Path of Neo Is The Best Matrix Game

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  • čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
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    #matrix4 #thematrix #memes
    0:00 Intro
    1:12 Opening Remarks
    04:15 The PC Port
    05:52 The Combat, Shooting & Gameplay
    08:46 The World's Longest Tutorial
    14:30 The Matrix Levels
    20:03 Red Pill Rescue Levels
    21:04 Matrix Reloaded Levels
    25:54 Matrix Revolutions Levels
    29:15 Closing Remarks
    30:15 Amazingly Awesome Patrons
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  • @SmoothyCriminal
    @SmoothyCriminal Před 2 lety +1200

    Thomas Anderson is a great dev, massive respect for him putting this game out there.

  • @12ealDealOfficial
    @12ealDealOfficial Před 2 lety +647

    One of only a handful of games where every glitch and instance of jank can be considered canonical/ in-universe.

    • @UnjustifiedRecs
      @UnjustifiedRecs Před 2 lety +82

      Thats what I thought when playing the Unreal 5 matrix demo. It's so fucking glitchy and things like buildings don't end/join properly, but then I was like 'ah, it's just a glitch in the matrix eh'

    • @allihavearepasta-basedthou2890
      @allihavearepasta-basedthou2890 Před 2 lety +23

      They're living Bethesda's dream...

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 Před 2 lety +5

      @@UnjustifiedRecs Where you on Series S? I did noticed some odd artifacts due to it being lower resolution than the other consoles but nothing else

    • @UnjustifiedRecs
      @UnjustifiedRecs Před 2 lety

      @@alexsilva28 ps5

    • @MacCanma
      @MacCanma Před 2 lety

      Hell yes!

  • @harleyadams4052
    @harleyadams4052 Před 2 lety +560

    I swear this game didn't look this bad when I was a kid, i recall it looking so damn clean.

    • @swordandsheild1
      @swordandsheild1 Před 2 lety +85

      Because it was clean for the time lol

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Před 2 lety +2

      Which system you play it on?

    • @theangrykekistani9418
      @theangrykekistani9418 Před 2 lety +15

      same at the time it looked liked a ps3 geme now it feels like a ps 1 games but still a good game none the lees

    • @lost8257
      @lost8257 Před 2 lety +8

      @@theangrykekistani9418 this looks like a ps2 game lmao

    • @ericseitzler81
      @ericseitzler81 Před 2 lety +11

      I remember even at the time thinking this was the ugliest game i've ever seen but God it was fun being neo

  • @Indigo_Gaming
    @Indigo_Gaming Před 2 lety +813

    I like how Shiny was like... "Remember when we made an ambitious, rushed Matrix game in 2003? Well let's make an even MORE rushed, MORE ambitious Matrix game two years after anybody cared about the franchise!" It's a shame, these guys made MDK and Earthworm Jim!

    • @drunkpaulocosta9301
      @drunkpaulocosta9301 Před 2 lety +28

      2 classics. Doesnt really hold up today but MDK was the first real 3rd person shooter i ever played

    • @budaroddy
      @budaroddy Před 2 lety +26

      By this time (when making Path of Neo) those who worked on the old Shinny games, already left the company, I'm deadly sure about that because they left like... after MDK2

    • @budaroddy
      @budaroddy Před 2 lety +18

      @@drunkpaulocosta9301 graphically of course MDK won't hold up to date thats silly, but for those who seek more than just resolution in videogames they have a lot of charisma and personallity talking about MDK and Earthworm Jim

    • @SSangsen
      @SSangsen Před 2 lety +21

      Sacrifice. Don't forget about Sacrifice.

    • @RibJegres
      @RibJegres Před 2 lety +10

      Shiny really made some unique games back then... MDK, Sacrifice and Earthworm Jim. I really love the weirdness of MDK, i mean you open doors with nukes instead of keys, original as fuck. The only thing that comes close to the style of the first MDK game is Rise of the triad in my opinion. Wish we had more games like this where the craziness is implemented so well into the game.

  • @xpl0si0nman20
    @xpl0si0nman20 Před 2 lety +397

    Unironically one of the sickest games I played as a kid. I never even knew the Matrix movies existed but this game still slapped hard. I love that stupid little bit at the end where the developers were like 'Ya know, we had this giant smith laying around, wanna kick the hell out of it?'

    • @yusukeelric
      @yusukeelric Před 2 lety +37

      Doing meta commentary before doing it on one of their own movies.

    • @ShadowDemon_4
      @ShadowDemon_4 Před 2 lety +2

      I loved kicking Smiths butt in each fight. c:

    • @juneytoolooney2165
      @juneytoolooney2165 Před 2 lety +8

      It's wild that you experienced this without knowing what you were truly experiencing.

    • @youwishbro7543
      @youwishbro7543 Před 2 lety

      @Gobbleupdatcheeseburgerdude lmao there’s already a trailer for it look it up

    • @qhouston2942
      @qhouston2942 Před 2 lety

      Thank you

  • @HerculeDevantrien
    @HerculeDevantrien Před 2 lety +164

    I think that the scene where the Wachowskis tell the player that the "Jesus ending" would be unsatisfying and that they're instead going to have them fight a giant Smith is actually the key to understanding how this game was made. It's not about adapting the movies faithfully, it's about turning them into a fun gaming experience, even if it hurts the credibility of the plot. For instance, they turn the scene of Neo's arrest into a stealth sequence, because in the context of a game, allowing the player to make a successful escape is a much more satisfying option. Every dumb change and dragged-out moment is actually an excuse to have more gameplay, even if it means getting into bonkers territory.
    Well, of course, it's all let down by poor execution, but their heart was in the right place, and had more effort been put into it we could have had a really solid game. I think.

    • @user-ky1sk7kr6t
      @user-ky1sk7kr6t Před 2 lety +22

      Yep, exploring the possibilities is fun.
      After all, the game is not a movie.

    • @jmal
      @jmal Před 2 lety +13

      If only Ubisoft Montréal watched the Wachowskis' explanation for Path of Neo's ending; they wouldn't have given us an awful ending for Assassin's Creed III.

    • @michael2636
      @michael2636 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I think that explanation would have been better served at the start of the game to explain why things like the office escape and training montage were all gamified. That would then preserve some of the surprise of fighting Mecha-Smith in the final battle

    • @marbl3d45
      @marbl3d45 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@jmalAC3 is good

  • @AtlasBloodfyre
    @AtlasBloodfyre Před 2 lety +146

    I remember seeing bad reviews for this game and being astounded, I had so much fun playing. Then again I was also 10 years old or so.

    •  Před 2 lety +16

      I played it recently... again... I'm 30... the game definitely has some annoying issues. But there are many fun things in the game. It just needs some polishing, visual upgrades, etc... The combat was amazing when it worked, but sometimes it was awkward. With the technology we have, the game could have been remade into a real masterpiece. If they really spend time, talent and resources on it.
      This is a game that had really annoying levels and there were some I just played it again and again because they were fun. The Matrix 1 Smith fight, the Chateau fight, the Burly Brawl, I really enjoyed those playing again and again.

    • @Lupin1978
      @Lupin1978 Před 2 lety +2

      @ Given it was on the PS2 or Xbox but I think the PS2 played better 2005 games vs present game but for time it was great . Not many games were honest good at blending fighting and shooter style together at that time. Either one style is going over-compensated the style other.

    • @Resimaster
      @Resimaster Před rokem +2

      I never read reviews anyway. If I like the look of a game, then I play it.

    • @richard4888
      @richard4888 Před 11 měsíci

      Same here, my nostalgia is strong

  • @oliplaysbass
    @oliplaysbass Před 2 lety +68

    Man they should release a remastered version of this game. Literally one of my favourite games growing up. Enter the matrix was also amazing

  • @Kaden10
    @Kaden10 Před 2 lety +528

    I love this game, it's what it needs to be, fun, outrageous and I think the Wachowskis took the liberties they did because they wanted this game to not just be a highlight reel of the films and wanted to expand the world of the Matrix universe.

    • @thebakedchef
      @thebakedchef Před 2 lety +24

      Yes expand it with giant Kung-fu ants. Need I say more

    • @erikjimenez8671
      @erikjimenez8671 Před 2 lety +35

      Yeah whatever happened to those brothers ? They had so much potential, I hope they don’t do anything like make a shameless cash grab of a movie were both directors and actors don’t give a damn .

    • @hejshshjejeheh5557
      @hejshshjejeheh5557 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah by making the game into parody of the movies

    • @Zontar82
      @Zontar82 Před 2 lety +14

      Indeed, unlike that trash that Is in cinemas now

    • @marbl3d45
      @marbl3d45 Před 2 lety +7

      @@erikjimenez8671 they’re both trans now

  • @hellyeah3889
    @hellyeah3889 Před 2 lety +123

    I remember playing the game the first time and taking the blue pill, and I was surprised that the game actually end.

  • @mow_cat
    @mow_cat Před 2 lety +292

    *ambitious and rushed back then:* pretty cool, amazing graphical design, nice and interesting gameplay, just a few odd creative decisions
    *ambitious and rushed now:* puzzle games, where the puzzle is how to prevent the game from soft locking or stuttering every 5 seconds as the entire map loads in and out

    • @Stonk5331
      @Stonk5331 Před 11 měsíci

      @@shibase9607 Amen brother

    • @jumpyboi7784
      @jumpyboi7784 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines went through a rocky development and got rushed. I started playing it this month and it’s one of my favorite games of all time. Times have rlly changed

    • @bandithedoge
      @bandithedoge Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@jumpyboi7784 seriously, the unofficial patch makes that game one of the most underrated rpgs ever. same story with knights of the old republic 2 with the restored content mod.

  • @user-mt4ny2zw7t
    @user-mt4ny2zw7t Před 2 lety +38

    I remember the combat in the game being so satisfying. It capture the ridiculous energy from the movies. I hope someone does another version and cleans it up. In my opinion, there were few things they did right that haven't been duplicated.

  • @RebelTaxi
    @RebelTaxi Před 2 lety +324

    17:16 damn that's a good transition

  • @illestsmith5360
    @illestsmith5360 Před 2 lety +462

    This game was so stupid yet so fun. Using people as nun-chucks never got old to me

    • @jaynanda6964
      @jaynanda6964 Před 2 lety +23

      Nearly as good as hulk using a bus as a skateboard

    • @micaelmarcos4323
      @micaelmarcos4323 Před 2 lety +4

      Yujiro be like

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 Před 2 lety +4

      I think Max Payne 2 and Ninja Gaiden Black/II would be better uses of people's time, honestly.

    • @deathisnotwhatseems
      @deathisnotwhatseems Před 2 lety

      Don't get how the game was stupid story was GD if you mean graphic sure.

    • @kls701
      @kls701 Před 2 lety

      Hilarious!

  • @pretzel6629
    @pretzel6629 Před 2 lety +83

    I would actually really want a Steam port of this, it looks sick unironically

    • @Daburubareru
      @Daburubareru Před 2 lety +8

      Better than the recent Matrix movie we had

    • @ShadeATV
      @ShadeATV Před 7 měsíci

      “The only problem is I can’t play as the NPC from the burly brawl”

    • @Ei-mx1we
      @Ei-mx1we Před 5 měsíci

      I prefer gog, but hell yea. This game was dope on the ps2. The perfect example of the type of fun energy games just don't have anymore.

  • @leafleap
    @leafleap Před 2 lety +59

    I gotta be honest, despite this being released two years after Enter the Matrix it somehow manages to look worse both graphically, in character rendering and animation wise.
    The reflections on some levels look impressive though and so too does the environmental destruction.

    • @Maesterful
      @Maesterful Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed, I have to be one of the few people who actually enjoyed enter the Matrix despite its many issues, played it two or three times since I was hugely into the matrix at the time. Now... Oh dear

  • @AvalancheReviews
    @AvalancheReviews Před 2 lety +629

    God this looks so bad, and so good at the same time.

    • @Slokiler123
      @Slokiler123 Před 2 lety +54

      Its good trust me.. was replaying the fuck out of this game as kid

    • @Kaden10
      @Kaden10 Před 2 lety +47

      They sacrificed graphics for gameplay which is more important.

    • @scienceandmatter8739
      @scienceandmatter8739 Před 2 lety +1

      Man Love Ur Channel also. Tribvtes FROM Germany Europe

    • @uria3679
      @uria3679 Před 2 lety

      @@Kaden10 the Unreal 2 engine in general hasn’t aged well

    • @Beforezzz
      @Beforezzz Před 2 lety +1

      Bad in what sense? It's as much as one would expect from a game like that back in 2005.

  • @evanhanley6437
    @evanhanley6437 Před 2 lety +168

    This game was TRULY ahead of its time. The combat was incredible and its so much fun. Loved hearing that dojo fight music at the start. That lobby shootout rocked. That train station fight is cool. You adding the music back to both scenes makes them even better.
    I got in touch with legendary game designer David Perry and he had a lot to say.
    -He and the Shiny Entertainment team LOVED working on this game. He agrees this is much better than Enter the Matrix and enjoyed designing it.
    -The lobby shootout level was everyone's favourite level including the Wachowski's.
    -He and the Shiny Entertainment team were aware fans were disappointed not playing as Neo in Enter The Matrix so this game was made as a response.
    -The Wachowski's had a lot of creative control over the games and would watch over the team during development.
    -The ending and Agent Smith boss fight of this game is canon for Matrix Revolutions.
    -Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss weren't able to reprise their roles in terms of voice acting due to working on films at the time but were able to get their likenesses.
    -All the tutorials at the start of the game are tributes to martial arts films.

    • @zookwick
      @zookwick Před 2 lety +13

      I guess it could be considered ahead of its time in how it ties itself to the movies, but gameplay-wise it's not like this was mind blowing in any way. Max Payne and Max Payne 2 was about 6000 times better when it comes to shooting. And the melee was done better in games like Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and God of War.
      The game was pure, distilled jank.

    • @JohnTheBaptist87
      @JohnTheBaptist87 Před 2 lety +13

      The amount of combos n moves you could at the time was unreal

    • @JohnTheBaptist87
      @JohnTheBaptist87 Před 2 lety +7

      @@zookwick name another hand to hand combat game that was better at the time? True crime lol?

    • @mons3020
      @mons3020 Před 2 lety +6

      @@zookwick Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and God of War? Totally different play style.

    • @wolfwithin2967
      @wolfwithin2967 Před 2 lety +1

      After watching resurrections, this ending mixed with matrix online makes more sense

  • @Namelessstew
    @Namelessstew Před 2 lety +31

    I love how you can skip the first section of the game by just going back into the window like neo does in the movie.

  • @basketball4life49
    @basketball4life49 Před 2 lety +7

    Adored this game in 2005 and replayed it year after year since. One of my all time favorite games, just stupid, classic fun for me and doesn’t even get old as I still thoroughly enjoy it beyond nostalgia.

  • @sneakingelephant
    @sneakingelephant Před 2 lety +86

    This game was so damn incredible as both a matrix fan and an avid gamer. They fully embraced the medium and made something so ridiculous that it almost felt like a parody. I've been replaying it recently as well in anticipation of seeing the new movie and hopefully can post a video about it as well

    • @KenshinMizuhara
      @KenshinMizuhara Před 2 lety +1

      nobody wants to see a sub-par video form your 13 subscriber, nothing but shitty stream gameplay video havin ass make a Matrix video. Nobody cares, and your comment as a blatant attempt to advertise yourself is pathetic.

    • @sneakingelephant
      @sneakingelephant Před 2 lety +21

      @@KenshinMizuhara hey brother, I didn't mean it in that way. I'm legitimately a huge matrix fan. It changed my life when it came out and I got extremely sick when ressurections came out so I couldn't see it. I started replaying the OG max Payne games(1/2) and then path of neo because I enjoyed them growing up and felt it would be a great way to enjoy the franchise indirectly and get myself hyped for the movie when I get better. I only mentioned that I'm making a video because I felt like minded people who enjoy the franchise would maybe want to check it out too.

    • @jaynanda6964
      @jaynanda6964 Před 2 lety +26

      @@KenshinMizuharalook at this manchild getting triggered by a comment on the CZcams. Get a life.

    • @nikolaiczernobog1232
      @nikolaiczernobog1232 Před 2 lety +15

      @@jaynanda6964 he's also a weeb lol

    • @yomanzdevz5365
      @yomanzdevz5365 Před 2 lety +1

      @@KenshinMizuhara you have 7k subs and you average 100 views a video the audacity…………………..

  • @nyyfandan
    @nyyfandan Před 2 lety +69

    I played through this game as a kid when it first came out. I rented it from blockbuster, just to explain how far back were talking. I had this vague memory of fighting a bunch of kung-fu man sized ants, but for years I've been convinced that it couldn't have possibly been this game, and maybe I was confusing 2 games. Absolutely wild.

    • @jackhughes9811
      @jackhughes9811 Před rokem +1

      I also vaguely remembered the ants and not much else.

    • @themessiah8532
      @themessiah8532 Před rokem

      Same me and my brother got this game at blockbuster

    • @themessiah8532
      @themessiah8532 Před rokem

      @@jackhughes9811 I remember a vampire stage and it was the most random thing I have ever played

  • @odog3638
    @odog3638 Před 2 lety +18

    When I was a kid, I made the mystake of playing this game before I saw the actual movies. Because of this, I thought a quarter of the first movie was going to be dedicated to training, and that we would see bug people in the second movie. I was also confused when Neo didn't escape his office while evading the agents in the first movie. Despite it being a game of varying degrees of quaility, would say I Enter the Matrix is still my favourite Matrix game, despite its flaws.
    Keep up the great work Gman.

    • @SirBigWater
      @SirBigWater Před 2 lety +2

      Well, Technically you do see Werewolves in the second movie. The guy that Monica Bellucci's character shoots is a werewolf from the Nightmare Matrix (one of the Matrix versions before the one we see in the film's.)

    • @odog3638
      @odog3638 Před 2 lety +1

      Oh right now I remember, thanks for the refreshment of information.

  • @thetruegoldenknight
    @thetruegoldenknight Před 2 lety +6

    9:46 I really like how that one "ordinary security guard" could just do a kung-fu flip.

  • @necropolistc6357
    @necropolistc6357 Před 2 lety +36

    I remember in high school I would talk about it and nobody knew this game existed but they knew about the enter the matrix, I'm glad this game is getting the recognition it deserves

    • @Destroyer2150
      @Destroyer2150 Před 2 lety +4

      I remember when I got this game along with my PS2.
      I didn't know what I wanted so I asked the shopkeeper if he had any Matrix games and he gave me Path of Neo.
      Playing that was one of the most fun experiences I had. It was during the times when videogames could be unabashling stupid and fun. And the devs being aware and telling you to have fun.

  • @cubeflinger
    @cubeflinger Před 2 lety +106

    I absolutely loved this game. Little on the janky side but would love a remaster.

    • @christianhighii9882
      @christianhighii9882 Před 2 lety +3

      Calling Night Dive!

    • @joelshajan8706
      @joelshajan8706 Před 2 lety +4

      Don't think we need a re- anything of this series for some time

    • @cubeflinger
      @cubeflinger Před 2 lety +7

      @@joelshajan8706 yeah, having seen the new film, they gone done a last jedi on their own IP.

    • @jmal
      @jmal Před 2 lety +1

      @@cubeflinger But the Unreal Engine 5 demo got rave reviews, so there's still hope.

  • @emans3767
    @emans3767 Před 2 lety +8

    Honestly, I think that this games craziest moments are what make it so good. The absolutely crazy stuff that happens (ant world, mega smith, etc) are what give this game a really fun identity. It's obvious the Wachowskis and the developers had more fun making this game, and I still have a lot of fun playing it today.

  • @cytwc
    @cytwc Před 2 lety +5

    Can’t recall how many times I’ve finished this game since getting it on release day. still enjoy it to this day.

  • @Invidente7
    @Invidente7 Před 2 lety +41

    I loved how the Wachowskis literally interrupted the game at the final boss to introduce the TRUE final boss. And they're represented thought Atari 2600 sprites.

    • @Noperare
      @Noperare Před 2 lety +16

      I love how Larry be like "screw nuance and subtext, I will go full intellectual wankery"

    • @marbl3d45
      @marbl3d45 Před 2 lety +13

      @@Noperare you mean Lana

    • @sergeytheweberian7064
      @sergeytheweberian7064 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Noperare that Lana / Larry bitch / fucker even invited a black far - leftist berniobro philosopher Cornel West to record audio commentary for Matrix sequels. And guy was expectedly gushing in his praise towards them especially since he could recognise references to people like Sartre, Foucault and Jean Baudriard in both story and dialogue.

    • @tadpolegaming4510
      @tadpolegaming4510 Před 2 lety +9

      @@marbl3d45 we're not calling him that

    • @marbl3d45
      @marbl3d45 Před 2 lety +4

      @@tadpolegaming4510 define “we”

  • @chilldragon4752
    @chilldragon4752 Před 2 lety +71

    The last part of this game I was probably saying wtf every 5 minutes. The game was buggy and weird, but the fighting was awesome for it's time.

    • @ShadowDemon_4
      @ShadowDemon_4 Před 2 lety +3

      They skipped the whole having a choice/not having a choice the movie implied at the end and the Jesus imagery because it's an action game and people expect to fight a big bad boss. While the giant rubble Agent Smith was a bit odd I understand why they changed it.

    • @ProxyDoug
      @ProxyDoug Před 2 lety

      @@ShadowDemon_4 You know, along with some of the stuff in the last film, it really does seem the Watchowskis have a low image of their audience.

    • @jmal
      @jmal Před 2 lety

      @@ProxyDoug Not at the time this game was made, though. They did say "if you're like us, you're ready to kick the crap out of some badass boss" when introducing MegaSmith.
      As for the new movie? Well...

    • @Longder09
      @Longder09 Před 2 lety +1

      when was teen back when this comes out my first wtf was the fire kung fu ants level for sure.

  • @HenryTownsmyth
    @HenryTownsmyth Před 2 lety +5

    Some of the best hand to hand combat and amazing slow mo and bullet time effects! I remember it was amazing and unbelievable to get this kind of gameplay back then.
    I would like it to be remade and do the training in different stages rather than in one huge session.

  • @BucketHeadJunior
    @BucketHeadJunior Před 2 lety +4

    This game ticked so many boxes for me growing up. Definitely deserves more love.

  • @Haliard
    @Haliard Před 2 lety +24

    The thing that stood out to me about path of neo was the opening fight against random bads is a difficulty slider as well.
    If you restart the game and beat Smith it unlocks The One difficulty. It's something at least.

  • @religiousotaku9926
    @religiousotaku9926 Před 2 lety +7

    Dude I use to play this while listening to my 2000s rock it was the best action game I have played

  • @joshuagarcia874
    @joshuagarcia874 Před 2 lety +3

    Loved your review man, this was my favorite game from my childhood!
    Just earned yourself a member!

  • @BabushkaKoi
    @BabushkaKoi Před 2 lety +11

    This brings back many fond and frustrating memories from childhood. I'm genuinely debating if I want to go through the effort of reliving this game or just leaving it in the janky past haha.

  • @wheelman1324
    @wheelman1324 Před 2 lety +35

    The gun fighting is better in the PS2 version. The lock on is hold R2 and fire is R1. Releasing R2 turns off the lock on.

    •  Před 2 lety +4

      I hated the gunplay on PC with mouse aiming, it's really fun on PS2 though with targeting system. Punching enemy in the air and put some holes into them with a machinegun while they are flying mid-air. Good stuff!

    • @Gggmanlives
      @Gggmanlives  Před 2 lety +8

      Turning off the lock on with the Xbox is pressing down the right thumbstick, that's way smoother imo.

    • @wheelman1324
      @wheelman1324 Před 2 lety +9

      @@Gggmanlives on the OG Xbox the right thumb stick is probably a must. The nice thing about the PS2 lock is that it’s easy to switch from a dead target to another. The gunplay still isn’t that great but I think it’s easier to combine guns and melee fighting this way.
      Thanks for covering this game. I played the shit out of it when I was a kid. I used to be able to complete the first fight with the upgraded agents without taking damage. It would make me angry when I got hit in the fight because the movie had Neo make the upgraded agents look like a bunch of complete jackasses.

  • @taylor-willliamhill3910
    @taylor-willliamhill3910 Před 2 lety +23

    Hot damn, never saw this one coming. Thanks for covering a childhood classic of mine.

  • @TheShadesOfBlack
    @TheShadesOfBlack Před 2 lety +5

    I’m so happy that SOMEONE finally covered this game. It use to be one of my favorites.

  • @burgulize
    @burgulize Před 2 lety +1

    Been waiting for this :D TY Gman!

  • @joaoluishenzdossantos91
    @joaoluishenzdossantos91 Před 2 lety +30

    One cool thing I remember is that it was possible to change the final boss fight to be exactly like in the movie.
    To do so, you had to "loose" specific stages of the final fight.
    It was possible to completelly avoid the "giant trash Smith" (as far as I remember)

  • @BeyondSunset
    @BeyondSunset Před 2 lety +5

    "My mind is boggled"

  • @Duckman2319
    @Duckman2319 Před 2 lety

    YESSS GMAN
    I was secretly hoping you'd review this. Thank you

  • @samturner6061
    @samturner6061 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Didn't mind the 'crazy' stories that came after the first movie. The Merovingian having a private army of 'rogue programs' or rather, programs he kept from a previous version of the Matrix that used human fear to subjugate them so the experience was like a nightmare, was a great little touch.
    With vampires, werewolves, witches, wraiths.... all the kind of creature you see Neo fighting against. Personally I think these things are very interesting about the Matrix lore.

    • @ProfessorArt1
      @ProfessorArt1 Před 7 měsíci

      It's never been hard to understand why such things can exist in the matrix, it is a computer program. I think alot of people forget that and get mad after comparing it to the real world, well fake fans anyway, who never understood the movie to begin with and just like kung fu action.

  • @travistreadway3180
    @travistreadway3180 Před 2 lety +17

    I remember replaying the FUCK outta the scene where he's fighting like 500 agents it's so much fun

  • @AdrianBarron100
    @AdrianBarron100 Před 2 lety +5

    I loved playing this and Enter The Matrix growing up. It’s probably been over 10 years since I’ve played this game but that song by Juno Reactor in the first level is still stuck in my head

  • @EvisceratorMK2
    @EvisceratorMK2 Před 2 lety +5

    Funnily enough you can follow alot of the films beats like turning yourself in at the start of the mission or losing to Smith in the final fight & the game will progress as is. I think in general there's several boss fights you can lose & the game will progress as normal.

  • @jonathanbelman8693
    @jonathanbelman8693 Před 2 lety

    I loved this game! I'm so glad you were the one to review it after all these years.

  • @VergilHiltsLT
    @VergilHiltsLT Před 2 lety +10

    Xbox version lacks effects from the PS2 version as well. I made an in-depth comparison video demonstrating them.

  • @Crazy_Borg
    @Crazy_Borg Před 2 lety +7

    Ah, the early 2000s, where console titles which had a PC port that would have missing visual effects, content and even had a forced resolution. And it was considered the norm.
    Bad times.

  • @PRBatman
    @PRBatman Před 14 dny +1

    I totally loved this game and the controls in keyboard/mouse totally worked for me after rebinding some of them.

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Před 2 lety +5

    One of my favorite things in the game is when the Wachowskis (still the "brothers" back then) just cut into the finale and went, "we know what happened at the end of the trilogy, but screw that, let's have some fun!"

  • @bulletcube1511
    @bulletcube1511 Před 2 lety +4

    It’s a good day when Gman uploads

  • @HighFunctioningMedium
    @HighFunctioningMedium Před 2 lety +10

    Gmans being fairly hard on it. Its definitely unpolished technically but is an absolute powerhouse of fun gameplay and cool level ideas.

    • @JohnTheBaptist87
      @JohnTheBaptist87 Před 2 lety +2

      What was his stance on enter the matrix? Cos this pees all over it, I'm guessing personal experience n nostalgia will be the only reasons why

  • @csmemarketing
    @csmemarketing Před 2 lety +4

    Yes, this was the best matrix game ever. So much fun, and it has NEO, the only character we really wanted to play since the beginning. I played the PC version.

  • @makisbizarreadventure4669

    I never thought about putting the original soundtrack over moments of this game, but that one second of you putting over the music in the Smith fight made it 10x better wow

  • @MarJin727
    @MarJin727 Před 2 lety +6

    the best moment in my opinion in the whole game ,is sword training, where three ninjas jump from above the trees, nice entrance,i love it ✌️✌️✌️

    •  Před 2 lety +4

      Some say the beginning of the game sucks but I liked most of the added "training" sections. Some had really good replay values! They actually knew, how to make a proper game based on the movies. I wish it was more polished but I think it's still one of the better movie to videogame adaptations ever made. Yeah, most of them sucks.

    • @MarJin727
      @MarJin727 Před 2 lety

      @ the game for its time has done a good job, there are worse,I like that it is explained how neo has changed between parts, the best moments are those when there are a lot of strong opponents, then you can play with different combos, the stronger the opponent, the better the fun, and preferably with a weapon that you can take and use against him, and have you noticed the similarity of the uncharted combat mechanics to path of neo?

  • @Burner_1-one
    @Burner_1-one Před 2 lety +3

    Holy shit I have so many dear memories of this game. I played through it on my big cousins ps2, sometimes with him watching on. God that was so much fun

  • @Tuckdragon
    @Tuckdragon Před 2 lety

    sweet you actually did it, suggested you doing a video on this before the 4th movie came out!

  • @ransacked
    @ransacked Před 2 lety

    Happy new year bro ❤ I'm excited to see what awesome content you'll be creating this year. Happy new year to everyone else as well!

  • @user1lol666
    @user1lol666 Před 2 lety +4

    the kung fu ants were certainly a highlight for me lmao I love this game

  • @MrYukawa
    @MrYukawa Před 2 lety +9

    The Matrix Resurrections is not a reboot. It's a straight up sequel.

    • @Gggmanlives
      @Gggmanlives  Před 2 lety +1

      It's both, tbh.

    • @gorecrystalhellfire3770
      @gorecrystalhellfire3770 Před 2 lety +2

      whats important is that it fucking sucks

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Před 2 lety

      @@Gggmanlives I dare you to review the PS2 version of Mercenaries 2 World in Flames. Not many people even know it exists. Or review the Dune PS2 game. Both very unknown games.

    • @Asterion608
      @Asterion608 Před 2 lety

      It's neither, is a parasite leeching on the legacy of the trilogy and doing nothing but leave piles of shit behind.

    • @Michael-im5mq
      @Michael-im5mq Před 2 lety +1

      @@Asterion608 Only the first and second movie of the trilogy were any good

  • @irritatingtruth9121
    @irritatingtruth9121 Před 2 lety

    Yooooo! The second clip with added music…
    NAILED IT! Now I have to play lol!

  • @Jose-se9pu
    @Jose-se9pu Před 2 lety +5

    Best part is, after the levels based on the first movie, glitches can be considered canon because Neo could do whatever the fact he wanted with the Matrix.

  • @danielalcatraz5223
    @danielalcatraz5223 Před 2 lety +3

    I want a remaster of this game, I wanna remember the good ol times

  • @aiden_adams
    @aiden_adams Před 2 lety +7

    The man, the myth, the legend is back!
    He's back with another video.

  • @BoomShard17
    @BoomShard17 Před 2 lety

    What a treat just for me. Thank you gman.

  • @e46m54nissansr20937
    @e46m54nissansr20937 Před 2 lety +1

    I absolutely loved this game when it came out. Freshman year of HS. Back then graphically for me it was very impressive at the time, and I just loved the combat I seemed to have looked over its negative aspects.

  • @WMan37
    @WMan37 Před 2 lety +34

    Honestly, this is the best movie to video game adaptation I've seen (unless you can count riddick). We can all make fun of how it cheesy it was and how dated it looks but at the time destructible environments and showing all those smiths was extremely impressive for 6th gen graphics and the ambition of the visuals is obviously gonna fucking break apart at the seams through reduced framerates and such, that's why it's a shame the PC port was so bad because I think that'd be a good indication of the actual potential had it been better.
    As for the silly shit in the plot, I'd rather they do that than copy the movie 1:1, it gave the game its own identity, however flawed. It had, dare I say, "SOUL". It was ambitious even if that ambition was not always properly implemented which I'd massively prefer over a boring watered down copy. I also think that the wachowski sequence was good because it indicates some of this silliness was actually intentional, so having it in the game was actually a good thing in hindsight even if it spoils megasmith, I actually kinda consider it part of the megasmith weirdness. I wanna see more video game adaptations of movies go as batshit as Path of Neo did with the kung fu ants and shit like that, not less.

    • @vegasthunder4208
      @vegasthunder4208 Před 2 lety +7

      You should check our The Warriors. While I love this game and think it's every bit of badass. I think The Warriors is the best way a video game of a movie should be. That game is a 10/10

    • @Treeplot
      @Treeplot Před 2 lety

      @@vegasthunder4208 warriors needs a remaster for sure

  • @goreobsessed2308
    @goreobsessed2308 Před 2 lety +6

    This was a great game that just needed some more polish to truly shine

  • @haydenfourie7455
    @haydenfourie7455 Před 2 lety

    Actual shot for the content gman!!! U absolute legend

  • @TheTimoEffect
    @TheTimoEffect Před 2 lety

    Seeing this video made me smile. Path of Neo was my go to power fantasy game when I was a kid. Awesome stuff.

  • @sikevillian
    @sikevillian Před 2 lety +5

    I remember getting this game as a kid when I was younger for christmas.. one of the best games I ever played imo. The game is batshit crazy sometimes & I love it.

  • @CrazedTaco
    @CrazedTaco Před 2 lety +5

    Honestly my comfort video game as a kid it’s not the best but boy was it crazy

  • @LRS1988
    @LRS1988 Před 2 lety

    The one redpill level was fun in the Merovingians club against the ceiling walkers. I loved that part in Revolutions and it was great to able to recreate that.

  • @Mythoriir
    @Mythoriir Před 2 lety

    You made me think of Stranglehold when you were taking about Woo and that is a great thing.

  • @filipbodnar2947
    @filipbodnar2947 Před 2 lety +4

    This game used to rock when I was a kid, even on pc, but I'm afraid that I might have nostalgia goggles

  • @fenrir5361
    @fenrir5361 Před 2 lety +4

    I just busted out the PS2 and played through this the other day, and honestly, it was the most fun I've had with a game in a long time the mechanics aged pretty well and there are parts that are a few genuinely challenging, fuck the part with the doors though.

    • @martin-pz6ds
      @martin-pz6ds Před 2 lety

      Did the mechanics really age well? The gunplay looks god-awful. Seems outdated even for the year it came out.

    • @fenrir5361
      @fenrir5361 Před 2 lety +1

      @@martin-pz6ds idk man, I hadn't played it since I was like 6 and went into it with no expectations of it being some sort of masterpiece, as far as videogame adaptations of movies in general, ya it aged pretty well compared to games like fight club or the first
      Matrix game

    • @fenrir5361
      @fenrir5361 Před 2 lety

      @@martin-pz6ds like he said, the gunplay isn't where it shines, and it's not a super game breaking thing because most of the game is hand to hand combat

  • @dylanringproductions160

    Finally! I've been waiting God knows how long for you to review this.

  • @monkeyman767
    @monkeyman767 Před 2 lety +2

    God I loved this game, replaying the Agent Smith fight in the park again and again was a favourite memory

  • @JoeDouglas
    @JoeDouglas Před 2 lety +9

    I loved this at the time, but have never replayed it. A new Matrix game with something akin to the Arkham/ Shadow of Mordor fighting system would be amazing!

    • @gdhuertas07
      @gdhuertas07 Před 2 lety +2

      It might just be possible from WB Interactive. Plus, say what you will about the Wachowski Sisters, they’ve always loved video games.

    • @jmal
      @jmal Před 2 lety +1

      @@gdhuertas07 Imagine Path of Neo remade from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 like the Matrix Awakens tech demo, with a fighting system similar to the Batman: Arkham games and the Middle-earth games.

  • @TheFightQueen
    @TheFightQueen Před 2 lety +6

    This game and Enter the Matrix are two games that perfectly optimise the generations that they were released in and despite all of their flaws and jank, I absolutely love the both of them to bits and still regularly revisit them every couple of years. It’s a shame that the franchise had to end up going the Force Awakens route 😔

  • @bigkmoviesandgames
    @bigkmoviesandgames Před 2 lety +1

    I used to play this on my xbox all the time it's definitely my favorite matrix game.

  • @Chesterboo8452
    @Chesterboo8452 Před 11 měsíci

    I played this game so much! An absolute staple in my collection

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Před 2 lety +54

    It makes you feel like you're *The One* for sure. As a kid, playing Matrix is such a blast
    Shame the latest Matrix film sucks. Well no one really asked for it anyway. We can pretend it doesn't exist 😆

    • @uria3679
      @uria3679 Před 2 lety +5

      At least it was bad for normal reasons and not artificial ones

    • @Bodwaizer
      @Bodwaizer Před 2 lety +1

      As a kid tea house shoot out was atrocious, I just didn't understand what I was doing wrong.

    • @alucard624
      @alucard624 Před 2 lety +5

      Latest Matrix was basically a very expensive therapy session for Lana Wachowski. There's a reason her sister wasn't involved.

    • @sovietrussia3632
      @sovietrussia3632 Před 2 lety +3

      @@alucard624 I thought they were brothers

    • @Zontar82
      @Zontar82 Před 2 lety +7

      @@sovietrussia3632 yeah they now changed both sex because....?

  • @deamonxslayer
    @deamonxslayer Před 2 lety +3

    This was basically a quick run through of the matrix movies for my little kid brain

  • @jsin1077
    @jsin1077 Před 11 měsíci

    The fight with the guys with axes was so fun and so was the fight with seraph. Fighting on those poles was so cool.

  • @DarkKitarist
    @DarkKitarist Před 2 lety

    I loved path of Neo! The combos you could make! Ah sooo good.

  • @interlace84
    @interlace84 Před 2 lety +8

    The combat was so nice

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Před 2 lety

      PS2 also has better performance. Xbox has issues because of its different form of lighting.

  • @thebadgamer1449
    @thebadgamer1449 Před 2 lety +4

    Love this game except the part where you have to save the security guard, for me it was kind of tough mission.
    The parts with tutorials are really the rip offs/homages of movies:
    Enter the Dragon
    The Seven Samurai
    Hard Boiled
    The Drunken Master 2
    Shogun's Ninja

  • @rienstien1
    @rienstien1 Před 2 lety +2

    I remember renting this from blockbuster, good times. Actually that first level, where the game shows what it may have looked like if Neo had the balls to escape - if you fail, then it gives you the movie scene of him being arrested.

  • @insanity-vr6vu
    @insanity-vr6vu Před 2 lety +2

    I loved this game as a kid, the gameplay was enough to keep me going even if I failed over and over again.

  • @jaynanda6964
    @jaynanda6964 Před 2 lety +5

    This game was so damn jank but it had some amazing melee combos in it. Another great review as always

  • @Mitchmyoutube
    @Mitchmyoutube Před 2 lety +3

    I had this game and I actually played the hell out of it. I will always remember the ant level.... shit was confusing

  • @Koel711
    @Koel711 Před 4 měsíci

    I was ten when this came out and got it as a gift and I played the hell out of it and that is where it'll stay unless a proper remaster ever sees the light of day because it was so much fun for me back then

  • @CyrusCageSCWS
    @CyrusCageSCWS Před 2 lety

    Weird coincidence. I downloaded this in about 2017 and just recently played through it. Finished it a few days ago and you release this. Haha

  • @AlexPinna531
    @AlexPinna531 Před 2 lety +7

    i wish they made a matrix game like superhot how sick would that be

  • @VERsingthegamez
    @VERsingthegamez Před 2 lety +7

    Wish there were some mods for this game. Would only make it even more sick.

  • @stanislasmichalik9285
    @stanislasmichalik9285 Před 2 lety

    ".... make me sick, MAKE ME SICK !" alway crack me up. Everytime the intonnation is perfect ! Never change dude.

  • @bbriggs7409
    @bbriggs7409 Před 2 lety

    Dude, you're taking me through memory lane