History VideoGame / TheMatrixPathOfNeo

-->'''Neo:''' ''(referencing his rather Mortal Kombat-like outfit)'' So, uh, what's with the outfit?
'''Tank:''' ''(slightly disappointed)'' You don't like it?

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: There's a level where you're running around trying to find a way out of an abandoned hotel. The most obvious hallways are cut-off by a flickering of green code and you have to find a secondary route. Another such level is triggered by a stream of flickering, bare code before the floor breaks and you drop into the level. The trashcan bonfires float, the train conductor is missing half his face because it disappears into code. The train itself - one car is upside-down and another has an evershifting floor.

-->'''Bouncer, Elite Mooks:''' Get the girl, ''he'' (the Merovingian) wants to see her.
-->'''Neo:''' ''[As the mooks start to approach]'' She's not going anywhere with you.
-->'''Bouncer:''' What are you, her...big brother?
-->'''Neo:''' Something like that.

* DontYouLikeIt: When Neo says in the first training level-
-->'''Neo:''' ''[Referencing his rather Mortal Kombat-like outfit]'' So, uh, what's with the outfit?
-->'''Tank:''' ''[Slightly disappointed]'' You don't like it?
-->'''Neo:''' ...

* GatlingGood: You can actually play this during the extended scene from the movie.

* MegaCity: The, uh, what's it called? You think it's called the Mega-city? Let's go with that.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Averted. If you throw the sword at an enemy it hits the enemy and then clatters to the floor. So, also overlaps with ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks.
* TheCavalry: Neo for Niobe, Ballard ect. Roland lampshades it:
-->'''Roland:''' The cavalry finally arrives, it's good to see you, Neo.
* TheChosenOne: Neo, of course seeing without him everybody is pretty much screwed.
* TheCoatsAreOff: Neo takes off his during the 'Roof Top' rescue cutscene, and it stays off for a while.
* TheMaze: The Merovingian's maze, obviously.
* TheMenInBlack: All of the Systems Agents'. They also wear green suits instead of black. While Smith plays it straight when he switches from green to black after exile.
* ThePrecariousLedge: Let's you reverse Neo's in-movie descision.
* TheStoic: Nearly everybody '''ever''' in this game.

* TheWarSequence: Every level, including the second intro level which while not actual fighting still has plenty of shoving. While the rest of the game is just one awesome fight after another.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Neo and Seraph in the third part of their fight in the theater. Neo notices what's on the screen and then so does Seraph they're watching their fight that in-universe was a few minutes ago from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.

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* AbandonedArea: One level takes place in anbandoned church with weak stairs, scaffolding and broken windows. It gets ruined further, the windows of the bell-tower get kicked in by a SWAT team and you can take out sections of the floor by taking out the four bells. A few other levels as well.

* AllSwordsAreTheSame: Averted. There's the long sword, katana and a few short swords, they all have different animations.

* BarBrawl: When Neo saves Ballard it's in a combined bar/resturaunt.

-->'''Neo:''' ''[As the mooks start to approach]'' She's not going anywhere with you.\
-->'''Bouncer:''' What are you, her...big brother ?

* ButtonMashing: Most of the combo attacks use a combonation of button pressing to work, at least there's prompts.

-->'''Librarian:''' A place for every book, every book in it's place.

-->'''Witch:''' Can't you do anything for yourself ?

-->'''Neo:''' ''[Referencing his rather Mortal Kombat-like outfit]'' So, uh, what's with the outfit ?
-->'''Tank:''' ''[Slightly disappointed]'' You don't like it ?

* DramaticThunder: A bit of this in the final fights, it's not really noticable during actual play.

* ElectricTorture: One of the {{Mooks}} in Club Hel, pushes one of the aniamatronic dolls into a wall and a table...everything is electrified, except the floor.
* EnemyChatter: The Mooks, basically every enemy has, at least, two peices of looping dialogue.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The NPC Witch, before she gets off the table, she uses her banshee wail to send the mooks flying into the wall and briefly deafen's Neo before she slids onto the floor and says:

* {{Homage}}: The scene where you battle Seraph atop burnign wooden posts is a clear send up of the final battle in ''Film/IronMonkey''.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Novice, Beginnger, Master, The One.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Neo, basically everybody enough to pull of backward's shooting.

* MegaCity: The, uh, what's it called ? You think it's called the Mega-city ? Let's go with that.

* MonsterCloset: Your second time in the second trial, vampires suddenly burst from columns with no way of having, logically, gotten inside said columns, same goes with the ones in the walls.

* MultiMookMelee: A few levels, especially, the multi-enemy training simulation and the courtyard Smith fight.

* NoOSHACompliance: Averted the saftey equipment and stuff is there, but, when Neo rescues Roland from the SWAT, you've got to start destroying the factory to save him.

--> '''Merv:''' Bring me Neo's head. ''Now'' !

* SimpleStaff: The Bo and Full staff's.

* StuffBlowingUp: It's a ''The Matrix'' game, of course things explode.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Has a variant with the herbalist thinking Neo's a demon, he goes along with after a weird conversation.

* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: When Neo dies, of course, it doesn't matter if the rest are at full health it ends.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: A few examples, notable - a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal villianous variant]] the Upgraded Agents

** Attempt failed.

'''Librarian:''' ''Literature/AliceInWonderLand''.\\

-->'''Neo:''' What book was it ?
-->'''Librarian:''' Literature/AliceInWonderLand\\
'''Neo:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Of course, it was.]]

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler: The Mega-Smith.]]

* CureForCancer: The herbalist, tries to make one for his granddaughter [[spoiler: it works.]]

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: [[spoiler: The Mega-Smith.]]

* RockMonster: [[spoiler: The Mega-Smith]] being made from the streets, glass and buildings of the city itself.

It was received much better by both critics and fans than its predecessor, 2003's ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix''. Followed by: ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline''

* DualBoss: Actually a Triple Boss. The sword-fighting demons in the winter level, see below.

* EliteMooks: The Master Vampire and the Witch Queen, some of the most powerful enemies besides Smith.

-->-- [[Creator/IGN64 IGN]]

-->''Everything about Path of Neo screams "Matrix" at nearly every turn.''

* NonStandardGameOver: If you choose the blue-pill.

* RedpillBluepill: Before the first real level.

* StartScreen: With the red and bluepills, the load game/start game and options - options.

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Neo does this just before he chokes someone to keep them quiet.

* EscortMission: Has, at least, ten or tweleve of them scattered through out the game.

''The Matrix: Path of Neo'' was made by Creator/ShinyEntertainment, Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/WarnerBros in 2005 as part of Franchise/TheMatrix series. It was made [[MultiMedia Mutli-Platform]] for the PlayStation2, XBox and PC. You start play as the office worker, Thomas Anderson and progress into Neo over the course of the game. It takes place during, in between and at the end of the trilogy.

* {{Homage}}: The scene where you battle Seraph atop burnign wooden posts is a clear send up of the final battle in ''IronMonkey''.

** Again, just before the final fight, Larry and, now, Lana Wachowski make an appearance.

* GuideDangIt/{{Action}}: Good luck finding all the brief cases the first time without doing this, or the maze level.

* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Animatronic Sex Doll]]: The dolls in Club Hel, they ''giggle when they get electrocuted''.

* [[DualBoss Triple Boss]]: The sword-fighting demons in the winter level, see below.

* [[OminousFloatingCastle Ominous Floating House]]: During the first timed training level the house is floating in empty white space.

* [[TheMenInBlack The Men In Green, An Exile In Black]] All of the Systems Agents'. They also wear green suits instead of black. While Smith plays it straight when he switches from green to black after exile.

* [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Jump]]: Neo cutting it close during an in-game cutscene during the sewer levels.

* GroinAttack: One of the many moves you can pull off on any enemies.

* ThighHighBoots: Trinity, the NPC witch.

* RockMonster: [[Spoiler: The Mega-Smith]] being made from the streets, glass and buildings of the city itself.

* HandCannon: The Desert Eagle aka the Agents' and Smith's gun. You get to turn it around and use it '''on them!'''

* [[DuelBoss TripleBoss]]: The sword-fighting demons in the winter level, see below.

* HandCannon: The Desert Eagle aka the Agents' and Smith's gun. You get to turn it around and use it '''on them !'''

-->'''Movie guy:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Movie. Ever. !]]

* Catchphrase: One that's mentioned two or three times
-->'''Librarian:''' A place for every book, every book in it's place.

Gameplay is mainly fighting {{Mooks}}, Security guards, SWAT, Agents and many others. It's your basic third person problem-solving with killing enemies to open doors, escort-missons, except with BulletTime !

* {{Arcadia}}: A varient of this appears in a few of the training levels.

* HealingHerb: A varient, the herbalist gives Neo something to make him stronger.

* HurricaneKick: Has a varient of this.

* PortalDoor: The doors in the Merovingain's maze.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: A few examples, notable - a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal villianous varient]] the Upgraded Agents
-->'''Agent:''' Crush him !

* RecoveryAttack: One or two varients of this.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The winter training level is a varient - no winter clothes, regular enemies, except for the [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie programmed demons]].

* SpinAttack: One or two varients of it.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Has a varient with the herbalist thinking Neo's a demon, he goes along with after a weird conversation.

* SuperWindowJump: The SWAT varient, along with Smith in a cutscene and Neo does one too. Basically, everyone at one point or another.

* TurnInYourBadge: A symbolic varient for the security guard.

* Catchphrase/VideoGames: One that's mentioned two or three times

* GroinAttack/VideoGames: One of the many moves you can pull off on any enemies.

* WeWillMeetAgain: A heroic varient from the NPC witch to Neo.

* YouGetKnockedDownYouGetBackUpAgain: It happens a few seconds after, thankfully this doesn't go for mooks.

''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' was made by Creator/ShinyEntertainment, Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/WarnerBros in 2005 as part of Franchise/TheMatrix series. It was made [[MultiMedia Mutli-Platform]] for the PlayStation2, XBox and PC. You start play as the office worker, Thomas Anderson and progress into Neo over the course of the game. It takes place during, in between and at the end of the trilogy.

It was received much better by both critics and fans than its predecessor, 2003's ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix''.