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Very Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great game! I have beat the first several stages and am impressed with the depth of the action and sound effects. The driving levels aren't the best, but I really enjoyed the level where the Twins are on your tail, and also the chasing Morpheus level.

All in all, an excellent game.

I would skip the cutscenes though, they have lots of language and adult content.

What is this?????

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: May 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This movie deserves more than a little respect when you talk about a game version. Regretfully, Atari were not thinking about this when they made the PC version. I mean, what is this??. The graphics are absolutly depressing, an empty enviroment with poor decorations and most of all..boring.
No detailed graphics, and did you see the plain???
There could have been a tutorial, based on training programs as you see in the movie, guys, where`s your imagination?
I must admit that the fighting is well done, (and the only reason to play this game).
It is very sad to see how an incredible movie gets so little appreciation and dedication when it comes to a game "based on".
If the Wachowski Brothers consider its creation a "cult" movie (as it is) they should have never let this garbage see the light.
Shame on you Atari.

very sloppy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Althought it started with a nice concept (a game that used the movie licence to such as extent the movie directors wrote the script for the game), the implementation is very sloppy. From the glitchy graphics, clipping, damage, etc. to the incredibly bad interphase, you can tell that Shiny really had to hurry to make the May 15 release. The mouse support during the driving is absolutely horrid, as it the menu selection. The Matrix: reloaded concurrent story line is very nice, and most likely the only reason anyone can find to play the game. And while the live footage is a very nice touch, the in game animations are choppy and unatural at best. Hopefully, Shiny can fix some of these problems with a patch or two, but there's a limit to what can be patched. Save your money and buy the Matrix: Reloaded when it comes to DVD.

Gets Old, But Still Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First, I don' understand why people have problems whit this game, my computer is far from cutting-edge and it runs the game fine. I have 512MB RAM, it's cheap, get some more if this game is slow. Anyway, if you like fighting games with a storyline, this game isn't too bad. The fighting and stuff is really cool but other stuff is lacking. Shiny ran out of money and has advertising in the game, you look at ads for Intel and Cadillac, and you shoot at Escalades. I really think they should cover the basics before going as in-deph as they did with the levels that you really can't explore anyway. Well, I think that now that the game is 10 bucks, you should give it a try.

Almost as bad as the sequels.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everyone has their own idea of tasteful and tacky.

Rundown, shabby, lacking style, dowdy.
The developers of this game took a great idea and made a few bucks off it. Had they put a little more effort into the look and feel of the game, and possibly the story, they could have made a lot of bucks off it.

As it is, it looks like a console port and plays like a console port. The graphics, for all the hype, are hardly cutting edge, and the gameplay is buggy.

Halfway through the game, instead of asking "What is the Matrix?", I was thinking "Why am I bothering?" The only reason I kept playing was to see the filmed cutscenes, and even they were lifeless.

Get this game when it goes in the dollar bin. Otherwise, don't waste your money.

how bad is this game?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There were all sorts of glitches in the game i had to go to my task manager to quit it. the whole thing is junk. you want a good game? go with any of the tom clancy franchise.

Fairly serious development problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love the Matrix genre and I'm giving this game 3 stars based on that alone. This game has some fairly serious production problems and it could've definately used a testing phase in the product development cycle.

Running Win2k pro with 64mb gforce,512 MRam, 1.2 Ghz cpu and 40 Gig HD (with 20 left)- major crashes to desktop, once you install the game it disables most desktop functionality, I can't even get WinAmp to run now to listen to Mp3's. If this was my primary computer I'd be up in arms, but I built an extra machine just to play poorly developed games like this.

Atari has a patch out - but it won't even install on my machine.

However, I love the matrix genre, and the game play is okay. Nothing spectacular. I was expecting better given the hype and promise of the genre. The controls are workable, but lots of basic movement bugs make the H2H fighting difficult. Aside from the installation and bug issues, the game is way too linear - no choices at all for the player - and it's a really boring run and shoot game.

Still I love the move, so I'll finish the last half - but I doubt I'll play the other char (I'm playing ghost now). Way overpriced.

Not the best game ever, but not bad by any means...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought long and hard, after reading many of the reviews posted on this site, about whether or not to go out and actually buy this game. The fact that I'm between places right now and my backup PIII 933, 384mb, GeForce256 32mb system was going to be the one I would test it on made me hesitate even more, but the desire to get the inside story won me over. I played for about an hour and a half last night and I have to say, this game isn't bad at all. Yes, the porting is almost evident, but you know what, the gameplay doesn't suffer all that much. Yes, the moves get predictable, but I'm still discovering new combinations every time I get into a fight. Naturally, we stick with what we like (so variety means different things to different people). To me, the environments are fine (since I spend more time trying not to get killed rather than sight-seeing my surroundings... except in the post office lobby where the pillars were being shot to hell, reminiscent of the original matrix film) and jumping around the rooftops is kinda fun. The "focus" bullet-time feature is cool, but I never got into Max Payne, so mine is a non-biased point of view. The first person "scope" view along with the auto-aim feature does leave something to be desired, but isn't a big issue. The only thing that I found a little weird was the way that our characters climbed up ladders (too choppy and too fast... too cartoonish). Running on my backup system, which is almost bare "recommended," the gameplay is smooth on 800x600 resolution. No choppiness, no slow down (except when in bullet-time mode, obviously), and the graphics look very good to me. I'm playing on normal difficulty (easy? c'mon, I want a challenge), and so far there are two places that I had a very difficult time getting past (moreso because I tried to kill everyone rather than just run a little and complete my objective). You'll have to figure these out for yourself. I haven't tried the hacking feature yet either.

PS - For those of you looking for an awesome, one of a kind, online gameplay experience, download the Army game online for free...

So bad it will make you gag

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is nothing but a ... Atari + Matrix trademark package. A stroke of genious from pr perspective. I'll have to agree with some of the previous reviewers stating that this game was rushed. The game needed about a year more to fermentate. The graphics are horrible for a PC title. This is like going back to the original nintendo after playing Max Payne or Hitman. You would expect the game to play smooth with its simpler graphics, but no such luck. As soon as any type of action kicks in the game turns chopy. The motion capture isn't fluid and the model physics are incredibly poor. This could of been a game of the year, uhh back in 1992. ...

over priced for a ho-hum game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I personally liked Matrix Reloaded, but not as much as the first movie. But this game is quite dull. I have not finished it yet, but have not been that compelled to even play it for more than the couple of hours I have put in so far. There are only 2 characters and 3 difficulty levels so replay value is minimal. The controls are awkward, the graphics lackluster, and the game plot is boring. The focus/bullet time gimmick is not that great and certainly cannot salvage this game. Save your money-there are much better games out there.

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