What is the Matrix? This was the question posed by the commercial campaign for The Matrix when it was released in 1999. The few commercials showed some outstanding special effects, the likes of nothing ever seen before.

The movie was released, and while it didn’t make a huge splash at the box office, it made a huge amount of money as it was one of the very first movies released on DVD. The Matrix became a phenomenon, and the “bullet time” effects were copied and parodied in countless movies after that.

The sequels came along, and the fans of the original movie were waiting in high spirits in anticipation of the new movies. However, the sequels were mostly panned by the critics and fans were mostly disappointed. Few movies have been more polarizing.

Enter the Matrix was released in conjunction with the first sequel, and it sold many copies on the consoles and the PC. While it was made to fill out the story of the first sequel, the game bombed with critics.

Not to let a good license go, Warner Brothers Interactive has released The Matrix Online to the MMORPG world. Does the Matrix Online (MxO) capture the world of the Matrix and offer fans a new experience, or does it disappoint like the sequels and Enter the Matrix before it.