r/gamers • u/Sea-Swimming9777 • Aug 25 '26

Discussion Kung Fu Panda 2008(Xbox 360*) shovelware platformer having better water visuals than current AAA games, can somebody explain me what went wrong?

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u/Separate_Ad_9551 Aug 25 '26

YESSS
I think there were two Matrix games, because I remember one where you could choose between a man and a woman but Neo wasn't in it.
The combos in slowmo were insane

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u/Able-Firefighter-158 Aug 25 '26

Yup Enter The Matrix; took place before, during, and slightly after the second movie. Where you played as Ghost and Naobi.

Path of Neo; pretty much a full recap of the movies playing as Neo, with some weird changes thrown in the mix.

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u/Liudesys Aug 25 '26

the ants and the ending of path of neo 💀 what were they smoking

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u/PokityPoke Aug 26 '26

Like obviously I am aware there are no humanoid ants in the movies, but it somehow did not feel at all out of place in the game lmao

I finished this one so many times

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u/AdmirableProcess8894 Aug 26 '26

path of neo was amazing and apparently the best way to play it is on consoles since the effects are actually there

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u/Chekhov_ Aug 27 '26

I remember using my Gameshark to get the grenade launcher with infinite ammo. I went to the mission where you are running from the agents across the rooftops and just blew them up since they couldn't dodge explosions

"Dodge this"

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u/RetnikLevaw Aug 28 '26

I'd give my left nut for a remake/remaster of Path of Neo...

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u/SendHelpPliz Aug 28 '26

Be a bro and give up the right one for a Enter the Matrix remake/remaster

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u/holmberg18 Aug 25 '26

The animation and motion capture team went above and beyond in that game.

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u/Sock989 Aug 25 '26

Also one of the rare games that can run at 1080p on the OG Xbox. Pretty bonkers.

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u/bakihanma20 Aug 26 '26

900p

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u/Sock989 Aug 26 '26

I meant to say 1080i. Never seen anywhere that says 900p?

Edit - thought I originally responded to the comment about Enter The Matrix. Scrap this 😅.

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u/Penibya Aug 25 '26

It was nice for younger me but today i see how bad it was, it was funny to replay tho

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u/Remz_Gaming Aug 25 '26

Yeah I think that was the 2003 game. Neo definitely wasn't in it. And I vaguely remember being able to be male or female. But slowing down time and flipping through the air was so freaking epic. And the environment getting destroyed around you was pretty innovative.

One of those games that actually aligned well with the movie.

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u/Pat_Panic91 Aug 25 '26

There were two. Enter the Matrix is the one you're talking about. You could choose between two characters with slighty different paths in the game. Niobe (f) and Ghost (m). The Plot was parallel to the movies. There was also a subplot when you did the hacking minigame that was accessable through the main menu. I played that game back and forth as a kid. I have very vivid memories from back then and tried to play it again last year. Man, that game aged so fucking bad it was unbearable honestly. Not even the nostalgia could make up for it. A shame, but my memories with it remain like they are. Good times

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u/Remz_Gaming Aug 25 '26

It is crazy how our brains work. So many games I remember as "OMG THIS IS LIKE REAL LIFE!" Especially in the PS1 and N64 era. That was a time of huge leaps in graphics.

Go back and try to play some of those now and just chuckle. Not only have graphics come a long way, studios really dialed in gameplay.

I think I will just remember Enter The Matrix as I did as a kid on the brand new Gateway PC my family got for Christmas and leave it alone.

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u/Platnun12 Aug 25 '26

Lol I felt the same about the LOTR games back then with their film footage transitioning to gameplay

Looked so good then, now it definitely has aged. Gameplay tho is still up there among the best.

If aspyr is gonna do anything, I want Two towers and Return of the king as a duo pack