MrMattyPlays holds up the games behind his BioWare farewell
His emotional reaction brings a comment section nearly six times busier than usual, filled with first-RPG memories and midnight-release stories.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 2,428 comments in its first day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (421).
BioWare Is *Officially* Dead
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- 0:24MrMattyPlays describes crying after reading the BioWare news and explains why this closure feels particularly personal.
- 1:29Holding classic game cases, he recalls how BioWare's RPGs shaped his youth and academic motivation.
- 7:08He questions what the closure means for future Mass Effect games and the Amazon television adaptation.
- 12:20He argues for a Dragon Age reboot and worries about Mass Effect being reduced to live-service crossovers.
- 16:12He thanks BioWare's staff across its history for their influence on his life and narrative gaming.
The game cases come out early. Reflecting on news of BioWare's closure, MrMattyPlays reaches for the physical reminders of what the studio meant to him: adventures that shaped his youth and even his motivation at school.
"This is the most heartbroken I've been about a gaming news story, possibly ever," he says in "BioWare Is *Officially* Dead." The video opens with Liara and Shepard saying farewell in Mass Effect before turning to his own difficulty letting go.
Its views were ordinary for the channel. The conversation underneath was not: roughly 2,400 comments arrived in the first day, nearly six times the usual volume.
Viewers bring specific memories rather than just a list of favorite titles. One recalls midnight GameStop openings for Mass Effect's sequels. Others describe Dragon Age: Origins as their introduction to role-playing games, including a viewer who remembers learning English by repeating its characters' lines. Several distinguish the BioWare whose games they still replay from the studio's later work.
MrMattyPlays makes that distinction himself. In the description, he says he hasn't loved a BioWare game in the same way for more than a decade. That distance hasn't erased the attachment.
He also looks beyond the farewell: he argues that Dragon Age needs a reboot rather than remasters, and worries about Mass Effect becoming little more than crossover material. "I don't want Mass Effect being left in the vault of EA," he says. He closes by thanking the people who made the games.
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I remember hitting a gamestop midnight opening for ME 2 and ME 3
@skeletorfive5585See it on YouTubeDragon Age Origins was my first real RPG, and the launch pad for the next 15+ years of gaming for me. I remember playing through the entire game again and again, determined to see every possible outcome and origin story, every combination possible. Incredible memories
@Rudolphin12See it on YouTubeMy first experience with Bioware was Jade Empire. I'll never forget it.
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Dragon age origins was my favorite game from BioWare. I was 14 when it came out in 2009. This is sad news indeed
@TexasBestGamerSee it on YouTubeDragon Age was one of my favorite RPG franchises during my high school and college years. BioWare will be missed.
@samflood5631See it on YouTubeMass Effect is my all time favorite series, R.I.P. Bioware
@prometheus5096See it on YouTubeThe dragon age series is where I spent most of my time in the first couple years of gaming. So sad to see 😢
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