Enter the Matrix
Enter the Matrix is the first video game based on The Matrix series of films. Its story was concurrent with that of The Matrix Reloaded, and featured over an hour of original footage, directed by The…
Enter the Matrix is an adventure developed by Shiny Entertainment, released 14 May 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Enter the Matrix is
Enter the Matrix is an adventure game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Atari Europe. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game was written and directed by the Wachowski brothers, and its plot is intertwined with that of the second movie, The Matrix Reloaded. Enter The Matrix casts the player as Niobe or Ghost, captain and first mate of the rebel ship Logos, respectively. Niobe is a master combatant, capable of beating up everyone in her way. She is an excellent pilot, both in the real world and in the Matrix. Ghost is very adept at firearms, and his marksmanship is a mastery. Both characters are very athletic, and throughout the game the player will have to walk, run, jump, strafe, peek, run on walls, climb ladders and pipes, and fight various enemies.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Matrix series
Enter the Matrix is the first of 5 entries we hold in the The Matrix series. The next entry was The Matrix Online in 2005. Its critic score of 56 is 6 points below the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is MultiVersus at 75.
How it was received
Enter the Matrix holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 60, across 162 votes.
What it launched against
Enter the Matrix launched on 14 May 2003, within three weeks of Silent Hill 3, Rise of Nations, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Fire Emblem. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 3, Rise of Nations, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem.
Cheats and codes
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Official trailer
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