Enter the Matrix

by Atari

Product Features

• In this incredible story written by the creators of the film, players will take on the roles of Niobe and Ghost, two central characters in The Matrix - Reloaded
• Authentic photo-realistic designs and martial arts action draw you in and immerse you in the experience of the film
• Receive guidance from the Oracle and rewrite the laws of physics when you enter Bullet Time
• Use your guns, fists and wits as you survive car chases in the Matrix and pilot hoverships in the Desert Of The Real
• Previously unseen footage bring this story to life and tie it directly to the film -- you'll see how your in-game actions affect the movie!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007M5DZ
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,389 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Standard

From the Manufacturer

Enter the Matrix features awesome gunplay and spectacular martial arts that bend the rules of the Matrix. It offers the chance to pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet, complete with insane driving and stunts. This game isn't just set in the Matrix universe--it's an integral part of the experience, with a story that weaves in and out of The Matrix Reloaded, the sequel to the Academy Award^®-winning film. Enter the Matrix is the story behind the story.

Enter the Matrix features:

• Highly original blend of the game genres of driving, fighting, and action/exploration
• A game script written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers, the team behind the Matrix movie trilogy
• Nearly one full hour of exclusive, never-before-seen Matrix footage with the film's actors and crew
• Likeness and voice-overs of key characters from The Matrix Reloaded, including Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne), Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith), Ghost (Anthony Wong), Sparks (Lachy Hulme), and Persephone (Monica Bellucci)
• Truly authentic, photorealistic Matrix look based on unparalleled collaboration with the actual movie-making production crew
• Incredible visual effects, including advanced particle engine and world destruction as seen in the movie
• When seeing the movie The Matrix Reloaded, gamers will realize how what they see on screen ties in with the game they played
• Same musicians and sound effects in both the movie and game

Product Description

Unfortunately no one can be told what the Matrix is. "You have to see it for yourself" Product InformationEnter the Matrix is an integral part of the Matrix experience. Its storyline weaves in and out ofThe Matrix: Reloaded the sequel to the hit movie The Matrix and features spectacular martial arts action gunplay insane driving crazy stunts and more. You'll experience a truly authentic photo-realistic look with unprecedented visual effects and animations. The game script was written and directed by the writing/directing team behind the trilogy and offers the story-behind-the-story. Play as real Matrix characters like Niobe or Ghost. Also appearing in the game are Neo Trinity Morpheus Agent Smith and more. You'll hear the real voices of the real actors and truly participate in the movie. Plus you'll get nearly one full hour of exclusive never-before-seen footage.Product OverviewMerciless Agents stalk your every move. You defy gravity and break all the rules.  How far down does the rabbit hole go? Are you ready to find out? Are you ready to Enter The Matrix?Enter The Matrix is the story-within-the-story. It features awesome gunplay and spectacular martial arts that bend the rules of the Matrix as well as insane driving and stunts and the chance to pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet. This game isn’t just set in the Matrix universe – it’s an integral part of the entire Matrix experience weaving in and out of the highly anticipated 2nd installment in the film trilogy The Matrix Reloaded. Enter The Matrix was developed under the creative direction of the Matrix filmmakers Larry and Andy Wachowski. The unprecedented level of collaboration between Hollywood’s hottest filmmakers and the award-winning Shiny Entertainment team promises to makeEnter The Matrix a truly unique gaming experience.Additional Features Step inside the Matrix like never before Play as

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Matrix (PC) Review, May 31, 2003

By 

Alan V. Dunkin (Richardson, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enter the Matrix (CD-ROM)

After playing through Enter the Matrix you wonder if the last fifteen or twenty hours or so you spent playing it was really worth seeing a few extra scenes hacked (literally) out of the Matrix Reloaded movie or enduring the tedious driving/flying chase scenes, thinking all the while how this could have been a much better game.

It's possible I'm being a bit too harsh. Then again, Infogrames - scratch that, make it the renamed company Atari - spent reportedly (according to BusinessWeek) around $80 million US (including the purchase of Shiny Entertainment, the developers) to create this cross-platform extravaganza of mediocrity.

4 CDs and 3 gigabytes of installation love later, it's high time to finally play this highly anticipated game. In essence, Enter the Matrix is the Matrix Reloaded Sideshow, unraveling bits and pieces of the movie's plot that got no or very little celluloid time. I won't reveal any of it here except the game starts out with an attempt to retrieve the drop-box package left in the Matrix by the crew of the Osiris, the ship featured in the anime DVD tie-in, the Animatrix. The package, later revealed as a video message, contains intelligence information that the machines are boring their way to Zion, the rebel stronghold in the "real world." This information is then revealed in the movie.

The interweaving of the plots between the movie, the game, and in a few parts the tie-in anime DVD, is really one of the bright spots here. The plot of the game unfolds in conjunction with the movie, though really not much of the real plot of the movie is really revealed, which can be disconcerting, seeing that the game is said (I never timed it) to contain about 70 minutes of footage shot during filming of the movie. When you finish a level or get past something important, you'll see more of the footage - or footage of an in-game cut scene, which can be really annoying.

Players can pick and choose which character they want to play, Niobe or Ghost, and the game is somewhat different, depending on the character. For instance, in the driving scenes, Niobe drives while Ghost shoots. At another, Ghost acts to distract enemy snipers while Niobe navigates around them to get inside a power plant complex.

Much of the game therefore consists of a behind-the-back third-person action game that really resembles Max Payne. The 3d environments are, like the rest of the game, a mixture of good things and bad things - most of the environments seem empty and very nondescript, while others (typically smaller environments) are well-crafted and detailed, featuring polished marble floors and the like. A few feature destructible objects and structures, though they seem to have no real purpose except to make players say "wow that's cool."

Gameplay is very combat oriented; you'll frequently encounter a host of human civilians, guards, police and military types, as well as the occasional agents and other rogue programs. Enter the Matrix offers a variety of weapons to use, as well as a fair number of hand-to-hand combat moves. For instance, you have your standard hand or kick-type attacks and combos, as well as disarming attacks, behind-the-back attacks, and so forth.

On top of all that, there is the slow-motion "bullet-time" Focus mode you can enter, which allows your character to do more fantastic or hard-hitting moves, aim better, run on walls, and other nigh-impossible things. You only have limited focus points that regenerate slowly after time (health is the same way incidentally), so use it wisely.

The use of weapons can be a bit of a problem - in default third-person mode aim is very much accomplished by an internal auto-targeting mechanism, so you don't really get to aim but aim generally, your character takes care of the rest. Since enemies go behind cover frequently, a number of shots will typically go astray. This means going to first-person mode, though it hardly feels interactive at all - there's no recoil, just a stream of boring bullets; remember Duck Hunter? You can't move forward or backward in first-person mode either.

Since combat is important, the interface should be equally up to the task, but it isn't. In fact it feels clunky at times, and the third-person camera switches to inconceivable action-camera-style views and other angles at the worst moments, sometimes even blocking your view. It sure helps that the enemy won't try to attack you while doing these super-cool moves.

All of this would sound cool generally, but there is a lot of things that really drag this game down. The driving sequences, on a whole, really [stink]. It's hard to conceive of a worse gameplay mode Shiny could have put into this game. The use of Focus mode suddenly makes everything very choppy, while it should be smooth and even - like Max Payne. Some levels feature unlimited hordes of people to fight; others have the typical console-game boss creature. There is only level-based saving, no in-game saves. Some of the stupid plot points of the Matrix Reloaded make their way into the game, more than once. It's very, very easy to waste ammunition, and you'll also spend a bit of time running away from something. Finally, there's even an homage to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Okay, the tip system is very handy (though it gets in the way at times) and there is an entire Hacking mode which is devious and harkens back to old DOS days, letting you unlock things in the game before you get to them, if you're good enough).

After tallying off some good and bad points, you can see where this is a pretty cool game, though it's got so many negatives against it that it's very hard to recommend. If you're a Matrix fan, sure, why not, but maybe this is better served as a bargain bin game. Still... 80 million, for this?

53 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice but there are better, May 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Enter the Matrix (CD-ROM)

I got my hands on and played a copy of the PC version. Sad to say I was disappointed. It was pushed as the next great game and the graphics going to be great and cool and all this and that. It just doesn't live up to the hype.

I recommend renting and trying it before you buy it. All your getting is a single player game (no mods, expansion or online gameplay) for a high price and not all that great at that.

Story is somewhat slow and confusing. I haven't completed it yet so we will see but so far nothing to make me sleep with this game under my pillow. You are given tasks in the beginning but not told why or what for so you don't understand.

Graphics were a disappointment on the PC. This game was made for consoles and the PC was an afterthought. Knowing this, the graphics will probably look fine if not ok on the consoles (probably look the best on the xbox). It would have been nice for the graphics to take advantage of PC video cards and processor power.

Sound is not a distraction and actually is the best part of the game. Adds to the mood but is more often instrumental taken from the first matrix. There are some times when the music is heavier and makes you feel more pumped up and ready to take on all the bullets. Best part of the game (which is sad)

Controls are wierd. Perhaps this is because of it being on the PC but I think even with a gamepad it would feel wierd. Your character runs EVERYWHERE. Kind of annoying when going into a tense situation. Guess your not suppose to sneak or be careful but go in with guns blazing. Which would be cool but the fighting is reduced to button mashing. There is no training center or dojo to learn how to master fighting, focus (bullet time) or shooting. Instead you are given 'tips' as you move through the game. The controls are clumsy and found myself at times with my back to ememy strugling to face them to fight. Seems the game would rather show you how cool you look than let you actually do something useful. Seems to be very big on looks but lacking on substance.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but not great, July 9, 2003

By 

Laine Brooks (Somewhere near Motown, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enter the Matrix (CD-ROM)

I like the Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded, but I don't have a Matrix fan site, so I was a little hesitant to get this game. I'd heard some mixed things about it, but finally decided I was too curious not to buy it for myself.

Honestly, most of what you've heard is true. I'm still enjoying it, nonetheless! It's not mind-blowing great, but it could have been if they'd spent more time on it. Still, it was an interesting experience playing a game so closing tied in with a movie.

Specifically, I'm impressed with what they did do right with this game: The graphics are really impressive in some regards, especially the players. The cut scenes are well done; the voice work and score/sound is great and the movie clips you get are also a nice treat. The hacking utility is a neat addition that I haven't played around with much yet, and although Max Payne also utilizes bullet-time very well, Max doesn't run up the walls and do back flips. He doesn't do half of what these characters will do with just a little practice. All of the nifty moves in the Matrix from the wall-walk to the shooting cartwheel can be done. My favorite is when you fly through the air, spinning and shooting. The first time I managed to do that, I smiled and said, "Okay, that was cool."

However, that being said, they could have done a lot better. The driving sequences are pathetic with a capital P! Switching between hand-to-hand fighting and shooting is somewhat annoying, but not as annoying as the first-person mode that's difficult to get out of quickly. Furthermore, your aim in the game is absolutely horrid unless you use Focus, and even then it's not stellar. It uses auto-aim and it's absurd! If you come from the FPS world, you'll be really annoyed and probably want to stick with hand-to-hand fighting. That was my biggest frustration and I can't for the life of me understand why they don't allow us to aim for ourselves??? It's really not that difficult.

Also, the game is also a bit glitchy, so make sure you download the patch! It's worth the download time if you have a slow connection.

All that being said, I'm still glad I own it and even though it's not perfect and doesn't live up to its potential, I don't feel like I got ripped off like I did after I played Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring-another rush job. I'll keep this one and probably play it again from time to time.

If you're considering buying this for the Matrix fan in your family, do so-they'll love it, just make sure their PC meets the system requirements and they have access to the Internet so they can download the patch.

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