(Note: once the battle begins, feel free to skip to the 5:30 mark for one last surprise, as the movie score is supplanted by Freddie Mercury and company. In it, the Wachowskis - fashioned as monotone sprites - break the fourth wall to address the player and explain "the big problem faced when turning these three movies into a video game." As Andy Wachowski so elegantly puts it, "in a video game, the Jesus thing is lame." It's one of the oddest conclusions to a video game ever, and while it's well known within the community, a YouTube uploader has compiled the final cutscenes so you don't have to slog your way through the game to experience it. It's certainly surreal (especially when the giant dons a pair of massive sunglasses), but what's strangest of all is the cutscene before the final battle. Most notably, the two scrapped Neo's role as a martyr in the final film, instead having "The One" smash and bash his way through a gigantic version of Agent Smith made from cars, wreckage, and thousands of his clones. 'Path of Neo' follows many major events of the movie trilogy, but in the need for more expansive gameplay. Both parties previously worked with each other to develop the less well-received Enter the Matrix game. The game was developed by Shiny Entertainment with creative input from the Wachowskis. The Wachowskis wrote and directed the game, which sees players take control of Neo through many of the battle sequences in the film trilogy, but the siblings made a few changes to the story to accommodate the demands of a video game. The Matrix: Path of Neo is a video game for the PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, released in late 2005. Sadly, it's not on your favourite digital storefronts (which is why the top image is a pretty low rez crop of the game's cover) but you can find it kicking around on sites like Amazon and eBay, if you fancy indulging your nostalgia.There usually isn't much to say about mediocre tie-in video games, but the ending to 2005's The Matrix: Path of Neo is so spectacularly odd that it's worthy of discussion nearly a decade after its release. It's all a bit trashy, what with cutscenes from the movies awkwardly tying the plot together, but if you like it when Neo does slow-mo flips in floaty black dresses, you'll find a lot to like here. You'll learn to dodge bullets, pummel bad guys with samurai swords and even fly around combat arenas. This new ending features a bunch of agents fusing into a sort of Megazord for you to fight. Morpheus believes that Neo is 'The One,' the prophesied human who will lead the rebellion and free humanity from the Matrix and ultimately end the Machine War. In their own words: "the Jesus thing, in a video game is well.lame, really lame". It plays out differently to the movies, better suiting the narrative established over the last few hours of gameplay. Then there's the moment the Wachowskis (or the digital representations of their mental selves, as they're keen to clarify) appear on screen to explain the game's upcoming ending. That means cubicle stealth sections, kung fu training and even that bit where Neo fails to leap between two buildings like a right novice. You play through a strange hodge-podge of the plots from the movies and Animatrix, though only from Neo's point of view. The Matrix: Path Of Neo is the best Matrix game we have, and to be fair it's bags of fun. But there was 2005's The Matrix: Path Of Neo. It seems like a no-brainer for The Matrix to spin off into video games, but other than an online game and a Max-Payne homage called Enter the Matrix, there's not been much. When Neo blew Smith apart at the ending of The Matrix. Given just how influential The Matrix has been, it's surprising there haven't been more video game adaptations. If Smith is the Matrixs virus, then Neo is his natural anti-virus, a connection which the Oracle makes clear during her final talk with Neo. However, a large number of technical issues and some combat flaws, along with a number of less than stellar puzzle mechanics make this a game for hardcore Matrix fans or some martial arts action buffs instead of for everyone. I've watched the three movies, and even dipped into the Animatrix. Overall, the Path of Neo is a decent game, and one that goes a long way towards making amends for Enter The Matrix. Maybe it's the whole being confined to my dingy flat for months on end thing, but the idea of plugging my noggin into a new world feels quite appealing.
I've been on quite a Matrix kick as of late.
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