I'm not gonna lie. This game was pretty damn fun with cheats on. I rented this a lot from Blockbuster as a kid and never got bored of it. I'm super cereal.
RJTheHero, I'm with you on this. I'm reminded of another game that was similar in gameplay and had a few of its own quirks: Minority Report. It was "bad" because of its repetitive game and design (doubling its length by replaying levels...only mirrored), and seemingly directionless other than the wanton fighting going on... But if that's what you're there for, Minority Report was gold, as is Enter The Matrix. These games were likely not worth the price at the release, the the price as of today and the FUN you can have with it is worth whatever flaws they supposedly have. Cost vs. benefit, this stands ABOVE games we would consider good by comparison.
RJTheHero I think that's one point this guy sorely failed to understand. Playing this game without Hacking is like going into The Matrix itself without an Operator. Your denying yourself one of the most crucial assets to the experience. "OH, it's just DOS." Hey, guess what, jerk? Some of us weren't lucky enough to get to mess around with DOS, so it was a fun learning experience for us.
Wow, literally my experience too. Hated the game because it was hard and awkward and I hated not being able to bullet time whenever I wanted, so I used cheats. I still didn't particularly enjoy the game, but the ability to just Neo out made it more tollerable.
Ok, here's what happened with this game behind the scenes: Shiny Entertainment was developing this game, and they had full intentions to make this game every bit as spectacular as fans were expecting it to be. It genuinely was supposed to be a masterpiece, and a lot of care was being put into the game. However, Atari, the game's publisher, was having a bad quarter and decided they needed money. As a result, they decided to capitalize on the release of The Matrix's sequel by releasing Enter the Matrix on the same day. However, the game wasn't complete. Shiny was still working on the project, and needed more time to get it done. Unfortunately, Atari didn't care. They forced Shiny to pack up what they had and sell it as-is. An unfinished build of the game was released to the public because, in a desperate cash-grab, Atari refused to let the developers finish the game, disappointing fans everywhere in the first place. If Atari hadn't forced the game out the game out the door, would it have lived up to the hype? Would it have been a great game? Unfortunately, we'll never know,
yea, some publishers suck like that but also, the devs could have done what the no man's sky dev team did and release upgrades to the game to improve it and make it a great game
I didn't realize this was considered a bad game! This was one of my favorites on GameCube and I played it through several times. Lots of memories of those sewer levels.
@@EnigmaticPenguin I really loved that the post office level was so reminiscent of the lobby scene from the first movie. The power plant was super hard. And the little hacking menus was my first introduction to pseudo code and now I make apps and games. Definitely a special place in my heart. The driving sections as Ghost though, oof.
I know the feeling. I was confused when he started talking about it because I remember absolutely loving it and playing it through many times. Seeing it now, I get it and I would never play it again but it's gonna keep a special place in my heart lol
I remember playing this as a kid, and I would just replay the first level over and over again, enjoying the bullet time, jumping around, and beating up guards.
bruh we may be one year apart.. but my top 10 ps2 games when i was 10 was like, GTA SA, Sonic Riders, Hitman 2, Metal Gear Solid Snake 3, Harvest moon save the homeland, GTA Vice City, and The Matrix.. there was also the samurai game that i cant remember the name of and Soul Calbre, they are all not in order but those were my top games.
Apparently my taste in games must be abysmal because I had this game for Gamecube and I actually liked it...granted I also had Superman 64 growing up...
I agree this game had a fuckton of issues but I fucking loved the section where you fight the vampire like enemies, the fights would last much longer and felt more intense than any other part of the game. I would replay it just to get to that area since the better battles were so fun.
Think of your favorite game. You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and keep playing whatever games you want to play. You take the red pill, you forget your favorite game but get to experience it for the first time all over again, not knowing if you'll enjoy it. Which do you take?
why is this game getting so much hate.the level design is cool i like the fighting and the special moves the jump of a wall and kick focus wall dicrection kick in a fast timing,the throws,instant kills from behind the normal throws punch and kick , the kick and triangle on ps2 weapon grab attacks the shotting while doing sommersaults is it called ? to left and right and wall running the driving everything and the music i love this game why is it getting so much hate and the chase from the agents in the vertigo were so scary and tense i still have and love this game you can even do counter attacks by pressing block at the right moment of course way easier with focus and disarm enemies with square on the ps2
You say victimised, I have fond memories of this game... not from playing it, god no, I traded this game with my friend for Windwaker and OoT MQ. Sounds like I got a pretty good deal.
A exploding potato I own Sneak King. My only 360 game for a 360 I dont have. I don't think they are going to have backwards compatibility on the Xbox one for it.
This game was really fun and definitely impressive. I remember getting it for GameCube and it had TWO DISKS! I beat it and enjoyed the fuck out of it. Sadly, the game has aged poorly and in today's standards, kinda sucks. Still enjoy it every now and then for nostalgic reasons though.
While this game has some problems, I have very fond memories of playing this with my brother on the Gamecube when we were kids. Just going to leave it in my memories though. :P
I loved this game. I use to purposely fight agents in certain areas, and use the wall kick ability to knock them off buildings. It was really fun tricking them, and I believe that beating agents increased your focus, so by the end of the game my focus was far beyond what the meter was suppose to be XD
The problem with "Enter the Matrix" and "The Matrix Reloaded" is that they tell two halves of the same story, and the two halves sort of need each other. The game also makes no sense unless you watch "The Final Flight of the Osiris" first. This was back in the days of VHS, and I actually tried splicing the cutscenes from the Animatrix, Enter the Matrix, and The Matrix Relaoded into one continuous film. It was actually a LOT better! I never finished the project though.
It even has that neo hiding from the agents level he mentioned. Game is just too good. As for worst than enter the matrix. That sounds like troll talk. First person I've ever seen say that. P is as individual as they come to say the least.
Enter The Matrix and Matrix Reloaded came out the very same day I graduated high school. I should've taken it as a sign for how shitty my adult life was gonna be.
I played this game for hours, "running into room after room and spraying people down in slow motion." It was a challenge to see if you could kill every enemy without getting hit, all the while doing the most acrobatic spinning-diving kills, combined with wall-running transitions to and from intermittent fighting. The attack set of each character changes the way you play the game, adding a unique bit of strategy to using each character. I tried to play the xbox version, and the PS2 version was way better gameplay wise. The sword is so much fun.
That's the only Matrix Game I played myself. I don't think I even knew about Enter the Matrix, I remember there was also being an online game too? Because I vaguely recall, looking it up, but never playing it.
I can't say it's a favorite of all time for me, but I had a good time with it back on my GameCube. I've never understood the hate for this game. There are so many more horrific movie tie-in games than this one.
watching this video, ya it does look janky but the fun get drunk with friends kind of janky. I think there is a pretty good game if you give it a chance and just play for fun not 100%.
I liked this game. I liked the story tie ins too. I bought it right when it came out. I played a ton of it and got used to the controls. I was probably wearing matrix colored green goggles, and thought it was better than it actually was, but I enjoyed it. I did lots of the hacking stuff... I liked the mini movie built in, which tells you why the Oracle looks different,... I picked up on all of the story points inserted in it... I liked the Merovingian part... I know it’s really unfinished and flawed and broken... and everything you said about the look of it is spot on, but I liked it when I was in my 20’s. Lol The super terrible matrix game was Path of Neo. (Edit): the best way to play is with the cheats. I can’t believe I played hundreds of hours of this. Lol
Yeah honestly Enter The Matrix is one of my favourite games ever. It was like a better version of Max Payne. Path of Neo wasn't as good, for me, and had a god awful ending that ruined the whole thing
Nope, I liked it too! Had the GCN version. Though I can see why people didn't like it and I admit, there are flaws. However...I STILL had lots of fun with this game!
Great to see all the support with the new Patreon and to hear that Defend It is back! I hope things keep going well for you, Jirard. You deserve all the support you get and more.
for 11:30 I highly recommend *The Matrix: Path of Neo on PS2* where one can play that scene and many more. It's dumb fun and filled with references to games and movies. One level is basically a scene from Jackie Chan's Legend Of The Drunken Master. Another level is highly influenced by Mortal Kombat. And the final level is *awesome* !
I'm sorry, you mean the final level with the giant Smith made of buildings and the fun combat whittled down to a 3 button mini-game? That last level SUCKED
watever happened with that series anyway? there feels like so few have been made, and even less so once Greg's videos are being removed. personally i would go for 3 reviews a month if Jirard made a "Defend it!" once a month or bi-monthly, who's with me on this?
15:03 When you're playing in this level as Ghost, don't shoot the Twins, shoot the civilian cars that are ahead of you, funny how The Matrix is about saving human race from the machines while the game teaches you terrorism XD
Infact that's always been abit of a weird dichotomy with the series. To save overall mankind, they frequently had to beat the shit out of or shoot up unaware innocents who are just doing their jobs.
I have good memories of this game, countering in focus, killing agents with grenades, even one of smiths. Also rewatch the movies, the game is tied in the movies pretty tight.
When a gamestop first opened in my town like 15 years ago they had a bin just for "Enter the Matrix" because that many people fucking sold the piece of shit as soon as they got the option to.
definitely the best in-depth look at this game I've seen on youtube. Nobody else really went into the Hacking mode in as much detail, especially covering the weird multiplayer and hidden lobbies. I liked this game as a kid in 4th grade at the time but of course we all know how much of a wreck this game was. Still is interesting to go back and check out though.
"My alarm is going off. It must be bullet time!" - Jirard, 2017 I don't know how proud you are of that joke, but it made me laugh waaaaay harder than I expected. Thank you.
Heartless Hunter switch cartridges have a bitter taste so you don't eat them. But, original 3ds could go down pretty easily, maybe even advance ones too... Lol
I remember back in the day my buddy Brandon had pre-ordered Enter The Matrix and he got it the first weekend I came over. We spent 24 hours taking turns playing that game. I loved it.
Like were you pissed off when you made this, you’ve complained more about this game and tried to nitpick it about everything. It’s a tie in game, you have to know about what’s going on to better appreciate the story but can stand on its own if you just allow yourself to enjoy. Christ, seems like you didn’t even try to enjoy this? It’s a fun game, for people who were inthralled by the matrix. “Nobody wants to run through every level in slow mo gunning down enemies” Speak for yourself man, you said it yourself you played it when it came out, and loved it. You can’t compare it to the games 4 years ago when you made this. You played it as your job and not to enjoy it this time around.
My favorite part was when you got to fight Trinity during that sparring session. Spent a lot of time trying to figure out different moves and found a super uppercut that would send her flying lol
I played the game on Xbox and quite literally never had any problems more than once or twice on a play through. This was one of my favorite games growing up alongside Final Fantasy X, 007 Agent Under Fire/Nightfire, Spider-Man 2, Burnout 3 Takedown, THPS 3+4/THUG 1+2/THAW, and Marvel's Ultimate Alliance.
I never was able to beat this game. I remember playing some kind of airport level that would play a cutscene with a control tower, and afterwards the game would freeze. Happened with two different copies (rented not bought fortunately).
I had that happen with GTA San Andreas on the Xbox it was the mission when you got a van and robbed the guns out of the old vets house no matter what disc I used. I had to buy a new Xbox off of the crackhead that lived below me for $20. Man I miss florida.
I once had 3 fucked up, scratched copies of FF8, and had to swap between each of their Disc 3's over and over again to get through the various locking up cutscenes. Play 3 seconds, lockup, next copy! 4 seconds of cutscene, lockup, NEXT COPY! I love old videogames.
Soundres I had that happened at the chateau and the game wouldn't load any further. I did use a ps2 bootleg disc from a market which probably didn't help lol. Got it on GameCube for 5 bucks at least so can play it normal on Wii or something
I remember the game being an absolute broken mess. Pc version though, not sure if that was worse. The driving segments were practically impossible, so playing as Niobe was out of the question. But playing as ghost was also not a possibility, because in the airport level, in my version, it was somehow impossible to shoot out the tire from that fucking plane. So my gameplay experience was limited to start->first driving segment as Niobe, and start->airport level as Ghost. I still had a blast with the bullet time, but I suppose the fact that I literally couldn't progress kept me from playing the game enough to get bored.
bunnyfreakz Huh? I played the PC version to completion back when it came out. I don't remember it ever crashing at the cutscenes, but going into the hacking thing was always a coin toss as to whether it would work or not.
I beat the PC version when I was like 14, I never experienced crashes or performance issues and the game was relatively fun. Planning on replaying it since this review is so negative on it.
Dear Mr. The Completionist, while this may be lost in a sea of comments i hope you see this and take my humble request, after putting myself through the emotional joyride that is xenoblade chronicles for the second time, i request that you do an episode on said game, let me make myself clear in saying this IS a challenge (though i have no right to challenge a proffesional such as yourself) and that you WILL NOT complete this game, not that it is bad or anything (which it is not) it simply is overflowing with content, if you happen to see this Mr. The Completionist, i would be overjoyed if you took my request and did an episode on my favorite rpg, and if not, then thank you anyways. Sincerely, A fan P.S. this comment is outdated
I would still love to see an episode on it anyway, i mean, it took chuggaconroy so long to PREPARE his completion of it, and knowing jirard he may take it to a further extreme.
Dear god no. After what's going to happen with restarting all 120 completionist episodes, the last thing we need to give this man is a goddamn heart-attack completing Xenoblade Chronicles. I would love to see Jirard do a Xenoblade review with Chuggaaconroy. Just not until he's done having to re-finish games like Skyrim, Hyrule Warriors and Super Meat Boy.
I guess if you review this game in 2017 it doesn't really hold up but I played this game 100 times and loved it all when it first came out. Just to have a slow motion button, guns and cinematic hand to hand combat was wicked!
I don’t know but the game was great back in the day when I played it on the PS2. I replayed it more than twice. It does have issues though like gamebreaking bugs during the car chase scenes when you play as Ghost. Niobe sometimes drives in circles.
I remember playing this game as kid and having a blast. I have been thinking about replaying it now days but I think I will leave it and keep pleasant memories of the game and my childhood instead.
07:54 for those not in the know. the package that they are after and the captain and crew who died delivering it, can be seen in the animatrix short ''final flight of the osiris'' a frikkin awesomely realistic cgi animated short, that was rivaled in the graphically by nothing except final fantasy the spirits within, and it's a damn shame they never used Squeenix to make the game, cuz it coulda been awesome if they did. But anyway, go check that short out along with 'kid's story' and 'the second renaissance' if you want to see three shorts that 1.bridge the gap between the first two films, 2.establish the starting off point and reason for the first mission in this game, 3. give you a shed ton of backstory concerning events that not only show what life was like before the machines took over (think metropolis, the anime movie, not the black n white silent flick) and also what caused the machines to go to war with the humans, and lastly 4. explain who the heck that kid is in the films that fanboys all over neo at every opportunity he gets, as if he won't be complete unless he can somehow crawl inside neo, and live comfortably inside him like a little parasitic puppy. and how neo apparently saved his life, and why neo says he didn't because he saved himself. To be honest 'the second renaissance'', ''final flight of the osiris' and ''kid's story'' are probably the best shorts on the whole of the animatrix, and really the only ones that add to the mythos as a whole, with the other shorts not really adding much to the matrix story, other than some cool looking animation, and interesting concepts. i highly recommend them. enter the matrix on the other hand, just watch the cutscenes on youtube, you'll save yourself a whole lotta a time, and mental anguish, and still fulfill the mission of experiencing the whole matrix mythology.
I can't believe you played this game on the PS2. I'm just impressed you completed the hacking without a keyboard. I played the PC version back in the day, still have it. If I had to use that onscreen crap I probably would not have finished this game.
Y'know, despite the game not coming out as good as expected, the mechanics were pretty damn fun and I'm quite disappointed that nobody tried to build on this concept. I mean imagine a game with the improved fighting mechanics of enter the matrix, I'd have a hell of a fun time playing it
The matrix movies were a descending trainwreck, with the only good part in the third movie being the fight for xion, seeing as how I love how literally everything had turrets, and the base was designed around fending off an attack. It was glorious. Also the mech designs really worked for the style. Literally a mech with the barest of essentials, like the ability to wield dakka, reload the dakka and above all, walk like a badass!
Tank wasn't in the second or third movie because the actor, Marcus Chong, was in the middle of a lawsuit with the Wachowski's over a monetary dispute. The lawsuit was still going on during shooting so they were forced to write him out of the plot.
I had allot of nostalgia hooked to this game. Even got the multi-player unlocked "I KNOW RIGHT?" with my little sister. I enjoyed the hell out of the title but I was like, 13.
Enter the Matrix content on YT in 2017? Thought this have was forgotten. Fwiw, I enjoyed it a lot back in the day, but yeah, even back then I thought that it was kinda crappy. Cheers and nice video!
You literally do get to navigate Neo through the cubicle scene with navigation on the phone in Path of Neo. That's one of the best PS2 games I've ever played.
I remember playing this game as a young kid back when it first came out, I think I was like 12 or 13. I remember using a gameshark to give infinite ammo and then constantly firing my gun to work like a flashlight in the dark, dark, dark recesses of the endless sewers of the game. I don't really have any negative or positive memories of the game though I never got too far into the game because I could never beat the goddamn level where Ghost had to shoot the airplane's tire.
Nah, I think as far as movie tie - in, this was pretty good. The dedicated cinematics certainly helped, the thorough, professional voice acting and the fights were kind of fun, plus Ghost's and Niobe's paths diverged slightly here and there so it was worth the replay. The hacking mode was kind of a neat addition too. Like, I am not saying this is stellar by any stretch of the imagination, but honestly, take a look and modern movie tie - ins and weep for the kind of quality that Enter the Matrix represented, because if nothing else, it was competently slotted between the movies and not just replaying the scenes from a film you just watched.
I'm not gonna lie. This game was pretty damn fun with cheats on. I rented this a lot from Blockbuster as a kid and never got bored of it. I'm super cereal.
RJTheHero, I'm with you on this. I'm reminded of another game that was similar in gameplay and had a few of its own quirks: Minority Report. It was "bad" because of its repetitive game and design (doubling its length by replaying levels...only mirrored), and seemingly directionless other than the wanton fighting going on...
But if that's what you're there for, Minority Report was gold, as is Enter The Matrix. These games were likely not worth the price at the release, the the price as of today and the FUN you can have with it is worth whatever flaws they supposedly have. Cost vs. benefit, this stands ABOVE games we would consider good by comparison.
Jacob Nelson Was playing minority report the other day :)
Loved putting on God Mode and fighting an agent for an hour.
RJTheHero I think that's one point this guy sorely failed to understand. Playing this game without Hacking is like going into The Matrix itself without an Operator. Your denying yourself one of the most crucial assets to the experience. "OH, it's just DOS." Hey, guess what, jerk? Some of us weren't lucky enough to get to mess around with DOS, so it was a fun learning experience for us.
Wow, literally my experience too. Hated the game because it was hard and awkward and I hated not being able to bullet time whenever I wanted, so I used cheats. I still didn't particularly enjoy the game, but the ability to just Neo out made it more tollerable.
Tank wanted more money than Keanu for the sequel because he thought he couldn't be replaced.
The directors lol'd
Lol. Thats hilarious
What a way to get killed off :D
a damn shame too he was a good character in the film
He got off lucky honestly. Piece of shit movie.
@@burningsexuality1540 uhhh edgy piece of shit over here
Ok, here's what happened with this game behind the scenes:
Shiny Entertainment was developing this game, and they had full intentions to make this game every bit as spectacular as fans were expecting it to be. It genuinely was supposed to be a masterpiece, and a lot of care was being put into the game. However, Atari, the game's publisher, was having a bad quarter and decided they needed money. As a result, they decided to capitalize on the release of The Matrix's sequel by releasing Enter the Matrix on the same day. However, the game wasn't complete. Shiny was still working on the project, and needed more time to get it done. Unfortunately, Atari didn't care. They forced Shiny to pack up what they had and sell it as-is. An unfinished build of the game was released to the public because, in a desperate cash-grab, Atari refused to let the developers finish the game, disappointing fans everywhere in the first place.
If Atari hadn't forced the game out the game out the door, would it have lived up to the hype? Would it have been a great game? Unfortunately, we'll never know,
Pretty much what Atari did with E.T. as well. It had to come out by Christmas...
yea, some publishers suck like that but also, the devs could have done what the no man's sky dev team did and release upgrades to the game to improve it and make it a great game
Ah, an unfortunate case of the classic sonic the hedgehog scenario
Stuff like co-op was cut for that rushed release. I still enjoy the game.
@@hotshot2472010 this was ps2 era. There was no patch updates
I must have played through this game 50 times. I have fond memories of it despite how clunky it is
Eyy
Easily one of my favorite games I ever played on the game cube. It was so much fun and it felt so incredibly cool to play.
Same, I had lot's of fun with it. I was also in middle school when it came out so take that for what its worth.
I didn't realize this was considered a bad game! This was one of my favorites on GameCube and I played it through several times. Lots of memories of those sewer levels.
Same! I'm suprised how reviled it is. I loved it on GC.
@@EnigmaticPenguin I really loved that the post office level was so reminiscent of the lobby scene from the first movie. The power plant was super hard. And the little hacking menus was my first introduction to pseudo code and now I make apps and games. Definitely a special place in my heart.
The driving sections as Ghost though, oof.
it was got 7+ avg
No shit your nostalgia blind
I know the feeling. I was confused when he started talking about it because I remember absolutely loving it and playing it through many times. Seeing it now, I get it and I would never play it again but it's gonna keep a special place in my heart lol
I remember playing this as a kid, and I would just replay the first level over and over again, enjoying the bullet time, jumping around, and beating up guards.
Same herethe first boss battle used to iss me off though
I actually liked the game if anyone can belive it.
Yeah i am playing through it now and i like it a lot
I’ll belive you
bruh we may be one year apart.. but my top 10 ps2 games when i was 10 was like, GTA SA, Sonic Riders, Hitman 2, Metal Gear Solid Snake 3, Harvest moon save the homeland, GTA Vice City, and The Matrix.. there was also the samurai game that i cant remember the name of and Soul Calbre, they are all not in order but those were my top games.
I loved this game!
Same
Apparently my taste in games must be abysmal because I had this game for Gamecube and I actually liked it...granted I also had Superman 64 growing up...
"One of the worst of all time??" You're tripping dawg.
Jacob Ferguson Well I liked it enough but you can’t claim it’s a good game. Because it’s not.
@@Myth_or_Mystery76 it's a decent one for that matter. But it's not bad, trust me I've seen worse.
Bro this one of the best games of all time
Does everyone hate this game?
I love this game
I love it too. Gamers these days are spoiled.
I loved it
"One of the worst movie tie ins"
Made me laugh since you were standing in front of both Saw and 007 Legends.
I agree this game had a fuckton of issues but I fucking loved the section where you fight the vampire like enemies, the fights would last much longer and felt more intense than any other part of the game. I would replay it just to get to that area since the better battles were so fun.
Think of your favorite game.
You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and keep playing whatever games you want to play. You take the red pill, you forget your favorite game but get to experience it for the first time all over again, not knowing if you'll enjoy it.
Which do you take?
Probably the red pill
Red a thousand percent
I'd probably choose the red one.
I want to follow in your footsteps so, the red pill.
Both pills, yeah just blew your mind right what happens when you take both?
why is this game getting so much hate.the level design is cool i like the fighting and the special moves the jump of a wall and kick focus wall dicrection kick in a fast timing,the throws,instant kills from behind the normal throws punch and kick , the kick and triangle on ps2 weapon grab attacks the shotting while doing sommersaults is it called ? to left and right and wall running the driving everything and the music i love this game why is it getting so much hate and the chase from the agents in the vertigo were so scary and tense i still have and love this game you can even do counter attacks by pressing block at the right moment of course way easier with focus and disarm enemies with square on the ps2
GeoNeo well the game was just bad. And it was definetly proven when the path of bro came out.
The game is bad. Path of Neo is q superior game in every aspect
@@c_f0rce hell naw, Enter the matrix is better, way better combat, and it has multiplayer pvp in the dojo.
You say victimised, I have fond memories of this game... not from playing it, god no, I traded this game with my friend for Windwaker and OoT MQ. Sounds like I got a pretty good deal.
Now I just feel bad for your friend that lost out on two Zelda masterpieces for Enter the Matrix. 😂
This is the only gamecube game I own.
I don't even own a gamecube!
I own Zelda for the Gameboy Advance
...
no Gameboy advance though.
It's okay. I still have my NES and some emulators. I can play anytime anywhere,😊
I have a stack of Virtual Boy games, but no Virtual Boy, probably better off that way though.
the worse gamecube games I have are universal theme park "adventure", and spyro enter the dragonfly so I"ll take it!
A exploding potato I own Sneak King. My only 360 game for a 360 I dont have. I don't think they are going to have backwards compatibility on the Xbox one for it.
A exploding potato, lemme take that off your hands!
This game was really fun and definitely impressive. I remember getting it for GameCube and it had TWO DISKS! I beat it and enjoyed the fuck out of it.
Sadly, the game has aged poorly and in today's standards, kinda sucks. Still enjoy it every now and then for nostalgic reasons though.
While this game has some problems, I have very fond memories of playing this with my brother on the Gamecube when we were kids.
Just going to leave it in my memories though. :P
LemnzestManatee ditto.
I loved this game. I use to purposely fight agents in certain areas, and use the wall kick ability to knock them off buildings. It was really fun tricking them, and I believe that beating agents increased your focus, so by the end of the game my focus was far beyond what the meter was suppose to be XD
The problem with "Enter the Matrix" and "The Matrix Reloaded" is that they tell two halves of the same story, and the two halves sort of need each other. The game also makes no sense unless you watch "The Final Flight of the Osiris" first. This was back in the days of VHS, and I actually tried splicing the cutscenes from the Animatrix, Enter the Matrix, and The Matrix Relaoded into one continuous film. It was actually a LOT better! I never finished the project though.
Now you should check out Matrix: Path of Neo its better than this
No, it's worse.
How is it worse?
It has flaws up the ass for sure but actually worse?
slime, this guy said quote "this game doesn't need defending, it's great"
Love that game....also damn you beat me to it
It even has that neo hiding from the agents level he mentioned. Game is just too good. As for worst than enter the matrix. That sounds like troll talk. First person I've ever seen say that. P is as individual as they come to say the least.
"To brake, press the brakebutton"
that sums up my memory of playing through the whole game back in the days.
Enter The Matrix and Matrix Reloaded came out the very same day I graduated high school.
I should've taken it as a sign for how shitty my adult life was gonna be.
this
Perfect!
I played this game for hours, "running into room after room and spraying people down in slow motion." It was a challenge to see if you could kill every enemy without getting hit, all the while doing the most acrobatic spinning-diving kills, combined with wall-running transitions to and from intermittent fighting.
The attack set of each character changes the way you play the game, adding a unique bit of strategy to using each character.
I tried to play the xbox version, and the PS2 version was way better gameplay wise.
The sword is so much fun.
My grandpa use to wear a black coat and talked about taking "blue pills"
@Bobby Hill well he DID survive a war
If he took the blue pill he’s still stuck in the matrix
I want him to do the matrix the path of neo now
I do as well everything he said he wanted is in that
Path of Neo is by all means better than ETM
You gotta play Matrix: Path of Neo, now thats a great game.
That's the only Matrix Game I played myself. I don't think I even knew about Enter the Matrix, I remember there was also being an online game too? Because I vaguely recall, looking it up, but never playing it.
That's right, there was a Matrix Online! I totally forgot about it.
That game is such a blast!
The online game was awesome. Primarily due to the community of both players and developers.
i've played both and i like them
This is one of my favorite games of all time, I still don't think the game deserves the rep it has gotten from critics then and now.
I can't say it's a favorite of all time for me, but I had a good time with it back on my GameCube. I've never understood the hate for this game. There are so many more horrific movie tie-in games than this one.
watching this video, ya it does look janky but the fun get drunk with friends kind of janky. I think there is a pretty good game if you give it a chance and just play for fun not 100%.
this game is shit, Path of Neo is a way better Matrix game.
The Renegadist true i had legitimate fun with this game. The driving parts were kinda bland tho.
"most noteworthy game"
You're thinking of path of neo, the good matrix game.
Underrated game and comment
I liked this game. I liked the story tie ins too. I bought it right when it came out. I played a ton of it and got used to the controls. I was probably wearing matrix colored green goggles, and thought it was better than it actually was, but I enjoyed it. I did lots of the hacking stuff... I liked the mini movie built in, which tells you why the Oracle looks different,... I picked up on all of the story points inserted in it... I liked the Merovingian part...
I know it’s really unfinished and flawed and broken... and everything you said about the look of it is spot on, but I liked it when I was in my 20’s. Lol
The super terrible matrix game was Path of Neo. (Edit): the best way to play is with the cheats. I can’t believe I played hundreds of hours of this. Lol
Blue pill? Red pill?!
No, I took the *beard* pill.
Odd choice for a profile picture.
Nana-Kyoto the thicc is redic
Beard pill?Anime pill?
Mo_ Musashi_28 I'm getting sick and tired with all these "Thicc" comments.
Nana-Kyoto What about the purple pill?
Path of Neo was what enter the matrix should have been.
Was Path actually fun? I wrote it off after playing the shit out of this game.
Path was way more fun. Way more playable.
nyvekfury21 meh I actually enjoy the matrix more than the path of neo.
Yeah honestly Enter The Matrix is one of my favourite games ever. It was like a better version of Max Payne. Path of Neo wasn't as good, for me, and had a god awful ending that ruined the whole thing
duffman18
Ok... Better than Max Payne? You just crossed the line sir.
Am I the only one who loved this game on my OG Xbox?
jaime javier godoy villaseñor I enjoyed it too.
I loved it!
The PS2 version is the least buggy. Stay away from the Xbox version.
Poever I loved the game on my PS2. It was fun, and if you didn't think about the movie, you enjoyed the game.
Nope, I liked it too! Had the GCN version. Though I can see why people didn't like it and I admit, there are flaws. However...I STILL had lots of fun with this game!
Great to see all the support with the new Patreon and to hear that Defend It is back! I hope things keep going well for you, Jirard. You deserve all the support you get and more.
for 11:30 I highly recommend *The Matrix: Path of Neo on PS2* where one can play that scene and many more. It's dumb fun and filled with references to games and movies. One level is basically a scene from Jackie Chan's Legend Of The Drunken Master. Another level is highly influenced by Mortal Kombat. And the final level is *awesome* !
Krock YES!!
I'm sorry, you mean the final level with the giant Smith made of buildings and the fun combat whittled down to a 3 button mini-game? That last level SUCKED
I still think this game looks much better graphically than the Path of Neo
I have to admit, Enter The Matrix was my guilty pleasure game.
Wow. Now I feel like this game deserves a Defend It episode.👉
watever happened with that series anyway? there feels like so few have been made, and even less so once Greg's videos are being removed.
personally i would go for 3 reviews a month if Jirard made a "Defend it!" once a month or bi-monthly, who's with me on this?
It doesn't need defending, it's great game.
what are you smoking
Michael Turner This game sucked. Path of Neo was surprisingly fun though
Path of Neo was terrible. Enter The Matrix is great however.
15:03 When you're playing in this level as Ghost, don't shoot the Twins, shoot the civilian cars that are ahead of you, funny how The Matrix is about saving human race from the machines while the game teaches you terrorism XD
Infact that's always been abit of a weird dichotomy with the series. To save overall mankind, they frequently had to beat the shit out of or shoot up unaware innocents who are just doing their jobs.
I have good memories of this game, countering in focus, killing agents with grenades, even one of smiths.
Also rewatch the movies, the game is tied in the movies pretty tight.
I used to play this game stoned with all my mates in 2002 in gateshead, uk. Lobley hill to be specific.
When a gamestop first opened in my town like 15 years ago they had a bin just for "Enter the Matrix" because that many people fucking sold the piece of shit as soon as they got the option to.
Jirard you prob wont read this but i just wanna say thank you so much for the amazing content, your my fav youtuber.
This game to me is like Shaq-Fu:
nowhere near as bad as people say.
definitely the best in-depth look at this game I've seen on youtube. Nobody else really went into the Hacking mode in as much detail, especially covering the weird multiplayer and hidden lobbies. I liked this game as a kid in 4th grade at the time but of course we all know how much of a wreck this game was. Still is interesting to go back and check out though.
awwww man. ill never forget road tripping with my besties to Disney world playing this in the car on gamecube in middle school. epic.
I saw someone play this once over 12 years ago. This was a random, dumb, but interesting throwback.
You Should complete Pokemon Stadium On The N64!
Ya gotta play skyrim again.
Or even LOZ Link the past and link between worlds
I do like how you mixed it up and just did a straight up review of the game instead of the usual Completionist.
"My alarm is going off. It must be bullet time!" - Jirard, 2017
I don't know how proud you are of that joke, but it made me laugh waaaaay harder than I expected. Thank you.
Please do Star Wars revenge of the sith the game on ps2 or Xbox or Nintendo
Jirard, Stop.
*This Game Isn't The One*
don't ate it!
jmporkbob
Agreed, I'm sure eating a video game would be bad for you
Heartless Hunter switch cartridges have a bitter taste so you don't eat them. But, original 3ds could go down pretty easily, maybe even advance ones too... Lol
I actually quite liked this game to be honest. I played it a ton when I was in my teens and ended up playing most of the story missions MANY times.
I remember back in the day my buddy Brandon had pre-ordered Enter The Matrix and he got it the first weekend I came over. We spent 24 hours taking turns playing that game. I loved it.
Funny how I just bought this game a couple months ago
Bc 14f hopefully you didn't break the bank in doing so
randygelion No I actually got it secondhand lol
Blame infograms, they rushed it!
They poorly ported the game on consoles.
Like were you pissed off when you made this, you’ve complained more about this game and tried to nitpick it about everything. It’s a tie in game, you have to know about what’s going on to better appreciate the story but can stand on its own if you just allow yourself to enjoy. Christ, seems like you didn’t even try to enjoy this? It’s a fun game, for people who were inthralled by the matrix. “Nobody wants to run through every level in slow mo gunning down enemies” Speak for yourself man, you said it yourself you played it when it came out, and loved it. You can’t compare it to the games 4 years ago when you made this. You played it as your job and not to enjoy it this time around.
My favorite part was when you got to fight Trinity during that sparring session. Spent a lot of time trying to figure out different moves and found a super uppercut that would send her flying lol
I played the game on Xbox and quite literally never had any problems more than once or twice on a play through. This was one of my favorite games growing up alongside Final Fantasy X, 007 Agent Under Fire/Nightfire, Spider-Man 2, Burnout 3 Takedown, THPS 3+4/THUG 1+2/THAW, and Marvel's Ultimate Alliance.
NEO = ONE = EON?OEN?!?!?
Zachary Paradoa what about Noe?
NOE!!
Neo, the one, new... its not that deep
Is it? Infinite possibilities NEO isn't even the one!!!!!!!!!
Zachary Paradoa NOE?!
#FINDTANK if we can find waldo we can find anyone!!!
Crimson Manchester it's MR.STEAK!!!!!!
I never was able to beat this game. I remember playing some kind of airport level that would play a cutscene with a control tower, and afterwards the game would freeze. Happened with two different copies (rented not bought fortunately).
I had that happen with GTA San Andreas on the Xbox it was the mission when you got a van and robbed the guns out of the old vets house no matter what disc I used. I had to buy a new Xbox off of the crackhead that lived below me for $20. Man I miss florida.
I once had 3 fucked up, scratched copies of FF8, and had to swap between each of their Disc 3's over and over again to get through the various locking up cutscenes. Play 3 seconds, lockup, next copy! 4 seconds of cutscene, lockup, NEXT COPY!
I love old videogames.
Soundres I had that happened at the chateau and the game wouldn't load any further. I did use a ps2 bootleg disc from a market which probably didn't help lol. Got it on GameCube for 5 bucks at least so can play it normal on Wii or something
Soundres me too
I was going to say the exact same thing. Same place two rented copies. If I remember correctly I did find out it was caused by using cheat codes.
NOW YOU HAVE TO PLAY MATRIX PATH OF NEO!!!!
Oh, look at that, my caps lock was on.
My most fond memories of this game is fighting the agents and figuring out you could just throw them off the buildings to kill them.
Loved that too, remember deliberately stopping to fight on scaffolding and the edge of buildings to do that.
I remember the game being an absolute broken mess. Pc version though, not sure if that was worse.
The driving segments were practically impossible, so playing as Niobe was out of the question. But playing as ghost was also not a possibility, because in the airport level, in my version, it was somehow impossible to shoot out the tire from that fucking plane.
So my gameplay experience was limited to start->first driving segment as Niobe, and start->airport level as Ghost.
I still had a blast with the bullet time, but I suppose the fact that I literally couldn't progress kept me from playing the game enough to get bored.
PC version just worse, game always crash 100% after highway scene. So no one can finish the game.
bunnyfreakz my game alway crashed at the start of the airport level
All in all, buggy bullshit mess. Wish I had a good matrix game. Or a good bullet time game besides max payne.
bunnyfreakz Huh? I played the PC version to completion back when it came out. I don't remember it ever crashing at the cutscenes, but going into the hacking thing was always a coin toss as to whether it would work or not.
I beat the PC version when I was like 14, I never experienced crashes or performance issues and the game was relatively fun. Planning on replaying it since this review is so negative on it.
Dear Mr. The Completionist, while this may be lost in a sea of comments i hope you see this and take my humble request, after putting myself through the emotional joyride that is xenoblade chronicles for the second time, i request that you do an episode on said game, let me make myself clear in saying this IS a challenge (though i have no right to challenge a proffesional such as yourself) and that you WILL NOT complete this game, not that it is bad or anything (which it is not) it simply is overflowing with content, if you happen to see this Mr. The Completionist, i would be overjoyed if you took my request and did an episode on my favorite rpg, and if not, then thank you anyways. Sincerely, A fan P.S. this comment is outdated
Game as big as Xenoblade probably wouldn't be anything but a landmark numbered episode. 300 or whatever.
I would still love to see an episode on it anyway, i mean, it took chuggaconroy so long to PREPARE his completion of it, and knowing jirard he may take it to a further extreme.
Dear god no. After what's going to happen with restarting all 120 completionist episodes, the last thing we need to give this man is a goddamn heart-attack completing Xenoblade Chronicles.
I would love to see Jirard do a Xenoblade review with Chuggaaconroy. Just not until he's done having to re-finish games like Skyrim, Hyrule Warriors and Super Meat Boy.
LordDinosaur well it would certainly be a treat and would love to see him try
I know for a fact that he does have a copy.
Please play resident evil 7.
Replaying the game right now. Still digging it. Pandemic gaming.
There's no expression on their faces and the sunglasses cripple their ability to emote? So accurate to the films.
Enter the Matrix? More like "I'd rather be playing Max Payne 2" xD
F I N D T A N K
Super hot is a better matrix than the matrix
I own a ps2 and a xbox copy.... loved this game
I own the GameCube version
I guess if you review this game in 2017 it doesn't really hold up but I played this game 100 times and loved it all when it first came out. Just to have a slow motion button, guns and cinematic hand to hand combat was wicked!
Play wind waker
30 minutes with sarcastic voice makes the video quite annoying.
This is actually one of my favorite games of all time despite its shortcomings
I don’t know but the game was great back in the day when I played it on the PS2. I replayed it more than twice. It does have issues though like gamebreaking bugs during the car chase scenes when you play as Ghost. Niobe sometimes drives in circles.
I think you are trying to hard to hate the game,just look at the comments, everyone had a blast with this game back in the day
I remember playing this game as kid and having a blast. I have been thinking about replaying it now days but I think I will leave it and keep pleasant memories of the game and my childhood instead.
I have to admit, this was one of my favorite games as a kid
I played this game when I was a kid, I remember loving the early sections of the game and replaying it over and over again.
07:54 for those not in the know. the package that they are after and the captain and crew who died delivering it, can be seen in the animatrix short ''final flight of the osiris'' a frikkin awesomely realistic cgi animated short, that was rivaled in the graphically by nothing except final fantasy the spirits within, and it's a damn shame they never used Squeenix to make the game, cuz it coulda been awesome if they did.
But anyway, go check that short out along with 'kid's story' and 'the second renaissance' if you want to see three shorts that 1.bridge the gap between the first two films, 2.establish the starting off point and reason for the first mission in this game, 3. give you a shed ton of backstory concerning events that not only show what life was like before the machines took over (think metropolis, the anime movie, not the black n white silent flick) and also what caused the machines to go to war with the humans, and lastly 4. explain who the heck that kid is in the films that fanboys all over neo at every opportunity he gets, as if he won't be complete unless he can somehow crawl inside neo, and live comfortably inside him like a little parasitic puppy. and how neo apparently saved his life, and why neo says he didn't because he saved himself.
To be honest 'the second renaissance'', ''final flight of the osiris' and ''kid's story'' are probably the best shorts on the whole of the animatrix, and really the only ones that add to the mythos as a whole, with the other shorts not really adding much to the matrix story, other than some cool looking animation, and interesting concepts. i highly recommend them. enter the matrix on the other hand, just watch the cutscenes on youtube, you'll save yourself a whole lotta a time, and mental anguish, and still fulfill the mission of experiencing the whole matrix mythology.
I can't believe you played this game on the PS2. I'm just impressed you completed the hacking without a keyboard. I played the PC version back in the day, still have it. If I had to use that onscreen crap I probably would not have finished this game.
This was one of my favorite games despite it's clumsiness of it.
Y'know, despite the game not coming out as good as expected, the mechanics were pretty damn fun and I'm quite disappointed that nobody tried to build on this concept. I mean imagine a game with the improved fighting mechanics of enter the matrix, I'd have a hell of a fun time playing it
I really loved this game on the GameCube as a kid! So many memories.
4:19 I can never unsee that damn HP logo on the wall. Every damn time.
The matrix movies were a descending trainwreck, with the only good part in the third movie being the fight for xion, seeing as how I love how literally everything had turrets, and the base was designed around fending off an attack. It was glorious. Also the mech designs really worked for the style. Literally a mech with the barest of essentials, like the ability to wield dakka, reload the dakka and above all, walk like a badass!
Tank wasn't in the second or third movie because the actor, Marcus Chong, was in the middle of a lawsuit with the Wachowski's over a monetary dispute. The lawsuit was still going on during shooting so they were forced to write him out of the plot.
I had allot of nostalgia hooked to this game. Even got the multi-player unlocked "I KNOW RIGHT?" with my little sister. I enjoyed the hell out of the title but I was like, 13.
Enter the Matrix content on YT in 2017? Thought this have was forgotten. Fwiw, I enjoyed it a lot back in the day, but yeah, even back then I thought that it was kinda crappy. Cheers and nice video!
Can't wait for more Defend It! Grats on the successful patreon!
Keep up the amazing work!!! Love all your content and glad your still doing you Gerard :D
You literally do get to navigate Neo through the cubicle scene with navigation on the phone in Path of Neo. That's one of the best PS2 games I've ever played.
I remember playing this game as a young kid back when it first came out, I think I was like 12 or 13. I remember using a gameshark to give infinite ammo and then constantly firing my gun to work like a flashlight in the dark, dark, dark recesses of the endless sewers of the game. I don't really have any negative or positive memories of the game though I never got too far into the game because I could never beat the goddamn level where Ghost had to shoot the airplane's tire.
5:31 : "A:\> RAM: TRINITY"
I see you, Jirard, ya filthy ol' fecker ;D
Nah, I think as far as movie tie - in, this was pretty good. The dedicated cinematics certainly helped, the thorough, professional voice acting and the fights were kind of fun, plus Ghost's and Niobe's paths diverged slightly here and there so it was worth the replay. The hacking mode was kind of a neat addition too. Like, I am not saying this is stellar by any stretch of the imagination, but honestly, take a look and modern movie tie - ins and weep for the kind of quality that Enter the Matrix represented, because if nothing else, it was competently slotted between the movies and not just replaying the scenes from a film you just watched.
I remember playing this inbetween patrols in Iraq thinking, "Did they put Kung-Fu in Max Payne?"