| Enter The Matrix |
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| Our Overall Rating: 8 |
| A Second Opinion: N/A |
| When reviewing this game, I was very torn. I wanted to rank it high, but, for a few reasons, I just couldn't. I also wanted to say buy it, but once again it just couldn't happen. Enter The Matrix is a beautiful piece of work. I don't care what you say. It is the first truely good gaming installment into a movie series that I have seen. The gameplay may not be revolutionary, but it is quite good. You have a variety of moves at your disposal, so it isn't simply repetitive punching and kicking (not to say that you couldn't make it that way if you wanted to, however). The graphics are very well done. You can tell that a lot of work was done on the motion capture of the real actors. The interweaving storyline is a great bonus, and definately adds to the games value for fans of the Matrix series. However, all games have their faults and Enter The Matrix is no exception. The camera is very jerky. The attempt was to make it look like a movie fight scene, with the camera rotating around the battle. Not to say that it was a failure, but the control definately suffers. Also, the game gets very tedious, being that you don't really fight a great variety of enemies on an average basis. There are boss battles (if you want to call them that) but the general gameplay has way too many of the same enemies. The game itself can be played through in 5-8 hours. However, you do have the option of trying out the "hacking." Here, you can "hack" your way through a computer, and unlock text and audio messages, bios, photos, among other things from The Matrix. OK, so you aren't really hacking, you're just messing around on this computer. It may not be that difficult, but it just shows what a great imagination the Wachowski Brothers have. The game is too short to buy for those who aren't fans of The Matrix, or don't fall in love with this game when they rent it. But, make sure you rent it. It's worth it, even if you don't really like the movies. |