The Rise and Fall of Mope.io

[@amroulouay6819]

I remember playing mope io from to 2019-2020 all the time in online classes; I played it 8 hours every day; I really enjoyed this game, but after the updates over time it got increasingly worse, so I left it. I still remember the good days and wish them to return.

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah its sad that the game got sold and became greedy..

[@booom_lama]

Not only you...

[@可樂狗-c7k]

是的然後現在連更新到電腦也跑不動了

[@Mocxhi]

Us moment

[@raizel_elias]

I played this game for hours in 2016-2020. It's sad that things turned out this way

[@Bear_mohio]

the sad thing is that if the developers wanted to make this game good again, they could but they just choose not to..

[@Hwawtop]

Я тоже, но вроде 2017-2019(не помню)

[@covcanada]

There was nothing that KOA could do. Multiplayer servers are very expensive. Nothing lasts forever, right? Mope is no exception. It is a very nostalgic game as I have known it since 2017. But, it is sad to see its downfall. Truly a great game while it lasted.

[@Bear_mohio]

agreed

[@AZELyricsOfficial]

I remember being addicted to this game so much... I played this for 6 hours straight 😢

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah when i was younger i was playing this for hours😭

[@Mr.droiduser]

weak 16hours

[@Mr.droiduser]

when i was younger it was my life

[@Bear_mohio]

@@Mr.droiduser now mohio is called roams☠️

[@Mr.droiduser]

Breh@@Bear_mohio

[@lilsquirrels4]

I discovered this game in 2019 and when I say it PULLED me through the pandemic I mean it, this game brings me so much ‘nostalgia’ and I know you’re probably like what do you mean nostalgia? this was like four years ago, but this is one of the only things that I like remember from the pandemic other than playing Roblox and not being able to go out, but yeah, I formed many friendships, unfortunately all lost to time now, but it’s really sad the path this game went down.

[@Bear_mohio]

@@lilsquirrels4 so real, for some reason the simplicity of the old game gives me nostalgia

[@limitless_blxde]

yup, couldn't agree more. this game used to thrive in its simple yet addicting pvp design compared to other .io games. the fact that what we used to have in the form of Dragon PVP, people coming together under the same clan tag, KZbinrs like iStealth, iGoliath, Fortish, Nation, trolling with different animals like Pufferfish, Donkey etc is now gone is just saddening. wish everyone wasnt so greedy in terms of making the biggest profit but awe thats how it is

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah, they just made the game boring by nerfing everything

[@Catpaw616]

I remember playing mope in 2020. Even though I didn't experience the "golden days" such as 2016-2019 I had A LOT of fun playing that game during that time. Made a lot of friends that really made my day a bit happier But now the fun I used to have is kinda gone and the servers are more laggy and unenjoyable. I'll still be making videos of the game but due to lack of content and lack of entertainment, its probably gonna be a while lol Good video.

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree, ngl mope was "fun" for me until the update where you go in eggs when upgrading😭☠️

[@Catpaw616]

@@Bear_mohio Yeah that update kinda sucks ngl

[@Frotheru_The_Dragon]

first time i played mope was in 2019,yet i first saw it in like 2017,i couldnt play it since i didnt know how to use phone correctly,and didnt have a pc,though i watched ALL POSSIBLE VIDOES LIKE 20 TIMES A DAY,now the game just trash,roams is the only,slowly rotting hope.. Correction:i didnt have a phone,i watchced it on TV youtube

[@Volroxian]

What personally annoyed me was the new skins and everything being nerfed

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah the nerfing everything was so dumb and unececery..

[@litohurt2488]

I used to be a small mope tuber and quit shortly after the golden age, but it’s refreshing to see some mope content after four years

[@yasirahmed3776]

Why did i sit for hours playing this game like idk it was so addicting when i used to play in 2016-2017

[@Bear_mohio]

the xp is like an illusion of progression💀 so its easy to play it for ages without realising

[@yasirahmed3776]

@@Bear_mohio yeah lol

[@Mr.droiduser]

i just wish old mope was still here part of my life I miss it better mope use to be old mope but now it feels like its own game not like old mope at all

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah they kinda changed their minds☠

[@Bear_mohio]

getting called by the principle for mope is crazy😭@@blissful4

[@catbelugagaming584]

good memories 2016, 2017

[@mhmd._.sai.zen.]

You dont need good graphics to make good game and honestly this is one of the greatest video gamess ever made. It's concept is so simple and dynamic and fun with a skill cieling at the same time. With it's prime back in 2019-2020. I remember being addicted to this game and playing it like 7 hrs a day... The golden age updates started it's downfall tbh for me andn for all the players.

[@Ethan-ml5kw]

I seriously did not like the golden age update. The animals becoming more realistic in a circular thematic world turned me off

[@juliancomentador]

I played mopeio in 2016...

[@rns6889]

This game was my childhood, now I'm almost 19, new life new responsibilities, but I still miss the old mope..

[@JAlonsoBI4Ycomparaciones]

I started playing in 2016, and i leaved it in 2023, really a good game, for me the best year was 2017. Sadly the last updates ruined the game, but I will keep missing it 😪

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree :( i hope the game can get back up but it js feels abandoned at this point..

[@JAlonsoBI4Ycomparaciones]

@@Bear_mohio 😔

[@paulzeng6211]

I played this game with offensive and creative names in 2016-2019. It was very addicting and I play whenever I lose in real life. Then I stopped. Both grew up and the interest lost.

[@minecraftmaster12245]

2016-2018 mope was so good went downhill after that

[@Fulminant01]

If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

[@saqibwaseem57]

really miss this game no one plays this game now

[@Hcilx]

man. crazy to think its already been over 7 years, i started playing this game before oceans were added (mid november 2016), and have actively played it nearly every day until late 2017, after that id play it occasionally to see how the game is doing. i have so many good memories of mope and its really sad to see what it has become, id do a lot to be able to play early 2017 mope again but i guess everything ends eventually.. at least we still have youtube videos.

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah bro, its crazy that the devs did the exact opposite of what players wanted...

[@Hcilx]

this seems to have happened to every single .io game to some extent

[@Bear_mohio]

@@Hcilx yeah and coincidentally a few of theese games were bought by addicting games (the same company that bought mope..)

[@Hcilx]

its also insane how easy this game has gotten, like getting black dragon back when monster tier wasnt a thing was an actual achievement. nowadays you can pull it off in like 30 minutes because of desert farming

[@lukavirag9495]

I played so much mope io in 2020, but from 2021 every update slowly made it worse...

[@headphonesaxolotl]

I first played it in 2017, right after the Orca buff. I stopped playing as much around 2020.

[@user.5978]

mope had a big part in my early teenage years, I remember playing the game around 2018-19 the game was simple but fun and id spent hours playing it fast forward to 2022, the game just got laggy, glitchy, things were just too detailed to like. I really liked the simple style that mope had. :(

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree (btw hi priyo its krython lmao)

[@user.5978]

@@Bear_mohio yoooo there's noo way

[@ObisNuT1630]

Coming back to this, Mope has added actual pay2win features, such as XP boost, HP regen and Zoom increase potions which can be bought with mopecoins. They are still milking this game until death.

[@Bear_mohio]

thats wild bro.. and the fact the starting cost is ~$5 is crazy

[@LNDAbi]

this is not p2w, everyone has access to it, not only people who pay $$$

[@Quick50]

@@LNDAbiit is because mopecoins need a lot of grinding to get and theyre purchasable from the store so people who pay will have a lot of advantages over most f2p players

[@LNDAbi]

@@Quick50 that's absolutely not true, i have never spent a single $$ on mope, yet i'm at 286k coins with almost every skins.

[@Quick50]

@@LNDAbi and how long have you been playing

[@TheMediumHead]

"both are struggling to get players" Mohio getting 40-50 more players withbetter increase (practically double)

[@Bear_mohio]

bettermope has around the same amount of online players as 9 months ago💀 though its more stable rn

[@thewhat2]

Kinda sad to see mopers like Nation move on. Oh well this game was fun for the time it was alive. Also, to add on to this, most people who played mope are probably grown ups now and if not teens.

[@KhangHoTrinhDuy]

Played this game from 2017-2019

[@fruitenjelly4707]

dude i played this game in 2016 and i am still playing it (mohio counts)

[@NwFouZ]

for me 1 one of problems they made is they tried to make this game too realistic and for someone with bad pc its not a good option

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah thats true, i can barely run it on 30 fps

[@Flourre]

I remember when my cousin showed me this game in 2016 or early 2017

[@Bear_mohio]

crazy to thing that was ~7 years ago..

[@nightprog]

Nice now i know why trogeller and naple like each other ty bro. W vid

[@Bear_mohio]

💀💀

[@iAmITz]

Dreamer 2.0 (Dreamer did a very long koa rant video in 2020 but days later he take it down the video and days later he joined the mope.io team💀)

[@Bear_mohio]

💀💀💀💀

[@ObisNuT1630]

Jit got bribed.

[@pybro2782]

I logged onto mope the other day just for fun, and it was so laggy (on the most minimal settings and a >50 player server) that it was unplayable. The game is ruined if old players try to come back. Great video btw!

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah a while ago adicting games said theyd discontinue mope.. so the lag and animals not loading will be permanent

[@pybro2782]

@@Bear_mohio :(

[@shianemi7595]

me and my friends played ts in class every day 2017-18😭

[@win86wintfir33]

I miss the game so much it started dying out for me after the battle royale thing

[@RoamsIo_Official]

honestly quality, though you probably need a more relevant topic and more length for it to shoot in the algorithm, but we will see.

[@Bear_mohio]

the thumbnail might do its magic

[@LNDAbi]

Please don't talk as if you know anything about youtube's algorithm 🙏

[@Bear_mohio]

@@LNDAbi IM OLD ENOUGH TO BE ON KZbin😭💀☠️

[@RoamsIo_Official]

@@LNDAbi 🤓

[@ProAtFruit]

I totally agree with everything you said. I first played mope in June 2018 and then stopped and then came back a little bit in April 2019 to June 2019 and then stopped again for a few months and then came back in October 2019 when I killed a land monster with the donkey and then took one more break and finally came back in February 2020 and then I pretty much played it every single day for like 2 years but now its just terrible I still sometimes check up on mope just to see how the game is but its just not fun anymore.

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah the game just dosnt hit the same anymore

[@dadadada-sh2bi]

maint reason it died was the unplayable lag i'm guessing the average player was playing on a school chromebook

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah thats also true, alot of the players were casual players and prob got bored of it too

[@DrDroney]

5:32 , one of the artists here. the cause of some of the skins being underdetailed/overdetailed was cuz the team was extremly unorganised, please understand that we were pressured by copyright. there will be few re-reskins of animals that we think are too detailed/ look too off for the game, and other than that, we will focus on future content updates. simply put; stop crying about reskins, they were a neccesity, unlike in mope

[@Bear_mohio]

i know but i had to say smn cool to end it off💀💀

[@DrDroney]

@@Bear_mohiocasual roamsio gaming

[@ObisNuT1630]

​@@Bear_mohiomisinformation gaming.

[@Bear_mohio]

@@ObisNuT1630 when are yalls gonna launch roams😭🗣

[@anusuyachakraborty6369]

Mope io litterally used to be my favorite game of all time. Now, everything feels... different

[@Frotheru_The_Dragon]

rise and shine gordon freeman

[@rabbaniazzahra1784]

mope skins now looks soo realistic that the game just looks like a green background with pictures poorly added in it

[@swii27]

honestly I think bettermope having a reskin defeats the point of it being the “old” version

[@Bear_mohio]

they had to remake the skins cause of copyright issues, but yeah i agree they went a lil too heavy with the detail

[@DrDroney]

@@Bear_mohio some of the skins will change soon, its an issue cuz the whole team is unorganised af

[@IAmE9030]

the mole got me 💀💀💀

[@Bear_mohio]

☠☠

[@semicaffeine]

I remember i played this game from 2020 to early 2022 with my friend, it was extremely fun to play and it was my favorite game at the time. However later we stopped playing in like 2022 and we returned back in 2023 and the game was extremely realistic, i didnt like the designs plus i really missed koa's streams. It was really fun though. I also remember i got pakistan toucan. Now the game is only animals being realistic and bad updates.. Dang i really miss this game.

[@playeey]

I remember playing it all the time, loved it plus it was simple and fun, sad that it got ruined...

[@SlickJarl.]

2020 mope was best for me

[@ObisNuT1630]

Canonically Accurate.

[@nataliesegade]

i played this game for so long every day around 2017 i loved this game man such a shame to see its decline :(

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah its sad ngl :(

[@dcang2310]

the game has now been bought by nation and 3AM experiences, mope is now coming back!

[@charlesettawanto2166]

Yea and I’m thinking of remaking memories since I started playing 2018 and lots of people quit because of the new season even me I’m crying of nostalgia tbh

[@Xi4V]

Hello from Poland! 🇵🇱 I remember watching mope io on youtube in 2017 from youtuber named Gilathissnew which made milions of views from this game I played this game like 3 days ago and it still can be fun 🙂

[@Bear_mohio]

in 2017 my high score was like elephant💀😭

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree the game can still be fun lol, but roams feels alot cleaner imo

[@kammy333]

Polska gurom

[@Flourre]

POLSKA GUROM

[@Frotheru_The_Dragon]

1:29 AHH THE CHILDHOOD ;_;

[@Bear_mohio]

frr :(

[@AlexRokicka]

Fr:'(

[@suwe]

The bird update started its death imo

[@napleroams]

omg i found joe 5:45

[@Bear_mohio]

theres more😈

[@kammy333]

i remember bettermope start, i miss being a random there 😭

[@Bear_mohio]

frr now everyone fakes us😭

[@YyassineOfficialchannel]

1 year passed and it still continues to be laggy lol

[@Bear_mohio]

frr😭

[@ardaackyldz1045]

They are aware that people do not like the current version of mope io and why do they still continue to break it? Maybe if they brought it back to its old form, people would love it even more.

[@Bear_mohio]

i saw on discord that theyre planning on adding some new features that seem really cool, so mabye all theese bad updates where a build up for this? i guess we'll see..

[@chepawolae9092]

I played it 2016-2022

[@PokeDasher2.2]

I remember all the fun I had doing 1v1's and trying to speedrun to become BD. Kinda sucks that no one plays it anymore :(

[@Ben-0]

I was just recently rewatching Lazarbeam's gameplay on this.

[@CK_Trolleger]

W fucking video (is was da monster bird :o)

[@Bear_mohio]

i forgot to give you a shoutout there😭😭

[@NitroTV44]

Idk if thats monster bird, unless he got remade lmao

[@Bear_mohio]

@@NitroTV44 yea, lt ls lmao

[@Astara.]

Rip mopeio

[@vcvt]

Awesome title ngl

[@Bear_mohio]

☠☠

[@blizzD]

Good video, sad this game fell off

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah, its sad ngl

[@iamnotleo4850]

This game had much more potential... It was best io game... I remember getting kds or hunting them and playing when bd was released...

[@Bear_mohio]

Facts

[@shadowkiller-_-2185]

i used to play 7 hours a day at one point

[@Bear_mohio]

thats like half the day😭

[@shadowkiller-_-2185]

@@Bear_mohio I was in like 4th grade I was fre

[@overload5423]

Ah shit here we go again

[@Bear_mohio]

🏴‍☠️

[@saqibwaseem57]

old mope was better than the new mope

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah

[@AlexRokicka]

Yeah I agree I don't really play it anymore

[@MoonfishyTheMoonfish]

The funny thing is better mope is gonna be have it's down fall mostly because of that bootlegged season one graphic.

[@MoonfishyTheMoonfish]

All this freaking animals look ugly as hell no wonder are probably going to leave this game right away.

[@Bear_mohio]

i agree that alot of the skins look ass but if it does die, the skins will really only be a small part of it

[@DrDroney]

Roams artist here! we are not getting paid in any shape or form, the team was incredibly unorganised, and also we were pressured by copyright thanks for understanding

[@LTmopeioYT]

All good things come to an end. And talking about art style, I don't think employing 16 years olds or teens is a good idea. You would want someone with experience for a good game, even just for the art. Plus KOA was too busy with family, etc I don't even remember. In conclusion I would say things were not organized in order for great success.

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree, it looked like they didnt really have a plan for it after io games started to decline

[@spyder2050]

Big fan w KZbinr

[@Bear_mohio]

W comment🪖🗣💯

[@tcg-astral]

I agree with others on how people eventually grew up and how getting certain animals was just not as fun anymore. However, I would say the main downfall of the game was the failure to properly monetize the game. The game only really source of monetization at the time was have the players watch an ad every time they died, but people were using ad blockers and most people were good enough to know not to die. Eventually the devs did add skins as a form of monetization, but I it was very ineffective as remember the target audience for this game were mostly kids and teens. Also, people weren’t happy either. It’s sad to see, but there really wasn’t a way to get out of the mess being an io game. The community for this game was pretty decent with KZbinrs and artists, but without any proper good updates, the game kinda just flopped.

[@wlwgwlwgnomesarereal]

it died with the black dragon update

[@raghavigathinathane]

Namaste from India! First of all, this video is amazing because it brought back nostalgia from the good old days and shines a light on the history of a game which once has more than 14,000 players and now it's almost abandoned. So let's get that thing clear, the video you made in 5 minutes is superb. Now here's my personal story with mope io. I first played the game in 2017/2018 and it was truly brilliant. I still remember the Golden Age of Mope in December 2019 and my Czech friend and I played nonstop on weekends together because we really loved the game back then. Even during the COVID Pandemic and into 2021, it was alright for me. I stopped playing around late 2021 due to some school issue, and today (2023) in general, I finally returned to mope after 2 years and started playing a bit. I have to say.. disappoint doesn't even describe it. They removed the London 1 and 2 Servers in which I play everyday to see my friends and now it's wiped out of the system. The game truly went to dogs and it is still going down in terms of popularity and players. Unless the developers bring the old mope back.. the game is doomed and will never the rise again.

[@Bear_mohio]

damn thats true though, another problem the game has is that theres no progression system so playing it can feel like a waste of time and when the devs see the player count drop they just add new skins wich noone asked for

[@donald967]

4:55 what da hell is that skin☠️

[@Bear_mohio]

ice dragon🗣💦💯

[@donald967]

@@Bear_mohio 🧌🔥🐡🐐

[@Bear_mohio]

@@donald967 🚬🐛🛒🔥🔥❗️🌪

[@AlexRokicka]

This skin:💧⚡🐉🥀🕳🔥☄🌟🐐🐐🐐

[@jonigranados3377]

Im just gonna say, all addicting games wanted was money from the players ( I think lol )

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah☠️

[@MoboFromDoomed]

they should do other stuff because an idiot owning a game company could cause destruction to games with success and happy united communities

[@reydmln]

2017 was the best year

[@scarletlikesbirds]

I miss old mope. I started around 2017 when the blue whales were released. I quit around early 2023 but I may come back. The new skins are ugly af

[@Bear_mohio]

i can imagain the shock of seeing them for the firdt time😭

[@scarletlikesbirds]

@@Bear_mohio The new ostrich skin makes it look like a total idiot. Now I'm glad that I have another ostrich skin so I don't look idiotic

[@Bear_mohio]

@@scarletlikesbirds frr

[@Bear_mohio]

@@scarletlikesbirds i hope the new ostrich skin on bettermope dosnt look like the current mope one😭

[@AlexRokicka]

I don't like those skins too,but I might come back because I generally like the game

[@bipinbhandari-bi1vi]

I was an OG playyer of mope I quited Cause of Their shit ubdates and I think Everyone quited Cause of ubdates and the season

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah

[@raphaelprata85]

I just were playing it to one day meet noob himself but i never did :( before he gone 😞

[@Bear_mohio]

:((

[@QNEENSTAR]

honestly also community dramas at the time ruined the game for me and others aswell, not just the weird updates.

[@Bear_mohio]

yo thats true, to this day the community is constently arguing about stuff

[@Xi4V]

😮

[@goldymopeio]

W video

[@Bear_mohio]

ty

[@N8K4G2F9]

Mopeio

[@hinarizvi1211]

My first laptop game was mop and i with it

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah same it was one of the first games i played

[@hinarizvi1211]

@@Bear_mohio i used to play it in 2020 and 2021

[@hinarizvi1211]

@@Bear_mohio for some reason I can’t enter a game

[@SBBepis]

hmm.

[@meloodas]

good video

[@Bear_mohio]

thanks

[@borjankarovski6041]

What happened to bettermope? It says it's closed down

[@Bear_mohio]

they restarted the game under a new name (romes)💀 everyones mad💀 this should work: bettermope.io/

[@Bear_mohio]

also: roams.io/

[@crowreligion]

I played this game so much in 2017~early 2020 when I was in elementary school Back then, the game was more fun, had more interesting updates and more players, obviously less bugs, ... I miss 2017~2019 mope so much

[@Bear_mohio]

normally games have less bugs over time, but mope has like a new bug every month😭

[@semjonnikandrov1066]

Nice

[@Krakyy]

i think its just that io games arent what people are interested about, idk why they keep tryna update the game like literally just let it go

[@Memepig]

W VIDEO

[@Bear_mohio]

🔥🔥

[@MohioMusic]

Mohio Radio

[@Bear_mohio]

Mohio Radio

[@iAmITz]

Mohio Radio

[@AlexRokicka]

Mohio Radio

[@pingpongballs-f6x]

mope in 2020 is the best , last 2021 the game dying

[@Bear_mohio]

yeah i agree, in 2020 the game felt pretty balanced and fun

[@SkillProZ]

ig u stole my idea but still that looks much better than mine nice!

[@Bear_mohio]

bro i just saw the video now lol (i didnt understand it much cause idk that language though), if you want, when im on pc i can put it in the description or end screen

[@H0LE_roams]

Bere best yt can i get a hey buddy

[@Bear_mohio]

hey buddy🗣💯🔥

[@H0LE_roams]

@@Bear_mohio that was fast..

[@Bear_mohio]

@@H0LE_roams lmao

[@TomatoPrayzOfficial]

I was a skilled ipad player but the game too laggy and log in bugs still to arena 1v1

[@Bear_mohio]

omg dude i acc remember ur name from somewhere😭😭 did you use to make videos on this game?

[@TomatoPrayzOfficial]

I think so

[@TomatoPrayzOfficial]

I think so

[@Mr.droiduser]

0:27 2024 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Bear_mohio]

we're basically there yk💀💀

[@Mr.droiduser]

lol@@Bear_mohio

[@AlexRokicka]

Yep

[@imaMONKE725]

mope dragons before: OMG I BECAME A DRAGON FINALLY AFTER AN ENTIRE WEEK OF GRINDING HOLY SHIT IM SO HAPPY RN mope dragons now: I just became a dragon for the 194568th time now I'm gonna use all my skill in the most boring and rng based pvp in the entire planet just to become a black dragon

[@Bear_mohio]

legitt