Path of Neo is insane 

At 12 years old i unironically believed this game was genius. Im glad to see as a full grown adult i was not wrong.

I love how this video starts relatively normal and by the end I feel like a cospiracy theorist who just discovered his third eye.

The thought process behind this entire game: "If anyone on the team has an idea they want to suggest, we will put it in the game. No idea will be rejected."

The Wachowskis showing up at the end to explain why the ending was gonna be different from the movie really tickled me when I played PoN as a kid. Just showing up like "hey the finale of the movies wouldnt be very fun as a video game finale so here's a more fitting one" It's really charming

Ah man, I used to play this game so much. Might have to boot my PS2 back up just to rekindle the love...

Don't let the fact that Path of Neo is insane, distract you from the fact that Neo is also breathtaking.

Having played this as a kid. This was the most validating and cathartic review I've ever seen

The level with the vampires and the ant is actually pretty interesting. These are old programs from the nightmare matrix (one of the previous versions of the matrix explained by the architect in part 2). After the reset of that matrix some programs didn’t got erased and choosed to work for the merovingian so they can hide from the agents.

I played this as a kid without watching any movies, so I thought that Neo did canonically fought Kung Fu ants in interdimensional subspace and was very disappointed when it didn't happen in any of the movies

Neos reaction to the fire ants is perfect. He’s so damn desensitised to the crazy that matrix throws that at this point nothing phases him anymore.

> Completely derails an iconic series for the sake of fun and silliness > Refuses to elaborate > Pulls out a Freddy Mercury smoke bomb > leaves I officially love the Wachowski Sisters

12 year old me would be like "this is nothing like the movies" But now a days I would think Wow what a neat twist and "What If" alternative story to the matrix

Dude the giant sunglasses bit made me SCREAM with laughter.

Hey that character looks a lot like Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk

I remember the hand to hand combat being amazing and making me feel like I was a real life Neo

Me at the beginning of this video: "I bet it's not that insane." Me at the end: "Oh my. I stand corrected."

PR: This has to be a parody! Wachowskis: Finally we can put in the vampires and ant people the studio shot down!

This was a game I played so much when I was younger, besides just being a Matrix fan my fave thing about Path of Neo was the insane amount of little secrets in combat. One basic example which the game never tells you is that you could actually counter enemy throws too by pressing dodge with the right timing, compared to normal inputs they were actually hard to pull off as you needed to time it with the enemies' animation of hits, mashing wouldn't work. it was hilarious with Agent Smith's super punch as Neo would just tank it, staying in place and not lose any HP instead of being sent flying. Letting you just immediately start attacking back. I'd end up just letting the enemies grab me and see what stylish or wacky counter Neo would do. During the final encounter with Smith too, you could also do everything Smith did depending on how well or bad you were doing. Even the cutscenes/loading screens you could interact with! An example is after the first flying section, if Smith did enough damage he'd send you flying into the building and then proceed to charge at you. If you pressed nothing, Neo would be smacked down. If you pressed Dodge, He'd jump over Smith like in the movie, if you pressed Attack you'd go to punch Smith causing a clash that sends them both flying. Alternatively, if you hit him into the building instead if you pressed nothing, Smith would just wait as you slowly glided inside. if you pressed attack you'd charge like Smith did, then Smith would actually be able to do one of the following defences like you did in earlier example above. He'd usually do Punch counter though. It goes further where as you fought normally in that warehouse and damaged the floor, if you or Smith did a powerful ground pound move where it was damaged you'd break the floor, causing another mini cutscene of you or him falling through with the other dodging out the way, where you'd proceed to pick up a girder each now both having a polearm fight. This kinda thing goes through the entire segment of them fighting, you could recreate the movie more or less, or do an alternate timeline where Neo gets utterly crushed or Smith is just overwhelmed despite the oracle boost. Everything Smith could do to you, you could do to him and some options didn't become clear unless you let Smith trigger them who would actually be trying too mid-combat. It was fun figuring them out, if ever curious I do recommend playing that final battle through a few times and let Smith do his thing, you'd be surprised what can be done. I'm still convinced to this day Path of Neo has several more secret skills/abilities I was never able to figure out.

This was legit probably my favorite game when I was like 6 years old. I'm glad someone is recognizing this game for the flawed masterpiece it really is.

Imagine a remake of this game, with: • Max Payne’s shooting and slo-mo. • Batman Arkham combat • Realistic graphics • Actors from the movies.

Doom eternal, Animal Crossing, Half Life: Alyx: *EXISTS* Purposeless Rabbitholes: Nah Imma Review some retro matrix game Never Change Charlie

"Freddy Mercury smoke-bomb" -From 2020 greatest quotes

Dude Trinity coming out of nowhere backfliping on to Neo had me rolling 😂

27:43 It's a "Tron" reference: grid bugs=matrix ants. They were literally saying: "We know there are some bugs in the game but maybe we did it on-purpose. See? Here's intentional bug placement."

I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this game before. The final boss is literally a giant agent smith made out of a skyscrapers for a bunch of normal sized smiths this game deserves the noble peace prize just for existing!

I always enjoyed the tutorial sections. They just meant more fighting for me, which was the main reason why I loved playing this game.

I think I have an answer for the tutorial. In the movie when Neo first starts learning how to fight Morphius or Trinity idk, ask the operator "how long has he been in there" the operator says hours. I think this game is showing you what he went through in those hours. Which is a nice attention to detail.

I can’t believe you left out the part of the Seraph fight where you’re hopping around on top of bamboo poles trying to knock each other to the floor below, which is on fire

I cannot tell you how many hours I spent replaying this game. Because when you master the combat, nothing beats this adrenaline rush masterpiece. God I miss the days where I just had the free time to play it all fucking day.

2005 me, never made it pass the tutorial. 😂 “Fuk it im not the one”

I think the fact that they were still learning how these games work back then is why I prefer games from that generation. Now every game does the control teaching stuff the exact same

when i realise that the movies where actually toned down from the wachowskis' original vision.

someone made a theory where john wick is an alternate universe where neo took the blue pill

This review was right on, you hit the nail on the head. I totally forgot about this game despite having beat it 6 or 7 times back in the day.

im so happy i found this video again. the last 10 secs of the ending is epic, so well done. mustve searched 10 slimecicle vids thinkin it was his vid

Reading the Manuel in the car as you ride home to finally play the game was BUSINESS

So the Wachowskis made Matrix, then Reloaded, then Revolutions..... Then they did LSD and made Path of Neo

The tutorials are the best part. Send ups/homages to Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, John Woo, Akira Kurosawa and more.

Just watched the review after seeing the trailer for the matrix 4 resurrections, I cannot believe we live in a day and age where the matrix franchise is back. I am glad to see someone else absolutely love and enjoy every bit of this attended stupidity of pure awesome that is the path of neo. And personally I take this as the TRUE ending of how matrix 3 ended with the giant fucking agent Smith. Yes the controls where the biggest hurdle of this game, personally I would love to see a remaster or an updated HD remake with modern controls and I would be content.

I bought this game because all my friends had seen all the movies and I had only seen the first one so I thought it's the best way to get in the trilogy loop. Played through the 1st movie segment and assumed this game was accurate to the next movies too. When I was asking my friends whether the ant scene was in 2 or 3 cause I "couldn't remember" the amount of confusion they had, brought my lies to the surface. Then I watched 2 and 3 and I came to the conclusion that the game was better than the movies!

I played the shit out of this game as a kid. Flawed as it is, you could do some crazy stuff in it. Plus it has a bonkers ending that's way better than the one in the movies.

watching this video after watching Resurrections and I feel like I understand Resurrections a lot better now, thank you for making this

This is by far the best RU-vid video game I've seen in recent memory in the last few years at least. I was entertained the full way through and your editing and comedic timing is top notch. Seriously, great work!

"pulled out a Freddie Mercury smoke bomb and dipped" lmao I never laughed so hard at an end to a video before.

The biggest thing I remember from this game is "the one" combo that had like literally 25 inputs to use and I tried so hard to get it to work and I never could and was convinced it was impossible

Even funnier in retrospect is how resurrections continues the insanity exactly, the Wachowskis have not changed and it and that’s beautiful

Honestly the immediate-into-combat start to determine your skill and thus difficulty - it's great.

Excellent commentary on the changes in the industry and things like manuals. Lot of new gen gamers who have no idea about what manuals used to represent - literally a technical breakdown of what the game was about and how to play it.

Fun fact: The teahouse level with the bird cages and guns is actually a direct recreation from Hard Boiled movie

I would never have discovered this game where it not for you...so thank you fore taking the time to get lost down the insane rabbit hole that is this game for us...hilarious!

Every once in a while I stop by on this video to kick back and laugh. Works every time. Keep doing what you’re doing.

After seeing Megasmith with the glasses I want this game now Edit: RU-vid recommended this to me again. And update, what a steal, the local game shop happened to have this game for 20 bucks. *Woah* Worth it

Not gonna lie, with licensed games getting remakes nowdays, I feel like this game would make a really good candidate for a remake. There's enough good ideas here that a little polish would make something really fun.

I think the first level where the game decides which difficulty level suits you is a masterpiece . Your difficulty level is based upon how well you adapt to the shit the game throws at you. I remember when I finally unlocked '' The one '' difficulty, enjoyed the hell out of it countless times.

16:27 Dude, my soul literally left my body for a moment from laughing so hard lmfao 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

*Trinity just backfliped into the game*

8 year old me: Yeah this Game is really really fun 19 year old me: GIVE US ANOTHER MATRIX PON GAME PLSSSS

What a glorious nostalgia trip! Perfect tonal progression to match the games insanity! Thanks for that!

An excellent example of how to make a game actually ‘fun’

I just want a Remake out of this Game 🙏

This was such a big part of my childhood and was hyped af when I saw this video pop up in my feed! you have however mentioned Jaws Unleashed twice now and I will be very very sad if you don't make a video on it lol

Just discovered this - Great video! Mad respect on using Billy's scream from the Tammy & the T-Rex review! DT's one of the most underrated channels out there, always nice to meet a fellow fan!

Ever since I've watched this video I haven't gone more than a week without snapping something like balsa wood. It's the highlight of that particular day and I thank you for it greatly.

I feel like the more iconic fight in Reloaded was Neo vs The Army of Smith.

this is honestly one of the funniest videos i’ve seen in a long time. played this game as a kid and was confused as fuck. glad to see it get some recognition.

I feel like I’ve been looking for a channel like this for so long. Bravo. Subscribed

I need to replay this game. I dont remember all the chaos and insanity. I remember loving it. And I do remember the giant mega Smith but that was the only I remember from the insanity.

"I will be your Vergil through this Wachowski's Inferno" legit split my sides.

Being stuck in corrupted matrix code sounds scary and super cool I want to see that not only being stuck in a computer/ videogame for real but it's also super glitchy that's frightening

I grew up obsessed with this game when it was released. I finished it so many times I lost count. For me it will always be a masterpiece - this was a fun trip down memory lane, thank you.

I can't belive it!!! You took me back braddah!!! I appreciate you so much

Imma start using "freddy mercury smoke bomb"

I kinda like the "tutorial" stages, could be because they're base on kung-fu and samurai films. But I can see, it can be annoying just being dragging on for Neo just training. They could have made those stages better or optional. Kinda like extra missions, and able to choose to continue the story or do more training, something like a mini hub world, that let you choose to do extra training stages, that gives extra bonus upgrades points. and they could have addin more unique "training stages" blade-runner theme, to horror, etc etc.

I absolutely adore the way you end you videos. They’re all wonderful.

The training missions were so fun, I don't think they were bad at all

Also Reloaded mentioned that The Matrix had earlier versions having programs acting as Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts so yeah the game fleshes out that line said by The Oracle. Cool video though

I actually loved the tutorial levels in this game and replayed them a bunch just cause it felt like I was playing through a bunch of different classic action movies. Even if it wasn’t the main story, it was just more game and I had fun learning all the mechanics and just killing people with the crazy combat.

Wow, just wow. Other than the fact that this video is awesome (just discovered your channel) I'm so glad you encapsulated what I felt about this game so well while pretty much the critics and everyone else was merrily spitting senseless on it. I loved it and now I'm not ashamed of saying it anymore thanks to you :D

I really have to compliment you for your entire style of video making. You have such an infectious energy during your commentary and your vocabulary is so varied and interesting that I can't help but laugh and smile while watching your content even when I've had a horrible day

The Wachowskis must've done some drugs doing The Matrix to have come up with some of that insanity, but they clearly went balls to the wall berserk with it for the games.

There is a "Zion Archives" on the level select screen at the very end. It's so bizarre.

The Wachowskis oughta realize they're sleeping on this gem. It's rough, yes... but it's a diamond alright. Just needs a little polish, is all.

Thank you. I literally have no reason to watch a review on a 2005 game of my childhood that's obsolete, but this video's quips were enjoyable as hell.

"What? No, you don't understand; I'm Neo" "Read sign!" Thank you for this. Great video, keep it coming!

Legend has it that the he is still searching for the manual to this day

You sir, are my favorite RU-vidr. When you mentioned the Inferno, i cackled. Much love man.

This just hopped in my recommended feed. Watched about 5 minutes and immediately subscribed. Great commentary, keep it up

Man, I loved this game. Must've beaten it at least 5 times. The PC version was the way to go Rabbit.

“Most realistic cop in a video game ever, goes to...” 😂🤣

This was simply amazing thank you so much!! i did remember the ending, but the vampires??the ants?? OMG thanks

That shot just before the final boss is what made this one of my favorite games. The absurd boss. The ending. Fantastic.

This game 100% had a moves list. I remember trying them all and they were basically all taken directly from the films.

Thank you Purposeless Rabbitholes, very cool!

The best movie to game adaption ever. Being able to play all the best bits from the movies as a 15 year old was amazing. One game that should of been remastered by now.

Ah Gods yes, so glad I got this deep down the rabbit hole of your channel, one of the funniest new creators I've found in a while.

I have such intense nostalgia for this game, even though it is absolutely terrible. I love hearing your take on it.

This popped up in my recommended today out of nowhere and I'm laughing so hard I must have cracked a rib. I remember playing this game as a teenager WHO BARELY UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH, so imagine playing this wacky shit having even less of an idea what is actually going on. This vídeo represents young me on a spiritual level. Thank you.

I loved this game. Regarding his running, it's not that different from how they ran in the movies

Man these videos are are so nostalgic. Genuinely love your content dude!

18:10 in and I'm loving the way you've edited and worded this video out. Brilliantly captures all that I felt when I ran through the game like twice and possibly more. Kudos, man.