It's made out to be worse than it is.
Gameplay - 7
Why does anyone say that the story is a ripoff of Halo? Halo ripped off of other games, it's a neverending chain of ripoffs. Story was great, although they left a lot out of the actual game. That last boss, if anyone remembers it, has a name. I want to see the rest of the trilogy, cuz quite frankly, people took it as too simple. As far as actual gameplay goes, it's a lot of fun. However, the farther you get in the game, the less you need weapons, and the more you rely on the matrix powers. I had LOADS of fun with that. The other negative thing is that it takes about 8-10 hours on the hardest difficulty to beat
Graphics - 6
It did have framerate issues, yes, but they weren't as bad as some other games...which I won't mention. The models were pretty good, with quirky animations sometimes. I liked the use of color in the majority of the levels as well. It really just comes down to the framerate and occasional graphical glitches.
Sound - 8
The soundtrack was great, and so was the voice acting. Only thing is, the background music occasionally would go from loud to soft for no reason.
Value - 7
It takes 8-10 hours to beat, and there are only two seperate storylines. It's worth playing through maybe 3 or 4 times, and that's it.
Tilt - 7
I just think that people don't give this game enough credit. They didn't have 30+ programmers like they do for the majority of good games. And because of Majesco's problems with people not buying Psychonauts, their budget was rather small, hence the 1 million dollar contest being canceled.