Matrix online

**Rtificial** · 16 Feb 2005, 09:17 PM

I made another matrix online thread since the others were locked....and old as hell.

They finally lifted the NDA and beta testers can talk about the game freely. Is there anyone else playing?

I've been playing for a week or two and I'm really enjoying the game. At the moment I'm a level 13 hacker and doing random jobs for Zion.

Matrix online has a ton of screen shots, video clips, cinemas and other info for the game also.

**Master** · 16 Feb 2005, 09:38 PM

Um, how is it?

**Curtis** · 16 Feb 2005, 09:52 PM

*peeks the forums*

I'm just surprised that people still care about the Matrix.

**rezo** · 16 Feb 2005, 09:53 PM

As an MMO it lacks the neccessities for a real solid guild - it has no real raid capability, and grouping both destroys any matrixy feel to it and is boring as shit.

Combat is classic rock paper scissors shit and requires stupid amounts of luck to win. There's no real skill to it.

To top it off, there's so much made of the Zionist/Agent/merovingian faction system, which is nothing more intricate than the velious-era EQ faction system. In fact, I'd consider it pretty much as basic, and Velious was released years and years ago.

It also is really fucking buggy. But that's just one of the problems.

**Rtificial** · 16 Feb 2005, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by rezo

As an MMO it lacks the neccessities for a real solid guild - it has no real raid capability, and grouping both destroys any matrixy feel to it and is boring as shit.

Combat is classic rock paper scissors shit and requires stupid amounts of luck to win. There's no real skill to it.

To top it off, there's so much made of the Zionist/Agent/merovingian faction system, which is nothing more intricate than the velious-era EQ faction system. In fact, I'd consider it pretty much as basic, and Velious was released years and years ago.

It also is really fucking buggy. But that's just one of the problems.

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You never raided a exile hideout or grouped for a mission?

Your options for fighting increases as you level up and learn skills, also filling up your hot bar adds to your favor.

I haven't really seen any benifits from the factions either, other than you can cross the other factions and their areas will become more hostile towards you. I believe the full game will take more advantage of it, cause I keep seeing screen shots of stuff I've never encountered in the game. Plus the major characters in the game and cinema's.