The Matrix Online Previews

My opinion of the game has nothing to do with the bad movie sequel(s). This game is flat out going to tank. If it looks like crap, sounds like crap, plays like crap, you can bet that it really is crap. Do they believe if they do enough Q&A and interviews on the game that they can generate an interest for it? They are wrong. This thing will be on the discount rack for $20 or $30 after less than 3 months of its release. (3 months is a very optimistic). It'll lose the bulk of its subscribers in this time period as well. It'll be slightly more successful than Earth and Beyond (now dead) because there will be some fools that get sucked in by the Matrix branding. Besides the fact that its going to suck, it also can't hold a candle to games like WoW, EQ2 or Lineage.

So much press for something so bad.

There's something that sticks out in my mind. Jason Hall said that beta testers are experiencing a game devoid of any motivational storyline elements. No storyline, no plot, no true Matrix Universe content. I don't think Seraph, Morpheus, the Merovingian and others are participating a this point.

When beta testers proclaim their dislike for this title, Jason Hall is saying, "their impression is tainted by the lack of continuous storyline." In otherwords, they may be affected in a negative way by the fact that what they're doing doesn't have any impact on the Matrix Universe - yet.

This is the one PC game coming out that I'm looking forward to. I'd like a beta account since everyone else seems to dislike the game. I'd kill a puppy for even a decent cyberpunk game.

I know I have some bias on it having worked on the game, but I think gamers just can't get past certain non-game related aspects (ie, opinions on the last two movies).

I've also seen gamers thoughts based on 'a couple months back' and have to say that unless you've played the game in the past two weeks, you can't form a fair judgement on it.

So my thinking is, don't call it bad unless you've played the beta in last couple of weeks. Even though I don't work there, I still have been playing the game and it doesn't deserve the negative stigma. I think its quite a breath of fresh air from the current MMO standard and is trying to do something somewhat different.. which is what people have been screaming about lately regarding MMOs. It's not a revolution, but does enough to deviate it from the standard formula (fully interchangeable skills/roles, little to no loading times, etc).

I guess its one of those things that people will complain about lack of innovation, but when given a chance to play a MMO that deviates from the norm, they trash it because its 'different".

Also, look at the community on this game, it's amazing what people are doing with it.