too demanding meant that a lot of the time I could relax and just enjoy beating the cr*p out of anyone who came near me and funwise this was very enjoyable; I must admit that the Burly Brawl scene which I expected to be very difficult was very enjoyable, I just grabbed a pole and smacked the Agents around. So basically while it's not too hard it's quite fun.
Now, my problem, the length! I bought the game 3 weeks ago for £8 from HMV (it looked like a bargain!), I spent the first week playing, left it the second week and then lent it to a friend for a week, who incidentally has just bought the game, but my point is when he returned it today I carried one from the beginning of the second film part of the game, and have almost completed it, in one night! So any avid gamer could have the game completed in 3 days or less, as the thrid film section is simply the Last Battle between Smith and Neo! So it's not very long, not long at all, I expect to have it completed by Monday (still remebering I'm no gamer!).
Well for those who this didn't help (I expect I confused you) here's the lowdown:

Graphics: 4/5 Not great but still good

Gameplay: 3/5 Too easy; no puzzles to solve ect.

Fun: 4/5 Because it's every kid's dream to beat the cr*p out of someone with a big metal pole! Gets a bit reptitive though.

Length: 2/5 If I'e completed it by Monday that means it will have only taken me two weeks (at 2 hours a night, meaning it took me 24hours, pathetic!) and so it will take an avid gamer even less (even less than 24 hours, not worth the money!).

So basically only get it if you can find it somewhere cheap and you're a true fan; it will take one to get anything out of the game!

Hope this helped.

"The Claw!"
yes! the claw! I was quite amused when the officail ps2 magazine described the control system for this game as "a new contender for the ps2s strangest control system" as apparently, after 30 mins of play, this is how they foud them solves holding their pad.
I really thought they were joking, until my freind brought a copy, and bot were they right.
30 mins of play and i felt like i had no thumb, but as they say " no pain, no matrix game!"
So a really difficult game to control, but visually and gameplay wise it really impresses, the fighting system and the special effects are much improved from the rather average 1st ps2 matrix game (and theres neo in it!) and thank god, theyve cut most of the dreadful 3rd movie out! All the great screnes from the movies are recreated brilliantly, making this game a great attempt at a PROPER matrix game, but whats with the controls.....