#The matrix online trial#
#The matrix online series#

Some of the other minor characters show up now and then. Morpheus was killed off early on by a gun-toting swarm of flies, if that tells you anything. For one thing, it's terribly silly and doesn't have much to do with what was in the films other than by proxy. The story itself is extremely disappointing for many reasons. There is also something called live events which take place occasionally, but until you get to a level where you're not just a walking target, you'll never be able to attend one, let alone find one.

#The matrix online series#

You literally have zero effect on the story, which is presented to you via a series of graphic novel type video clips, as well as typed to you during missions. Well, that's all just plain old false advertising. The next problem, and really the most important one, is the story, which is paradoxically billed both as the 'official continuation' and something you can help shape or affect in some way. And again, unless you joined up to play a game, you will grow both frustrated and bored to tears within an hour. It's a lot like, well, playing a video game: time consuming and repetitive. The object of the game, seemingly, is to 'level up' from 1 to 50 via missions, fighting, that sort of thing. Once you 'jack in' and go through a process of creating a character, you're thrown into the game with what seems like maybe a couple dozen other people who pretty much spend their days fighting with each other and typing lots of acronyms.

#The matrix online trial#

If you're a huge fan who's too stubborn to listen to reason (like I was), go ahead and download a free trial and see for yourself. If you're just a fan of the Matrix series, this is definitely not for you. The biggest problem with the Matrix Online is that it's 100% aimed at people who play games online. Unfortunately, that's all I can really say for the game in general. There's all sorts of eye candy everywhere you look, and like Agent Smith said in the first film, you could just sit and stare at it for hours.

They really are pretty incredible, and even though it's all sort of cartoonish, it's still impressive and about as realistic looking as it can get. I was warned that I would not like it, I went in with an open mind, gave it about a month, and man, I really wanted to like it, but it's just not what a fan of the Matrix is looking for. Before I get into this, you should know I'm not into playing these MMO games, and this was my first time playing one.