This game was really ambitious in its time. It's crazy to think that they filmed live action cutscenes specially for the game. I can't think of any other game that has done that except for the Command and Conquer series. It came out a week after the Matrix Reloaded came out, and it ties DIRECTLY in with the story of the movie. The game might feel dated now, and the reviews weren't even great when it came out, but it was one of those games that everyone had and enjoyed because they wanted to see how it connected with the movie. Great memories!
This game was underrated for its story and gameplay, if you ask me. The fact the Watchowskis wrote and directed this shows it was taken seriously, and Sparks was a great character. Sure, it could've used more polish and wasn't as ready as it could've been upon release, but it's a great companion to Reloaded.
Now imagine if they had all these scenes in the movie AND imagine if the in-game cutscene where she evades the Smiths was shot live action. Naobi is a fucking BADASS.
The part where she gets surrounded by Smith clones in the hallway would have made a good cliffhanger for her if it was included in Reloaded. You wouldn't know if Niobe escaped or got out of the matrix safely until you bought the game and played it, or wait until Revolutions came out.
I like how the tone of this game feels more similar in tone and visuals to the original than the sequels did, and I just love that it exists at all. also, I need this video on blu-ray to round out my _Matrix_ library…
Thank you SO much for making this edit, and especially for including *just* enough gameplay to give us a taste of the experience and glue the story together.
@@eatshoe why? I loved the sequels, i mean they r not like the first, but good continuations. First one is about belief, second choices, and thirth hope.
@@fcaioki7949 i think warner bros is starting to appreciate its properties more. must compete against disney. The matrix really is a fantastic movie universe
@@lopiklop I want to throw up at the idea that the Matrix should be Marvel-ified like Star Wars was. You consoomers want to ruin everything. And you got your wish with the terrible new Matrix. Congrats.
love this game. Sparks was hilarious and there shouldnhave been more adventures focusing on the Logos crew. Ghost also was such an incredible character
22:44 That broken leg eventually became his downfall in the real world, and the life of Jax when the brace’s weight broke the catwalk, leading to his fatal fall, and a piece stabbed the unexpected Jax in his back. Matrix Reloaded, if you’re wondering.
This is literally it's own playable movie, I still play this and Path of Neo and so do my kids. Guess Resurrections was on to something with the Trilogy having been videogames. Path of Neo is pretty much a trilogy game.
Now imagine this game being remastered into the Unreal Engine 5. Damn, they wouldn't even need to upscale the clips, they'd just render them in-engine. I would play the shit out of this one.
@@leocastrillo759 yeah if you think about it. When he says past experiences can never prove the future. That links into the fact that there's been 6 versions of the matrix and in the past 5 versions they have been lead by a prophecy that has only restarted the matrix every single time.
Next week for Throwback Thursday we have either "The Warriors" or "Advent Rising." After that we're not sure, but we'll continue to go down your requests. Thanks again! If people enjoy watching this one we'll also do Path of Neo, which also came out on the PS2
Jada played the fuck out of this role. I don't think I've seen her in anything else, but she did such a good job with Niobe. Also..."The path of the one is made by the many"...Very interesting words from The Oracle, I dont remember her ever saying anything like this in the movies.
49:30 - That's Ballard, Captain of the Caducous, and he's played by Roy Jones Jr, previous pound-for-pound world boxing champion. So he's absolutely right when he says he was about to kick Seraph's ass.
Man this game was so amazing when it came out!!! Way way ahead of any other game or fight mechanic for its time….everybody loved this game cause of the cutscenes too cause the matrix popularity at the time was ENORMOUS! Always wished we got at least 2-3 sequels for this game 😭
Thanks guys .. This is essential viewing for anyone watching the Matrix series. In order: 1. The Matrix2. Kid's Story3. Flight of the Osiris4. Enter The Matrix (this video)5. The Matrix Reloaded6. The Matrix Revolutions
isn't it 1. The Matrix 2. The Animatrix 3. Enter The Matrix (this film) 4. The Matrix Reloaded 5. The Matrix Revolutions and somewhere before or after "Enter The Matrix" there's "The Path of Neo" right? also, there's a kick ass playlist called "Reloaded Remixed" that's worth a watch too! Thanks for this by the way!
Funny that most matrix fans don’t even know this exist lol….I played this on launch day and was blown away because I never played a game like this which is tied to a movie so closely
Thanks so much for uploading this. I'm going to watch this from start to finish soon. It definitely brings me back. Is there a reason why there isn't a Ghost edition? Man, I'm super pumped to watch this soon.
Never quite understood why lots of people hated this game....for the time it was good, it was everything a Matrix game was supposed to be, except you didn't play as the main cast from the movie. It basically WAS a spinoff movie and a great one at that. Also along with "Final Flight Of The Osiris" from Animatrix it made Reloaded a lot better to me, as I knew tons of other stuff was going on in the background....
No idea if you didnt notice it but the gameplay was HORRIBLE. Just like the animations. There was nothing good in this game beside of Matrix universe, story and Soundtrack. Everything a movie needs. But gameplay, fuck me. Couldnt finish it due to the fact that it was just so horrible. Path Of Neo improved on this luckily.
I was fairly alone on the mater in the day, but I really liked it. I played it through several times over with pizza and soda riding shotgun on many a late night. I have fond memories of this game. ^_^
@@RandomFandom112 I didn't like it the first time I watched it because I didn't understand it but after watching it a few times I can follow it. Its decent and enjoyable but its no where near as good as the trailer makes it look
this game was ok, i remember getting it when it came out for me ps2. i only got it for the story as i loved the films and animatrix, and this just completes the whole thing. its pretty innovative for the time, but boy did it have its issues. it came out at a time when games like metal gear solid 2 and 3 , and final fantasy 12 were pushing the consoles to theyre limits (dont know bout xbox, never had one) and in comparrison, the graphics here could have been a heck of a lot better and the animations were really clunky, and the controls certainly had issues too. but like i said, from the view of tying in with the film, that was amazing. the story kinda interweaved into the matrix 2, and the fact that some of the cutscenes were live action, using the same actors from the film, and probably having the same production value, was pretty ballsy. and thats why its a must have. despite its failings in some respects, it more than makes up for them in others. i wish i still owned it.
erbgorre I thought so too. I always loved the game, it was fun. It's funny looking at the reviews of it now, I realized the critics hated the game. haha That's exactly why should always try a game yourself, because back then I had a blast with this game, if I would have read the reviews then I would have never played it.
Gamer's Little Playground i was actually playing the PC port since i didnt have a PS2. but it really did caprure the matrix feel either way, thats the most important part. just wall-running and kicking an agent in the face or doing cart-wheels while shooting your rifle in slow-mo really felt right somehow :D also, just the fact that they actually went to the trouble of shooting those extra scenes purely for the game was really something, like who else was gonna do something like that at that time? really massively underrated game
Just occurred to me - does someone have the job of going round and replacing all the handsets on the hardlines? Cos otherwise they'd all be hanging off the hook all the time...
Fucken bought this game 3 times. 3 times the cds came out flawed. I never got to finish the game because the damn cds were screwed with flaw. I finally get to watch it all. 🙌
This game was really ambitious in its time. It's crazy to think that they filmed live action cutscenes specially for the game. I can't think of any other game that has done that except for the Command and Conquer series. It came out a week after the Matrix Reloaded came out, and it ties DIRECTLY in with the story of the movie. The game might feel dated now, and the reviews weren't even great when it came out, but it was one of those games that everyone had and enjoyed because they wanted to see how it connected with the movie. Great memories!
Thank u so much Gamer I missed this game so much thanks for reminding
Gamer's Little Playground Do you know the game suffering and suffering ties that bind?
MasterGReek Nah I've never heard of that one actually
you can find it on youtube if you want.I still love it.its horror 3d-1st person shooter with morale choices and more things.
Ahhh. I remember this game. It really was one of my favorites for the PS2. The only thing I hated was that second car sequence.
Someone should make a super cut of the matrix reloaded with all of these live action cut scenes put in
Watch em with my view on blu-ray.. works wonderss
Hell yeah
@@SB992REBORN whats a “view on blueray?”
The fact there is none extended edition for the movies is really lame. A little fanservice never killed anyone :(
Lookup Matrix Reloaded Remix it's a fan made multipart series on RUclips
This game really deserves a remaster!
Agreed
Absolutely
Absolutely! Plus, it helps flesh out Matrix Reloaded more.
I agree I played this when I was a child and it was hands down the best game I’ve played simply cause it was a fun basic concept
People say that about every PS2 game on RUclips.
This game was underrated for its story and gameplay, if you ask me. The fact the Watchowskis wrote and directed this shows it was taken seriously, and Sparks was a great character. Sure, it could've used more polish and wasn't as ready as it could've been upon release, but it's a great companion to Reloaded.
Now imagine if they had all these scenes in the movie AND imagine if the in-game cutscene where she evades the Smiths was shot live action. Naobi is a fucking BADASS.
The part where she gets surrounded by Smith clones in the hallway would have made a good cliffhanger for her if it was included in Reloaded. You wouldn't know if Niobe escaped or got out of the matrix safely until you bought the game and played it, or wait until Revolutions came out.
I like how the tone of this game feels more similar in tone and visuals to the original than the sequels did, and I just love that it exists at all.
also, I need this video on blu-ray to round out my _Matrix_ library…
I remember the gameplay to be sort of a guilty pleasure. You know you do the same move 10 thousand times, but it's still satisfying
Thank you SO much for making this edit, and especially for including *just* enough gameplay to give us a taste of the experience and glue the story together.
Man that first animated cutscene with Ghost's monologue always struck me as super cool as fuck.
Holy crap I missed so much never watching these scenes til today
Omg you just woke up, congrats
Rodrigo Biaggini I went back and watched the sequels hoping it would be better. They still suck.
@@eatshoe why? I loved the sequels, i mean they r not like the first, but good continuations. First one is about belief, second choices, and thirth hope.
3 and 2 are much better than 1. 4 doesn’t exist
same
That flip-off back-flip was pretty legendary I gotta admit
Right after the Niobe “bring it on” hand gesture lol. Paid homage to the film 2 times right there
I love the aesthetic for Reloaded and Revolutions. It's so refined.
Underrated
@@fcaioki7949 i think warner bros is starting to appreciate its properties more. must compete against disney. The matrix really is a fantastic movie universe
@@lopiklop I want to throw up at the idea that the Matrix should be Marvel-ified like Star Wars was. You consoomers want to ruin everything. And you got your wish with the terrible new Matrix. Congrats.
love this game. Sparks was hilarious and there shouldnhave been more adventures focusing on the Logos crew. Ghost also was such an incredible character
Indeed. Seems like a wasted opportunity.
22:44 That broken leg eventually became his downfall in the real world, and the life of Jax when the brace’s weight broke the catwalk, leading to his fatal fall, and a piece stabbed the unexpected Jax in his back. Matrix Reloaded, if you’re wondering.
What do you mean
First I was like "Oh its in HD! Good." Then I was like "Oh."
This is literally it's own playable movie, I still play this and Path of Neo and so do my kids. Guess Resurrections was on to something with the Trilogy having been videogames. Path of Neo is pretty much a trilogy game.
41:40 even back then I was shocked they managed to film this scene for the game.
N I C E
Dude who wouldn't want to kiss monica beluci
@@SamuelJamesVideos apparently my wife wouldn't 😂😟
We love our bisexual queen
What’s with Persephone kissing everyone?
It would be awesome if they put all the love action scenes in the Matrix Reloaded and made an Ultimate Edition of it
23:03 "You won't be needing that" I forgot how savage these agents used to be
(the agent throws niobe)
“You wont be needing that”🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(the agent throws her)
11:56 gotta love that ladder climbing animation, its as if they did mocap/animation reference using a penguin. hehe
😅 as soon as Niobe started running (in game) I remember how goofy they look /felt playing this game. I only played it briefly though 🫠🫠
Now imagine this game being remastered into the Unreal Engine 5. Damn, they wouldn't even need to upscale the clips, they'd just render them in-engine.
I would play the shit out of this one.
Are we just gonna ignore what ghost said about the stone and that past experiences can never prove the future
Foreshadowing the fact that they are in the 6th version of the matrix
@@NumaanTahir oh really? Interesting
@@leocastrillo759 yeah if you think about it. When he says past experiences can never prove the future. That links into the fact that there's been 6 versions of the matrix and in the past 5 versions they have been lead by a prophecy that has only restarted the matrix every single time.
Next week for Throwback Thursday we have either "The Warriors" or "Advent Rising." After that we're not sure, but we'll continue to go down your requests. Thanks again! If people enjoy watching this one we'll also do Path of Neo, which also came out on the PS2
Gamer's Little Playground Sengoku Basara 2 please.
Gamer's Little Playground WAAAAAARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY!
Please do Path of Neo
Warriors
Jada played the fuck out of this role. I don't think I've seen her in anything else, but she did such a good job with Niobe.
Also..."The path of the one is made by the many"...Very interesting words from The Oracle, I dont remember her ever saying anything like this in the movies.
She said what she needed to say for Niobe to volunteer her ship and to have faith in Neo.
49:30 - That's Ballard, Captain of the Caducous, and he's played by Roy Jones Jr, previous pound-for-pound world boxing champion. So he's absolutely right when he says he was about to kick Seraph's ass.
I love when video games add live action film in the game. my favorite one is star wars dark forces 2
2024 finally watching this! I waited too long. Cheers
Man this game was so amazing when it came out!!! Way way ahead of any other game or fight mechanic for its time….everybody loved this game cause of the cutscenes too cause the matrix popularity at the time was ENORMOUS! Always wished we got at least 2-3 sequels for this game 😭
This is such an underrated game. it is like watching a matrix movie.
Cool seeing the tie ins to Final Flight of The Osiris
Thanks guys .. This is essential viewing for anyone watching the Matrix series.
In order:
1. The Matrix2. Kid's Story3. Flight of the Osiris4. Enter The Matrix (this video)5. The Matrix Reloaded6. The Matrix Revolutions
I'd say Matrix Reloaded and then this video, but other than that, spot on.
isn't it 1. The Matrix 2. The Animatrix 3. Enter The Matrix (this film) 4. The Matrix Reloaded 5. The Matrix Revolutions and somewhere before or after "Enter The Matrix" there's "The Path of Neo" right? also, there's a kick ass playlist called "Reloaded Remixed" that's worth a watch too! Thanks for this by the way!
i would love to see those scenes added in the movies
25:29 Cutting-edge special effects.
I always liked it better than the glitchy cgi from the original films! The flickering lights added an element of mystery :)
Kool Beans, thanks you guys. I had fun playing this game back when. Keep doing what'cha do.
Gotta love sparks he's just like the team mascot for a team full of cold hardcores
Thanks for the refresh on this. They need to do a remaster of this game.
This game and Path of Neo needs a HD remaster.
Funny that most matrix fans don’t even know this exist lol….I played this on launch day and was blown away because I never played a game like this which is tied to a movie so closely
Sadly this game only ever worked on the original Xbox.
Dammit why couldn't they have live action footage of niobe taking on the Smiths
48:55 "no nothin' i just kiss woman about 7 minutes ago, no big deal pffff"😂😂😂😂
This game was so bad and so great, so many memories!
It was technically done better than Path of Neo. Controls were way more streamlined and the driving missions were top notch. It should have a remake
Wow it has been years since ive played this game.
You are the best gamer's little playground.
wow, Commander Lock smiled, incredible
I remember seeing my brother playing this game on the PC, in fact I still have the game's CD somewhere around my house
I remember the pain of those broken driving levels...
Hahah , The little jump in front of the elevator! Is this footage of me plahing? ^.^
Would be cool to see a version of this vid that mixes together Niobe's side and Ghost's side. I also wish they'd port this game, it was pretty dope
The way they blended real life interactions with the hacking system was legend - I’m still trying to call Persephone
Thanks so much for uploading this. I'm going to watch this from start to finish soon. It definitely brings me back. Is there a reason why there isn't a Ghost edition? Man, I'm super pumped to watch this soon.
This is the only game that I enjoyed even though it was buggy. I hope this is eventually cleaned up and rereleased.
Sparks has balls of steel to call Jason Lock Deadbolt straight to his face
Niobe looks likes she is gonna be in the next 'G.I. Jane' Movie.
*steps forward* Keep my captain's name out of your comment section!
I like how Niobe is able to finesse her jump from the window and Ghost just screws it up.
If ever there was a game that deserved modern day tech remastering ... THIS is it!
I bet Jada Pickett Smith was excited to see what she looks like in a Matrix Video Game.
Why are all characters in this so much more enjoyable than the main characters?
32:40 perfect sync of music and fire shots
They made Niobe walk like she has a pair of balls.
Never quite understood why lots of people hated this game....for the time it was good, it was everything a Matrix game was supposed to be, except you didn't play as the main cast from the movie. It basically WAS a spinoff movie and a great one at that. Also along with "Final Flight Of The Osiris" from Animatrix it made Reloaded a lot better to me, as I knew tons of other stuff was going on in the background....
No idea if you didnt notice it but the gameplay was HORRIBLE. Just like the animations. There was nothing good in this game beside of Matrix universe, story and Soundtrack. Everything a movie needs. But gameplay, fuck me. Couldnt finish it due to the fact that it was just so horrible. Path Of Neo improved on this luckily.
I was fairly alone on the mater in the day, but I really liked it. I played it through several times over with pizza and soda riding shotgun on many a late night. I have fond memories of this game. ^_^
You played this in a car?(riding shotgun)
Can't wait till matrix 4 this December
Was it worth the wait? 😂😂
@@RandomFandom112 I didn't like it the first time I watched it because I didn't understand it but after watching it a few times I can follow it. Its decent and enjoyable but its no where near as good as the trailer makes it look
This should be required viewing for the matrix series especially the live action scenes.
i love how the whole video echoes every word
I remember playing it on pc. This game was the shit bruh.
How did I know the Merovingian's wife would ask for a kiss?
Because that's what we all want to see .. hehe
Or more properly said, she is a program that duplicates the copy of the red pill when feeling the kiss..
@@XavierBetoN plz go on
Morpheus and Naiobe were the only ones to fight a legit agent and survive to tell the tale
Damn, i remember playing this game 20 years ago. Especially that car chase scene.
Alot of info that was unanswered was in this game. Hell of a job.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO SIMPSONS HIT AND RUN! GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD!! Love you guys
This game and Max Payne 2 was the GREATEST action games I've played on PS2. Hands down.
1 hour and 16 MINUETS!? Damn this really is a movie in itself!
4:20 - I guess derp-Niobe is cannon... didn't she do this little hop in Resurrections, too?
30:43 - Girl's got MOVES!
Just found this vid lol, thanks!
If someone posted youtube shorts of these scenes, they'd go big.
this game was ok, i remember getting it when it came out for me ps2. i only got it for the story as i loved the films and animatrix, and this just completes the whole thing. its pretty innovative for the time, but boy did it have its issues. it came out at a time when games like metal gear solid 2 and 3 , and final fantasy 12 were pushing the consoles to theyre limits (dont know bout xbox, never had one) and in comparrison, the graphics here could have been a heck of a lot better and the animations were really clunky, and the controls certainly had issues too. but like i said, from the view of tying in with the film, that was amazing. the story kinda interweaved into the matrix 2, and the fact that some of the cutscenes were live action, using the same actors from the film, and probably having the same production value, was pretty ballsy. and thats why its a must have. despite its failings in some respects, it more than makes up for them in others. i wish i still owned it.
It’s a game that was a form of time capsule it captured ALOT and all that it did made us love it even with dislikes there of
omg wow, that one came outta nowhere :D
i remember playing this years back, was pretty entertaining i thought
erbgorre I thought so too. I always loved the game, it was fun. It's funny looking at the reviews of it now, I realized the critics hated the game. haha That's exactly why should always try a game yourself, because back then I had a blast with this game, if I would have read the reviews then I would have never played it.
Gamer's Little Playground i was actually playing the PC port since i didnt have a PS2. but it really did caprure the matrix feel either way, thats the most important part. just wall-running and kicking an agent in the face or doing cart-wheels while shooting your rifle in slow-mo really felt right somehow :D
also, just the fact that they actually went to the trouble of shooting those extra scenes purely for the game was really something, like who else was gonna do something like that at that time? really massively underrated game
With Matrix 4 coming they should make this game and Path of Neo backwards compatible with or make HD reboots.
THIS.
Right! Oh man it’d be so cool!
I never played this, but I absolutely LOVED the path of neo. Can you please do that one.
This game has the best cinematography
This is how the Logos got disabled when the gang finds it in The Matrix Revolutions.
04:22 every single time 😂
I’m 31 years old and this one of my all time favorite video games
This game was so fun, I need to get my hands on a copy.
Just occurred to me - does someone have the job of going round and replacing all the handsets on the hardlines? Cos otherwise they'd all be hanging off the hook all the time...
The heart and mind were in the right place pity the hands weren’t even back then , gameplay was all over the place
This movie was RIDICULOUSLY ambitious.
Damn shame they tried to make it in 2003 instead of today.
Every step along the way is just as important as the next, if not more so.
Thanks
And ever since then ive always check my guns because well you'll never know
Thank you Gamer´s little playground. Please do one of Matrix Path of Neo.
Did you need dvd player unit on xbox to play this in 720p?
"Snickering, chuckling, etc"
Binge watching all 3 of the original Matrix movies and someone told me to watch Enter the Matrix game before watching the 3rd Matrix movie
Did you only do Niobe? Or is Ghost's playthrough pretty much the same?
Esto era para un spin off de matrix recargado y nunca se hizo película 🙄😭🤷🏼♂️ gracias Gamer's Little Playground 😊👍🏻
1:10:30 i like to think he run a dozen duds before finding neo
Fucken bought this game 3 times. 3 times the cds came out flawed. I never got to finish the game because the damn cds were screwed with flaw. I finally get to watch it all. 🙌
Any chance you can post Ghost's side story?
I still play this game for gamecube and xbox
Who’s here after hearing that Matrix 4 is officially going to begin production?
This...this does put a smile on my face
is there any meaning behind 34:55? ...just weird to say looks human to a program.