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.
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.
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
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?'
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!
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
@@drunkpaulocosta 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
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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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.
@ 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.
*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
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.)
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
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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...
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.
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.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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!"
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.
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
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 😔
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
The ant section is brilliant. I'll have no slander. This and King Kong are probably the only movie adaptations where all the extra stuff added is actually fun to play through
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 ✌️✌️✌️
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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.
@ 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?
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
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.
Said it in one of my discord server's while i was sharing the link to this, and i'll say it again. Literally the best description of this game to date.
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.
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
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.
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 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
@@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
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.
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 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.
Yeeees! I remember playing this as a kid and thinking "Wow, this is way better the Enter the Matrix", which I also enjoyed. I also remember those ants giving me nightmares...
This game was awesome. I'll always remember one weekend I was home alone so I cranked up the surround sound,got in a Q of weed,watched the trilogy than played this. This needs a remake.
I rented this for my PS2 and didn't have a memory card. I bet the game in one day with pauses inbetween. Best believe it was one of the most frustrating and satisfying days of my life. I'll never forget that day lol.
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
A remaster would hopefully fix the jankiness but I doubt that. Both Matrix games are glitchy AF.
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This game on Unreal Engine 5, with polished gameplay mechanics would be amazing. The soundtrack was fantastic too. The additional contents (that weren't in the movies and was for expanding the universe / extend gameplay time) were bizarre but mostly cool.
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.
I liked everything about this game I don't understand how anyone could have an issue with this game this was the best movie game of 2005 at the time and it still holds up except the trippy Kung Fu ants mission
@@antdujar Yeah I never heard someone complain about the tutorial missions in this game. They are really well done and are great nons to a lot of popular Hong Kong action movies.
i loved this game, the only problem i had with it is that when you replay it and get to the part wehere u get a choise of order for different levels for some reason when u do one u skip the other making you miss skillpoints
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Thomas Anderson is a great dev, massive respect for him putting this game out there.
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@@alexsilva28 "Tom"
To bad that movie peaked in its first act
Nice profile pic dude!
I swear this game didn't look this bad when I was a kid, i recall it looking so damn clean.
Because it was clean for the time lol
Which system you play it on?
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
@@theangrykekistani9418 this looks like a ps2 game lmao
I remember even at the time thinking this was the ugliest game i've ever seen but God it was fun being neo
One of only a handful of games where every glitch and instance of jank can be considered canonical/ in-universe.
They're living Bethesda's dream...
@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
Hell yes!
@UrbanintrospectionYT That's riiiight. They all take place inside computer simulations or something don't they? Lol
Cyberpunk 2077, because it's the 'fuuuture' lol.
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.
Yep, exploring the possibilities is fun.
After all, the game is not a movie.
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.
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
@@jmalAC3 is good
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?'
Doing meta commentary before doing it on one of their own movies.
I loved kicking Smiths butt in each fight. c:
It's wild that you experienced this without knowing what you were truly experiencing.
@Gobbleupdatcheeseburgerdude lmao there’s already a trailer for it look it up
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!
2 classics. Doesnt really hold up today but MDK was the first real 3rd person shooter i ever played
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
@@drunkpaulocosta 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
Sacrifice. Don't forget about Sacrifice.
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.
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.
Yes expand it with giant Kung-fu ants. Need I say more
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 .
Yeah by making the game into parody of the movies
Indeed, unlike that trash that Is in cinemas now
@@erikjimenez8671 they’re both trans now
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.
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.
@ 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.
I never read reviews anyway. If I like the look of a game, then I play it.
Same here, my nostalgia is strong
I remember playing the game the first time and taking the blue pill, and I was surprised that the game actually end.
Man they should release a remastered version of this game. Literally one of my favourite games growing up. Enter the matrix was also amazing
This game was so stupid yet so fun. Using people as nun-chucks never got old to me
Nearly as good as hulk using a bus as a skateboard
Yujiro be like
I think Max Payne 2 and Ninja Gaiden Black/II would be better uses of people's time, honestly.
Don't get how the game was stupid story was GD if you mean graphic sure.
Hilarious!
*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
@@shibase9607 Amen brother
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
@@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.
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.
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.
The amount of combos n moves you could at the time was unreal
@@zookwick name another hand to hand combat game that was better at the time? True crime lol?
@@zookwick Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and God of War? Totally different play style.
After watching resurrections, this ending mixed with matrix online makes more sense
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.
God this looks so bad, and so good at the same time.
Its good trust me.. was replaying the fuck out of this game as kid
They sacrificed graphics for gameplay which is more important.
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@@Kaden10 the Unreal 2 engine in general hasn’t aged well
Bad in what sense? It's as much as one would expect from a game like that back in 2005.
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.
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
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.
I also vaguely remembered the ants and not much else.
Same me and my brother got this game at blockbuster
@@jackhughes9811 I remember a vampire stage and it was the most random thing I have ever played
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.
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.)
Oh right now I remember, thanks for the refreshment of information.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@KenshinMizuharalook at this manchild getting triggered by a comment on the TH-cam. Get a life.
@@jaynanda6964 he's also a weeb lol
@@KenshinMizuhara you have 7k subs and you average 100 views a video the audacity…………………..
I would actually really want a Steam port of this, it looks sick unironically
Better than the recent Matrix movie we had
“The only problem is I can’t play as the NPC from the burly brawl”
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.
17:16 damn that's a good transition
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Oh hey! I remember your channel! Glad to see you still post
Pan Pizza! .Obscure media lures you in pretty often it seems, great to see you here
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.
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.
I love how Larry be like "screw nuance and subtext, I will go full intellectual wankery"
@@Noperare you mean Lana
@@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.
@@marbl3d45 we're not calling him that
@@tadpolegaming4510 define “we”
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.
I absolutely loved this game. Little on the janky side but would love a remaster.
Calling Night Dive!
Don't think we need a re- anything of this series for some time
@@joelshajan8706 yeah, having seen the new film, they gone done a last jedi on their own IP.
@@cubeflinger But the Unreal Engine 5 demo got rave reviews, so there's still hope.
9:46 I really like how that one "ordinary security guard" could just do a kung-fu flip.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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...
when was teen back when this comes out my first wtf was the fire kung fu ants level for sure.
Can’t recall how many times I’ve finished this game since getting it on release day. still enjoy it to this day.
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.
Loved your review man, this was my favorite game from my childhood!
Just earned yourself a member!
Hot damn, never saw this one coming. Thanks for covering a childhood classic of mine.
This game ticked so many boxes for me growing up. Definitely deserves more love.
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.
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!
Turning off the lock on with the Xbox is pressing down the right thumbstick, that's way smoother imo.
@@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.
I’m so happy that SOMEONE finally covered this game. It use to be one of my favorites.
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.
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.
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)
lose**
Remember to spell lose, lose an "o"
loose*
Mandella Effect?
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.
Dude I use to play this while listening to my 2000s rock it was the best action game I have played
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!"
Gmans being fairly hard on it. Its definitely unpolished technically but is an absolute powerhouse of fun gameplay and cool level ideas.
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
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.
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
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 😔
Agreed
I remember replaying the FUCK outta the scene where he's fighting like 500 agents it's so much fun
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.
The Matrix Resurrections is not a reboot. It's a straight up sequel.
It's both, tbh.
whats important is that it fucking sucks
@@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.
It's neither, is a parasite leeching on the legacy of the trilogy and doing nothing but leave piles of shit behind.
@@Asterion608 Only the first and second movie of the trilogy were any good
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.
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.
Xbox version lacks effects from the PS2 version as well. I made an in-depth comparison video demonstrating them.
For me, personally, Path Of Neo, was the best Matrix game. Every aspect of this game was so well done. Amazing job.
the kung fu ants were certainly a highlight for me lmao I love this game
The ant section is brilliant. I'll have no slander. This and King Kong are probably the only movie adaptations where all the extra stuff added is actually fun to play through
"My mind is boggled"
I totally loved this game and the controls in keyboard/mouse totally worked for me after rebinding some of them.
It’s a good day when Gman uploads
God I loved this game, replaying the Agent Smith fight in the park again and again was a favourite memory
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 ✌️✌️✌️
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.
@ 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?
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
The man, the myth, the legend is back!
He's back with another video.
I used to play this on my xbox all the time it's definitely my favorite matrix game.
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.
Said it in one of my discord server's while i was sharing the link to this, and i'll say it again.
Literally the best description of this game to date.
Honestly my comfort video game as a kid it’s not the best but boy was it crazy
I was the producer of this game when I worked at WB Games. It was fun to work on for sure.
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.
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
@@vegasthunder4208 warriors needs a remaster for sure
Been waiting for this :D TY Gman!
This was a great game that just needed some more polish to truly shine
As a 24 year Tekken player who still plays most of the Tekken games (3 and up) competitively this game was and still is a blast for me to play.
This game used to rock when I was a kid, even on pc, but I'm afraid that I might have nostalgia goggles
YESSS GMAN
I was secretly hoping you'd review this. Thank you
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.
I loved this game as a kid, the gameplay was enough to keep me going even if I failed over and over again.
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.
Did the mechanics really age well? The gunplay looks god-awful. Seems outdated even for the year it came out.
@@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
@@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
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.
So dope.
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!
It might just be possible from WB Interactive. Plus, say what you will about the Wachowski Sisters, they’ve always loved video games.
@@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.
The tutorial level where you fight axe wielding guys is a homage to a Jackie Chan movie. I think one of the Drunken Master movies.
This game was so damn jank but it had some amazing melee combos in it. Another great review as always
Yeeees! I remember playing this as a kid and thinking "Wow, this is way better the Enter the Matrix", which I also enjoyed.
I also remember those ants giving me nightmares...
i wish they made a matrix game like superhot how sick would that be
This game was awesome. I'll always remember one weekend I was home alone so I cranked up the surround sound,got in a Q of weed,watched the trilogy than played this. This needs a remake.
The combat was so nice
PS2 also has better performance. Xbox has issues because of its different form of lighting.
I rented this for my PS2 and didn't have a memory card. I bet the game in one day with pauses inbetween. Best believe it was one of the most frustrating and satisfying days of my life. I'll never forget that day lol.
I had this game and I actually played the hell out of it. I will always remember the ant level.... shit was confusing
I fucking LOVE that you put your mistakes into the video. "Leo? *Blip* Neo!" 🤣
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
Yooooo! The second clip with added music…
NAILED IT! Now I have to play lol!
We need a remaster of this game immediately. I don’t know why companies and estates aren’t doing this more often, they’d make SO much bank.
A remaster would hopefully fix the jankiness but I doubt that. Both Matrix games are glitchy AF.
This game on Unreal Engine 5, with polished gameplay mechanics would be amazing. The soundtrack was fantastic too. The additional contents (that weren't in the movies and was for expanding the universe / extend gameplay time) were bizarre but mostly cool.
The whole music budget went into that one Queen song
Wish there were some mods for this game. Would only make it even more sick.
22:44 Your last "Make me sick!" Sounds pretty honest... to be in the script. 🤣
Path of Neo was janky but great fun
I gotta boot up my ps2. I really enjoyed story and characters of Enter the Matrix, and really liked the game play of Path of Neo.
Is no one gonna mention how stupid big that PC monitor is at 0:03 ? That thing has to weigh more than neo himself.
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.
I liked everything about this game I don't understand how anyone could have an issue with this game this was the best movie game of 2005 at the time and it still holds up except the trippy Kung Fu ants mission
Agreed! Some of The criticism just seems unwarranted to be honest.
@@antdujar
Yeah I never heard someone complain about the tutorial missions in this game. They are really well done and are great nons to a lot of popular Hong Kong action movies.
Finally! I've been waiting God knows how long for you to review this.
i loved this game, the only problem i had with it is that when you replay it and get to the part wehere u get a choise of order for different levels for some reason when u do one u skip the other making you miss skillpoints
if this ever gets a remaster i will be ready cuz this is peak childhood