Crap Log

The Matrix Reloaded Game

first off people have either loved the Matrix:Reloaded or totally hated it. i liked it. but thats besides the point. to the people that hated it i suggest seeing all of the animatrix shorts. the shorts add to the stroy nicely which brings me to this game. this is not a game wher eyou pretty much play out the events in the movie. this is its own parralel story line. The game is focused on the crew of the ship Logos and you can play either as Niobe [Jada Smith] or Ghost. The game story starts out what seems to be a few days before the movie starts.. [possible spoilers ahead if you havent seen the movie yet]

the scene in the begining of the movie where all the captains are meeting up to discus going back to zion takes place close to a quater of the game in. the whole thing is like "what was Niobe doing when neo/morpheus/trinity was doing [insert scene here]"
its very cool and i think i think the story better than the movie. im all like "holy shit they have had a rough week". what is really cool is that the game models and animation scenes are inter cut with real video segments so inbetween levels and such its not just voice overs of computer animated characters, its real film. i think the game adds sooo much more story line its a must play. but it may be the wrong kind of story line if you were confused by the movie. it dosent offer any of the philosphical points that the movie had, just your basic content and action.
so moving on, besides a great story the game is fun shit. even if you want to see the story but suck at games, easy mode is really easy, easier than i had expected. so many weapons obviously. i didnt expect them to be able to get all the cool "matrix moves" into the game but its failry ingenious. you have a focus meter, you hold the focus button down and everything starts moving slowly and you can dodge bullets and run up walls and do all the crazy jumps and flips that make the matrix cool.
another great feature of the game is "hacking" mode, which is like a DOS prompt and you just root around look for files and crap. lots of things can be unlocked from here including some great cheats.
im not sure about the replayability of the game since its pretty much story based and once you been there, you been there. there is an unlockable mini game and i have heard rumors about an unlockable multiplayer mode [all via "hacking"]
AND when you beat the game you get a trailer for The Matrix :Revolutions the movie, which is kinda like "so what, i waited till the end credits in the theater and saw the trailer there" but no this trailer is better than the one after the cedits of the movie. it just is.
so in closing, great game i suggest rent it for a week and beat it, and if you STILL want more, then buy it. i rented it and i have a few more days left but its pretty much done.