The Matrix Online
 

I saw a preview for this game on the Matrix Revolutions DVD special features and whatnot. So I checked it out and appearantly they're going to be doing beta testing soon. The game itself looks like it could actually be interesting (unlike enter the matrix :( ) Well anyway, if you guys wanted to check it out...

www.thematrixonline.com

The game looks pretty good but the graphics arent that great.

Agreed - The game looks like it's going to be dynamite but I have to wonder about a few things...

Combat - What in the HELL are they going to do about bullet time? And melee-lock-in-combat? Watching the preview on Revolutions only confused me more. But hey, if it's just a polished, online version of Enter the Matrix I'm for it. (Isn't it funny how there's three sides of the EtM? The people who love it, the people who LOATHE it, and the people who dont play?)

Storyline - How can the war be over (sorry for the spoiler) and you still fight people? Unless this is alot of "Mow through cops" done over and over there's not going to be any Agents or anything...where's the fun in that?

Graphics - PLEASE up the graphics. PLEASE. WoW has done a better job on looks than you have.

Combat again - Oh dear god, please don't make it a Star Wars Galaxies clone - Don't make it "Attack this target" and they do their own thing, then you can add in hotbuttons to attack them with status effects. It got SO lame in SWG I don't want Matrix destroyed with it too...

Experience - I hope it's better than SWG in this term too. I hope it's more like Planetside - as you get better you can purchase upgrades and downloads, and if you don't want them you can just give them back and buy something else - with limits.

PLEASE listen to me...PLEASE.

From what I have read the combat will be more of a rock paper scissors set up. Also the agents are supposed to play a huge part in the game.

I doubt very much this game will be all that good for two reasons. Reason the first: its an MMORPG, and ive lost about all my faith in the genre. it could have been an interesting step for games to take, but most of them end up being exercizes in tedium and the slow bleeding of your credit card. Reason the second: its a game based off of a movie, and these rarely turn out to be anything but some company's attempt to squeze every dollar out of a brand name (cant think of the proper term for what thats called). with the exceptions like KotOR and Star Trek Elite Force (not the sequel), games of this ilk have about a 90% to suck immesurable ammounts of ass.

the first wasn't bad but the rest were uh sequils :D

last status:

WB will be making this game. I believe Universal pulled out of the agreement.

if you play the matrix will have you and lets hope the new or neo Neo will be a BLACK MAGE :bmage:

After looking over the forums and assorted articles it looks like they are going to use the rock paper scissors type combat with special move hotkey add ins. Bullet time is added in with special moves and whatnot. And experience is a sort of mystery... they're using "code" for equipment and abilities, thus you can gain new code and sell it off, like Mirai was hoping. I think it looks like it'll be fun (although I like MMORPGs so maybe that's just me).

Ever played The Specialists mod for Half Life? That's how you do a matrix engine.