It should also be noticed that it was the N☁ selling game after it's release, and also the most succesfull movie-based videogame in history at the time. Many players were disappointed in some of the game's awkward controls, as well as expressing disappointment that they were not able to play any of the main characters of the Matrix films-in particular, Neo.ĭespite these major flaws, the game was a huge commercial success, with more than 5 millions units sold (according to VGChartz). ĭespite high expectations, Enter the Matrix received generally harsh reviews. These scenes were later collected on the fourth disc in the Ultimate Matrix Collection, entitled The Matrix Reloaded Revisited. These film sequences, unlocked as the player progresses through the game, gives further detail into the Matrix storylines before and during the events of The Matrix Reloaded. Much of the game's narrative is driven by 35mm film footage created specifically for the game, starring the game's main characters and several supporting characters, including the Oracle, Persephone, and the Merovingian. An unfinished multi-player fighting game mode could be unlocked via the 'Hacking' game.

The game also featured a meta-game called 'Hacking', an old MS-DOS style prompt where players could 'hack' parts of the in-game coding to input cheat codes and drop weapons, view art and in-game models, and interact with the crew of the Logos. The game's features included the ability to 'focus', where special abilities and clarity are gained for a limited time, allowing to perform superhuman feats similar to those depicted in the films. The first objectives of the game involved the retrieval of an emergency message drop from the Osiris (a storyline that appears in The Animatrix short film, ' Final Flight of the Osiris'), a hovercraft believed to have been destroyed by Sentinels.

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