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Almost made me hate "The Matrix" as a whole

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am sorry. There are certian things you require for when you get PC game. Install options, Install options, Install options. This game, however, gave me none. It takes up absolutley way too much room on my computer. I am assuming much of this is on Cinematics because the quality of the actual game is not superb. There are gimicks all throughout the game that are supposed to make it great and interesting. They failed. The controls are not the best out there. I have a good computer but I couldn't get this game to stop lagging.
After the incredibly long install time the first time I try to load the game. It errors out. Forcing me to uninstall it and try again. Finally after doing that I get it to play. I was thinking to myself "Is this all?" I was thinking this game was going to be incredible since so much emphasis was put on it being directly in tune with the movies. They should really watch out about doing that. This almost made me hate the entire Matrix phenomenon. Maybe I am the only one that has all of these problems but I think this game is money well wasted.

Stay Tuned for An Incredible license!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 160
Date: January 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There is little doubt that this is going to be one of the top games of 2003. The December 2002 Game Informer Magazine gave this a full-length feature, and it left little doubt that this is going to be a powerhouse game. Enter the Matrix is being developed with a close collaborative effort between gaming industry and Hollywood so that they can create a game experience "as rewarding as the movie."

There will be ultra-realistic character movements with the over 4,000 motion captures performed and encoded into the game. We are promised over 200 minutes of in-game cinematics and voices from the actors of the film including Keanu Reeves (bless his heart). You can play as Niobe or Ghost, and you play along side characters from the first movie (Neo and Morpeus). Screen shots look promising with plenty of special effects. Unless the something goes terribly wrong between now and the release of this game, we can expect ONE AWESOME GAME!

the best licensed rush job i've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed this game but I can understand if some don't the controls for this game on the pc are damn awkward and hard to get used to. Let's get this straight I don't care what anyone tells you this game is an obvious rush job so it could be released with the movie. Another bad thing about this game is it's a twitch game meaning the controls and the environment are touchy meaning you don't really get good solid gameplay unless you practice. The reason I gave this game five stars is if you are willing to be patient and learn all this game has to offer it's quite a damn fun time. (this coming from a guy who didn't even really like the movie)

FULL SCREEN MODE NOT FOUND

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: December 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If anyone can answer my problem I would be so greatful! I just bought Enter the Matrix for PC and i cant get it to work. I installed it, registered a direct X, i have windows media player 10! But all it says is FULL SCREEN MODE NOT FOUND. Whats wrong, how do I play it! Someone help me out, NOW.

Worst Game Ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A huge production budget couldn't save this abomination. For one thing, the game feels cheap and there are very very few variations in gameplay. for all it's vaunted separate campaign paths, it's still linear and moreover... BORING.

Get Deus Ex or Max Payne.

Horrible, horrible experience

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love the movies, and the Reloaded movie has a review of this game. In the review they tell you there is an extra hour of video you can get no other way. So, even though I do not like this type of game I bought it anyway. I hoped I could make my way though the game well enough to get to the video. I could not. I made my way through a bunch of lame action and then got trapped on a plane with an agent. But it didn't start there. The install process was horrible as well. The installer for the game popped up with error after error. I'm very upset by all this. If they want to put out video that can be seen only through a game like this there needs to be a 'I hate games like this, just play the video for me' option.

Run away!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A waste of the 3.5 gig installation space. This game is just bad. Sure it's got some nice features, but the developers left out an important one -- gameplay. The gameplay is horrible and the driving levels will make you long for the crappy gameplay that the rest of the game has. I'm using a trainer to try to follow the story and not have to worry about gameplay and can just run through -- but I still have to do the stupid driving levels! This one definitely wins the Daikatana award for 2003 -- all hype. It'd be nice if they released a story version or movie that'll tell the story of the game without us having to play the wretched thing.

Could anything have lived up to the hype?

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

I don't think so.

Although it's an ingenious concept, marketing-wise, I found this game not worth the money I spent on it.

You'd think on a modern system (Athlon XP 2200+, GeForce4, and 512MB ram) that it would run flawlessly on low resolution with all the details off. It doesn't. When the enemies pile on, framerates fall to the point where it gets completely unplayable.
You'd think that during some missions when you have an AI driver, it would be able to stay on the road and not get stuck behind a wall so that you die... twice.

All in all, stay away from the PC version of this game. It's not worth your money. If you want to play it, play it on a console, and rent it instead.

Not bad, not good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Enter the Matrix is not a bad game really, it can be really fun, but it's poorly made and few really memorable parts.
To start with the PC version is not really made for the PC. Off the shelf it's a raw console port. This results in some good to mediocre graphics, crippled controls, and various bugs. Options to configure the game for the PC are basic and absent are anything to enable better mouse support. All of this tells of a game with good intent, but not nearly enough development time to make it shine on the PC. For what it's worth it's still playable on the PC, but that alone isn't saying much.

What really makes or breaks any game is the gameplay. At least EtM gives some great gaming moments that are all too few and far between. A neat example was watching Ghost finish a furious battle of hand to hand combat with a SWAT commando with a roundhouse kick that sent the trooper crashing in to the opposite wall, all in glorious dramatic bullet-time. There is a lot of fighting, but after the awe of bullet time wares off it gets repetitive. It would be one thing if the combat had any strategy or special moves, but it all boils down to button mashing. Keep hitting attack until they don't get up is all there is to it. Sure you can do it in slow motion, but it still amounts to button mashing. And don't expect any amazing AI or distinct weapons to use. Both are just fodder for bullet time. Although there are some great moments if you can pull off some great moves in bullet time. Such as doing cartwheels around enemies in slow motion while firing away. Or a jump kick that knocks an opponent off a sharp ledge. Meeting and beating some of the movie characters was cool too.

The big selling point is how much the game is made with the real film actors and locations. And there are those, but not to any great extent. The game's two main characters combined have a paragraph worth of lines in the film. And most of the other characters you find amounted to little more than supporting roles. Don't expect much time with any of the stars like Neo or Morpheus. Although the game has a number of scenes using live actors, they are again supporting characters, minors roles and of no real importance. Still it's a treat to see scenes that seem cut right out of the movie, and some are.

If you are a fan of the films this game was made for you, however it's a far cry from Game of the Year worthy material.

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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A slipshod, disappointing attempt at milking a franchise to video game form. Graphics are "blah". Extra film footage is mediocre; certainly nothing to write home about. Driving/shooting levels are pathetic, and the last levels are an anti-climactic joke. The publishers and developers should be paying you to play this game.

Hardcore Matrix fans only need apply. Everyone else, stay very very far away.

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