The Matrix Online may be dead in 2009, but there are still ghosts in the machine
The faint remnants of Matrix Online still reverberate somewhere in the ether.I’m not Say It’s possible to enter, but…well, do some Google searches, and you may or may not find a website that mimics this beloved MMO that is destined to be long after the funeral. You may or may not find a hyperlink to download a saved version of the game client and a cracking program designed to escape from Sony rigamortis. You may or may not be asked to forge login credentials, and you may or may not see your computer get stuck while trying to render an asset that has been shrinking since 2009.
Regardless of everything, Matrix Online is constantly looking for a stubborn way to survive
But if you follow the white rabbit long enough—if you take the red pill and avoid developing moldy firewalls, like the brave pirates of Nebuchadnezzar used to do—you will eventually find those abandoned gray buildings, The smoky sky and the deep sky that people disgust. , Filled with a sense of loss. The Matrix Online staggered forward, creaking, but was not intimidated.
You will soon understand that Matrix Online has become withered and dry in its afterlife. The game was released in 2005, and Sega discontinued production only four years later. The Matrix Online simulation project-the only way to play the game in 2021-was pieced together by a hacker named Rajko through a large amount of server code he collected when the game entered the hospice period. As the personal curator of the MMO, Rajko has worked hard for 12 years. At the time of writing, this simulation is more like a zombie than a savior. A large amount of content is lost and may never be recovered.The project cannot provide combat, missions, character development, or in fact, any game An element once enjoyed by a red pill nation.
However, desperately, Matrix Online is constantly looking for a stubborn way of survival. For those who have loved this game and the greater Matrix mythology since childhood, this is enough.
Stagnant
“you [use the emulation] Chat, explore, equip clothes and weapons, and emoticons,” said Bitbomb, one of the many residents of Discord servers dedicated to the continued recovery of MMO. “Recently, your character can finally sit on it. This didn’t work for a long time. “
Matrix Online deserves better.Hell, matrix itself It deserves better. All the parts are in place. The Wachowski sisters created a densely-tuned novel for a generation of technology enthusiasts: a dirty dystopia decorated with snakeskin trench coats and mirrored sunglasses. They used Hollywood to realize a generation’s potential cyberpunk wish. Over the past few years, the franchise has been a complete whole, with the first movie’s box office revenue of nearly 500 million U.S. dollars and four Oscars at the Oscars ceremony. Long before the Marvel Revolution, Neo, Trinity and Morpheus were quickly consecrated as a new superhero pantheon.
If you ask me what I think about the future of 1999, I will tell you that the Matrix seems inevitable to continue to cultivate its diverse empire through a series of sequels, TV shows, comic books, and video games to ensure it becomes an omnivorous. Sex media giant. The Matrix Online should be the ultimate culmination of this promise. A long-lasting meta-universe in which legends can grow, twist and iterate forever. The Wachowski sisters named the MMO the classic successor to the trilogy, so for a group of new fans who are fascinated by the superhuman potential, subscribing is a breeze.
Afterlife
But you may know the story here. The two chaotic sequels of The Matrix lacked watershed and inexplicable clarity, thereby raising the level of the original. By 2005, the zeitgeist of the series had completely passed through the nervous system of American society, leaving only a handful of Diehard. “The Matrix” received moderate reviews and a negligible player base when it was released, and when it was kindly stifled, no one seemed to really notice. But the passage of time is very friendly to the popular relics of the early 2000s, and now, we have once again experienced the craze of Matrix fanaticism.
When I hear the same preset dialogue over and over in World of Warcraft, The Matrix Online is experimenting with spontaneous public theater
The fourth film in the series-The Resurrection of The Matrix-is about to be released, and rumors about the fifth one are already everywhere.
Those who like this unfortunate MMO don’t need a revival to rekindle their love, but when I entered the dirty path of simulation myself, I found several other newbies hiding in the chat box, exploring our ancient DNA. . -Future blockbusters. Like me, they have a fever again. The Matrix owns us, as it always has.
No one, even the most enthusiastic defenders of Matrix Online, don’t want to argue that the game has been treated unfairly by critics. “There are many flaws,” said Vesuvius, another Discord member, who was probably the most enthusiastic about MMO’s legacy in my interview. “fighting [was unbalanced,] There are loopholes, loopholes, and PvP systems, and there are no rewards other than bragging. “
All these questions turned out to be untenable in the end. MMO held Less than 500 active players When it was shut down, it was as severe as the server population could achieve.
But Vesuvius believes that certain elements of the Matrix Online experience have not been copied by any major players in the gaming industry before or after. He specifically mentioned the game’s live event team, which is composed of real Sony developers who will control important legendary characters-such as Morpheus or Seraph-and play key points of the narrative in real time.
The idea of the studio reaching through the mirror and manipulating the outline of the matrix without any script or skill is so perfect, I can’t believe it didn’t cause a bigger sensation. When I heard the same canned conversation over and over again in Stormwind in World of Warcraft, Matrix Online was experimenting with a spontaneous public theater-a group of players chasing Neobe through the hallway, desperately eavesdropping on any juicy intelligence. This is a bold game design; maybe we really missed it.
“This [live events] It is unannounced, spontaneous, and secret,” Vesuvius said. “Even if an event is held for your organization on your server, there is no guarantee that you can participate. A screenshot describing the event was posted on the forum the next day. They are usually the best way to stay informed about the latest news. “
Red pill
Other players I have spoken to praised the flexibility of The Matrix Online’s talent tree-this is another element in the game that unfortunately cannot be revived in simulation. “We can change our abilities at any time. In other MMOs, when you choose your role, you have to stick to it, but I like the freedom to change my configuration when it suits me,” Dan said, and he told me he Started playing games at the age of 14. Considering how other parts of the RPG field are slowly weakening the hegemony of almighty norms, perhaps Dan is right to say that The Matrix Online is ahead of the time.
But in general, these wayward fans like the way this MMO tells its story the most. Matrix Online is very pious for its plot. Distribute frequent movies and “key missions” to change the universe, slowly unfolding life after Neo. In 2005, as it became clear that Matrix novels no longer appeared, this video game was the only way to experience endless cascading codes.Matrix expansion universe go with Locally, these players will savor it to the last drop.
“Niobe revealed her true feelings for Neo. Ghost resisted temptation and corruption in the hands of a sexy robotic liaison designed to attract humans. As Oracle hinted, he continued to lead the allegations, and Neo and Morpheus were absent,” Wei Su Wei said. “Lore is always the core of the game.”
resurrection
Currently, if Lana Wachowski is working hard for the basic work in The Matrix Resurrections, there are only a few people. I like the idea of the band coming together again-Keanu Reeves, Kelly-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith-for an Endgame-style super band bonanza, and still respect an old one Scaffolding for laying of MMO. Imagine the vast space of The Matrix. Some of the most important turning points appear in the compilation of YouTube cutscenes.
This is almost appropriate after the long and tortuous return of franchise rights to the top of popular culture.
Vesuvius said that he very much hopes that the MMO will still be included in the new movie, but other people have reached a settlement with the Wachowskis who may press the reset button. “Restarting can be very creative. I think I will experience it with the people I used to do,” said a Matrix Online resident from Sugaree. “My deepest satisfaction comes from socializing. I am not afraid of restarting.”
No matter what happens next, Matrix Online will never flash forever. The game has weakened-it is a shell in itself-but it still exists because the memory has never become stale. Take a walk in the mysterious metropolis of a megacity, close your eyes, and be taken into an era of streets full of kung fu fights, leather dusters, and smoked ammunition. As the Matrix stirred again, a ray of light poured into the tomb.