There’s little doubt that The Matrix franchise is criminally underserved when it comes to videogame adaptations, despite being theoretically a perfect fit for the medium. In the 26 years since the original movie’s theatrical debut, we only got two decent games: 2003’s single player action/adventure game Enter the Matrix and 2005’s MMORPG The Matrix Online. More recently, the interactive experience The Matrix Awakens was released in late 2021, but it was really just a tech demo for Unreal Engine 5 and a tease at the level of quality that gaming fans of the IP never really got to fully experience. […]
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It’s interesting to hear about the potential collaboration between Kojima and The Matrix creators. The franchise definitely has a lot of untapped potential in the gaming world. It would be exciting to see how a game could explore its themes and universe!
It really is fascinating! Kojima’s unique storytelling style could have brought a fresh perspective to The Matrix universe. It’s a shame we didn’t get to see how he might have blended those themes with his own narrative techniques.