History VideoGame / TheMatrixOnline

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The General at one point employed an army of BlackHelicopter pilots who resemble the Agents, but with glowing red eyes, probably so that everyone knew they were bad.
** This was eventually revealed to be because the General and his Commandos were in fact exiled sentinel programs. Which makes sense since the sentinels were mass produced to destroy Zion and had no purpose once the truce was forged.

As stated above, the game is now defunct. A slideshow is available at the community website, [[http://www.mxoarchive.net/archives/dn1/thematrixonline.warnerbros.com/web/live/index.html Data Node One]]. It was the last official piece of ''Matrix'' media until 2021's ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections''.

''The Matrix Online'' was a MMORPG based on ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' franchise that was made by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Creator/MonolithProductions and was later bought out by SOE. It began beta testing in June 2004 and went live in March 2005 for North American users, and April 2005 for European users. It was eventually [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down]] in July of 2009, due to low sales.

The Matrix was unique in the MMO market for two major reasons: First was the leveling and skill system. Unlike standard MMO's, where you pick a class and then delve into specializations within that class, The Matrix had a modular system that gave every player access to all of the skills, but only allowed them to pick a certain number of skills in a certain progression at a time. This allowed characters to make unique classes by mixing and matching abilities and weapons and was fairly intuitive despite sounding incredibly complex.

The story of [=MxO=] was as such: After the death of Neo, the [[TheEmpire Machines]] and [[TheAlliance Zion]] have stopped engaging in open warfare and now fight a cold war in the Matrix proper. The [[TheIlluminati Exiles]], led by the [[TheChessmaster Merovingian]], also joined in the fray, recruiting redpills (PC's) to do their dirty work. The major arcs in the story included the death of Morpheus, illegal codes that turned some redpills into SuperSoldiers, a conspiracy to kill everyone by [[ObviousTrap holding a free concert]], and finally giving everyone [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny GM level powers]].

As stated above, the game is now defunct. A slideshow is available at the community website, [[http://www.mxoarchive.net/archives/dn1/thematrixonline.warnerbros.com/web/live/index.html Data Node One]]. It was the final official piece of ''Matrix'' media until ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' in 2021.

As stated above, the game is now defunct. A slideshow is available at the community website, [[http://www.mxoarchive.net/archives/dn1/thematrixonline.warnerbros.com/web/live/index.html Data Node One]].

''The Matrix Online'' was a MMORPG based on ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' franchise that was made by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Creator/MonolithProductions and was later bought out by SOE. It began beta testing in June 2004 and went live in March 2005 for North American users, and April 2005 for European users. It was eventually shut down in July of 2009, due to low sales.

* NeverFoundTheBody: It is noted that Neo's body was never found, which leads to some InUniverse EpilepticTrees about his status. Notably, some NPCs discussed rumors about Neo somehow still being alive deep inside in the Machine City.

The Matrix was unique in the MMO market for two major reasons: First, was the leveling and skill system. Unlike standard MMO's, where you pick a class and then delve into specializations within that class, The Matrix had a modular system that gave every player access to all of the skills, but only allowed them to pick a certain number of skills in a certain progression at a time. This allowed characters to make unique classes by mixing and matching abilities and weapons and was fairly intuitive despite sounding incredibly complex.

Second, was the Live Events. Unlike other MMO events, this one had a specific team designed to act out the roles of the minor characters and contacts during a event.

As stated above, the game is now defunct. A sideshow is available at the community website, [[http://www.mxoarchive.net/archives/dn1/thematrixonline.warnerbros.com/web/live/index.html Data Node One]].

Trivia.TheMatrixOnline

* HeyItsThatVoice: In cutscenes, Niobe is voiced by Creator/GinaTorres, who played the minor character Cas (Dozer's widow) in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early pre-release material hinted at expansions to other parts of the city, swords, explorable hovercrafts, and cars. None of those even remotely happened.
** Once Sony pulled the plug on the game, the de facto writer released a rough outline for what would've happened if the game had an operating budget above that of a high schooler's allowance.

* YouSoundFamiliar: In cutscenes, Niobe is voiced by Creator/GinaTorres, who played the minor character Cas (Dozer's widow) in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.

''Film/TheMatrix Online'' was a MMORPG that was made by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Creator/MonolithProductions and was later bought out by SOE. It began beta testing in June 2004 and went live in March 2005 for North American users, and April 2005 for European users. It was eventually shut down in July of 2009, due to low sales.

* UselessUsefulNonCombatAbilities: Crytography — and by extension, the Crypto Tool item — were never used once and eventually silently vanished.

As stated above, the game is now defunct. A sideshow is available at the community website, [[http://thematrixonline.station.sony.com/index.vm Data Node One]].

''TheMatrix Online'' was a MMORPG that was made by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Creator/MonolithProductions and was later bought out by SOE. It began beta testing in June 2004 and went live in March 2005 for North American users, and April 2005 for European users. It was eventually shut down in July of 2009, due to low sales.

The Matrix was unique in the MMO market for two major reasons: First, was the leveling and skill system. Unlike standard MMO's, where you pick a class and then delve into specializations within that class, The Matrix had a modular system that gave every player access to all of the skills, but only allowed them to pick a certain number of skills in a certain progression at a time. This allowed characters to make unique classes by mixing and matching abilities and weapons and was fairly intuitive despite sounding incredibly complex.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early pre-release material hinted at expansions to other parts of the city, swords, explorable hovercrafts, and cars. None of those even remotely happened.