Matt Ortega

**Matt Ortega** is the twin brother of Daryl Ortega and the main love interest within his story route. He is a supporting character in all other story routes. He serves as the second love interest in Gabriel's route.

## Appearance

Matt is a slender but lean and muscular man. He has short, wavy dark brown hair and hazel eyes. In Chapter 7, he has a large vertical scar on his back, presumably from a tragic accident in an illegal car race.

He has four outfits seen on his portrait as his jeans appear as hipster to show off his sexiness, his sporty attire consist of a blue denim vest along with a blue gray long sleeved openly hoodie with the sleeves that are pulled into cuffs, beneath his outfit is a black tank top, blue gray trousers and blue gray and black sneakers and white soles. This outfit also serves as one of his casual outfits.

His second outfit is his corporate attire which he works as a graphic artist, he wears a black leather sports jacket and a beige long sleeved button-up shirt which is folded into cuffs, a purple short sleeved V-neck loose undershirt, blue hipster jeans with a gray belt and black biker boots which are tucked to his jeans. He also wears a shark tooth necklace on his neck.

His third outfit, is a black leather jacket with a white short sleeved undershirt, charcoal gray hipster torn jeans with a silver chain and a gray belt along with a side belt around the waist and his black shoes with silver toe caps, he also wears a black beanie on his head and wears a dog tag necklace on his neck. Unlike two of his outfits, Matt has an earring on his left ear.

In his promotional poster of the game, he wears this outfit but his hipster jeans are blue and no longer torn, his belt is black but without the side belt, his black shoes had no toe caps and is not seen without a black beanie, the earring on his left ear and his dog tag necklace. In Chapter 11 during one of the secret scenes, Matt was not seen wearing his beanie while wearing his third outfit.

In Season 2 where Matt and the player are snorkeling at the beach, he wears blue swim shorts. Although his portrait showed him in a red swim shorts with a white trim and a matching drawstring which is the same color as his sweatpants.

* In some secret scenes, Matt was shirtless as he wears either his hipster jeans or his red sweatpants. In both Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 during the intimate scenes, He could remove his pants to make him naked after he took off the player's intimate attire when he is about to had sex with her or spending the night at her apartment. In Gabriel's route at the second season during Chapter 3 where he practices boxing with Jake Stewart, he retains his shirtless portrait and gains a necklace with a silver-spiked pendant on his neck.

## Personality

Matt can be described as a man with guts and a rebel without a cause. As a graphic designer, he is a bit lazy and gives the player some advice about the intense work that her boss, Ryan Carter, gives her. Matt also has a playful side, which shows with his constant jokes and nicknames towards the player. In addition, Matt shows his jealous side when the player shows attraction to Gabriel Simons and asks her directly if she is attracted to him. This also happens in Gabriel's story in Chapter 10, when he realizes that the player has a relationship with him, which causes a fight between the two boys. In the second season, Matt's jealousy to the player became more apparent than before and taking a war of words with the player because of her relationship with Gabriel and his hostility to Gabriel is similar to his twin brother Daryl's in his main story. He was mad when he found out that Gabriel had paid for their entire trip to Atlantic City for Lisa's birthday since it made him feel like less of a person, as Gabriel could afford all of it and he could not. Matt had also told the player that he and Gabriel used to have a friendly competition on picking up women at Starlite, which Gabriel would always succeed at because of his status and money, and he was afraid that Gabriel's feelings about her weren't genuine. In Chapter 3 within the second season, Matt is also the main reason for the player cheating on Gabriel in her dream, due to her feeling bad that he is in love with her until in Chapter 4, where he overhears both the player and Gabriel getting intimate from her apartment on his phone, leading him to end his call from the player in anger and frustration. During the events of Chapter 4, Matt reveals that he had a childhood friend named Markus which he becomes the opponent to Jake Stewart at the boxing tournament he had hosting on. In Chapter 6, Matt also borrows Daryl's Lamborghini besides his motorbike when he takes the player at home. At the final chapter of the story and just like Ashton Darrow, Matt is also trouble to understand of the player's decision of going to Gabriel in Japan instead of taking a road trip with him and still thinking that she accepted his offer but it's a no which led Matt to angrily break his connection with her by hanging up his phone and blocking her cellphone number who attempted to apologize to him by text message. Despite his attitude however, he sadly comforted the distraught player in the bad ending after Gabriel formerly breaks her up at her apartment since she made a screw up by failing the entrapment operation to apprehend his father Steven Simons for mistaking both him and Jenny are together and a near brawl between her and Gabriel's mother, Holly Simons who continued criticizing her despite being a cancer survivor. Although, she ended up hooking up with him and also joining him on his road trip.

In Chapter 2 of his route, it is discovered that Matt has a twin brother, Daryl Ortega, with whom he does not have a good relationship with. Matt warns the player about her brother, even though she wants to know more about the rivalry that exists between them. Lisa adds that now both brothers compete for the player's heart, which makes their relationship even more complicated.

Lisa describes Matt as a calm and pleasant person and like Gabriel, he is very brave and sure of himself when he protects his friends, like when he hits the man who threatens to hurt the player to steal her things. Matt is a good friend of "Nightmareden" vocalist and programmer, Colin Spencer, with whom he can be seen during his work or when he helps the band in the backstage during the concerts. In both Adam and Colin's story, it was Matt who takes the player to one of the concerts of "Nightmareden", in which he introduces Colin and his band mates, Adam Peterson and Doris. But on Chapter 8, Matt is shown to be very secretive about his family problems as he tells the player not to get involved.

However from Chapter 10 through Chapter 11, Matt has a tragic side when he finally explains to the player about how his ex-girlfriend Lana died from a motorcycle accident especially when he became extremely guilty for his actions when he's reminded about his tragic past which also causes him and the player to have a fall out. Their intense argument became more prominent in the bad ending where Matt decides to break up with the player leading her to have a relationship with his brother Daryl. Despite this, he still believes that Lana was "dead" but not knowing she was alive by faking her death.

In Season 2, Matt retains his personality from the first season and became surprised and shocked to see Lana was alive which caused him to faint. From Chapter 3 through Chapter 7, Matt is also shown to be stubborn when his brother Daryl or the player warns him about Lana and being gullible which he was deceived from Lana's deceptions by breaking the player up. This later changes in Chapter 9 after he and Daryl had found her after getting kidnapped by Lana and her group of gangsters who were arrested for their crimes. In Chapter 10, Matt was suspended by Gabriel when he trash talks at his own boss and did not care when the player is trying to reason with him.

In the final chapter of the story, Matt has conflicts with his brother Daryl after showing his immorality because of his feelings with the player and dislikes to break their engagement. His true love with the player leads them to get married at the end of the chapter.

In most of his secret scenes on both seasons, Matt became attracted to the player and also shows his strong romantic side, going as far as he constantly went intimate with her. Like Adam Peterson, Matt is always getting intimate with the player in all other places such as their vacation, spending overnights, spending a lot of time at his apartment or at her apartment, making love with her in the darker alleyway and getting rain while having sex with her at the crossroad after his motorbike broke down.

In both Colin and Adam's story, Matt was the one who takes the player to their concerts and during Adam's story when both her and Colin discovers that Adam had perpetrated the cyber attack with his group Safeplanet, Matt was oblivious to see Adam's true motives but also got mad for what he did to his company he had worked for. But in Ryan's story, he and Lisa are the only ones to support the player in her job as an Executive Assistant and later as a Department Manager of her own department in the second season. He was delightful and happy after the player recruited him and Lisa on her own department even he befriended Thomas Gordon. Like in his main story route, Matt was also victimized by Alicia Boone when she managed to injured him seriously from getting shot. At the third and final season following his promotion as the Director of Communications instead of Gabriel, he displays his defensive side and being supportive to Joe who decided to run in politics and had arguments with Thomas during the political debate. Although both him and Daryl are teaming up to investigate the food poisoning in Havana, Cuba.

In Daryl's story, Matt retains his personality within his main story and his hostility towards his brother Daryl or sometimes when Colin remarks about their family relationship which he glares at him. Matt also makes dirty remarks towards Gabriel in order to make excuse for the player to take a time-off but resulted him to get scolded. However in Chapter 2, his hostility to Daryl became more pronounced than the previous one when the player is involved on his reckless driving as Joe Kicks does his best to break both of them up when they are about to beat each other apart. In Chapter 4, Matt also became disappointed and angry towards the player when she was involved on Daryl's dangerous sidelines (This is probably after she got involved during the negotiations between Daryl and Giorgio Maccini). In Chapter 4, it was Matt who requested Joe to keep an eye on the player when his brother Daryl participates in the illegal car race as she works as a flag girl. But in Chapter 5, Matt also notices the player's change of personality regarding about her involvement with Daryl and begins to question her about her stressful actions after she angrily berates Cassidy for her horrible remarks about her. In Chapter 6, Matt was revealed to be responsible when he roared his motorbike during the negotiation between Daryl and the informant who carries a package which results for the latter to escape as his plan backfired to get the package due to his interference. He also informs them that he asked Colin to locate them both with his computer as the player back away when both him and Daryl's confrontation became more personal. He can be confrontational and insists and always tells the player that Daryl is dangerous but doesn't know that both her and Daryl are targeted by Giorgio when he and Colin disrupted their mission to get the package. From Chapter 10 onward, Matt decided to support the player and Daryl's relationship especially both him and Joe are assisting them against Giorgio and his men such as rescuing both her and Jason from their clutches and watching the race between Daryl and Giorgio at the final chapter.

## Season 1

Prior to his main story route, both he and Daryl Ortega are raised by their grandmother at the poorest neighborhoods in New York when both of their parents died in a car accident. The Ortega brothers were given their moniker as "The Ortega Tornado" by their grandmother. Matt finally takes upon boxing and at the same time he gets interested in motorbikes. This is where both brothers are involved in the illegal car race and fight clubs and their moniker "The Ortega Tornado" was used at the illegal car race. Daryl faces his opponents by riding cars while Matt rides his motorbike. As Matt wins the car race, he met his ex-girlfriend Lana Escobar as both had a joyride together. During the joyride, Matt caused an accident when he took a sharp curve in a fast speed and Lana was thrown into his motorbike and was rammed into the truck. Matt slowly awakens at the hospital and he could not move due to his heavy injuries sustained at the accident until Daryl informs him about Lana's death as she died shortly when both are about to be taken inside the ambulance and to be taken at the hospital. Matt angrily blames his brother for her loss and finally decided to quit racing for the incident. But was later unaware that Lana was alive which indicates her survival at the tragic accident.

In his main story route, Matt now works as a Graphic Artist in Carter Corp. and an occasional Gym Trainer when he teaches kids about boxing as he did his best to move on with his current lifestyle and to avoid the subject about his tragic past. He playfully meets the player at the Gym as both spar together. But after sparring, she accidentally stutters on Matt's well toned physique. Matt also became the players co-worker within Carter Corp. But also being caught up by their manager, Gabriel Simons. When the player meets his brother Daryl, it reveals that both brothers became strained presumably from his tragic past. In Chapter 2, he does care about his brother Daryl when he was nearly killed by the Mexican gangster when he was hospitalized.

Matt finally admits that he loves the player so much when he treats her injuries during Chapter 4 after he fends her off against the creep and simply acts as a gentleman when the player finally takes aggression during their romantic moments. In Chapter 5, Matt takes the player to his garage to show his motorbike as he teaches her to ride the motorbike. He was later sent along with Colin Spencer and his Nightmareden band to Miami, Florida for their concert as his brother Daryl poses as him to aggressively flirt with the player on purpose to get her attention. When the player tells Matt about Daryl's actions, he became angered at Daryl for posing as him but when the player admits her feelings to him, Matt passionately kisses her inside the elevator, telling her never to make any confusion between him and Daryl.

Months had passed, Matt and the player never talked about Daryl and his tragic past as he let the player visit his home to spend time with him while showing off his cooking skills and takes her to the forest for a horseback riding. Therefore after they made love yesterday, the player discovers Matt has a large scar on his back which it was inflicted on his tragic past as Matt wouldn't say something about this. In Chapter 8, Matt decides to go to Daryl on his own and tells the player not to go with him. But the player became very insistence to go to Daryl's villa to find him. Matt was later beaten and taken away by the Mexican gangsters when he helped his brother Daryl take them down as its leader challenged Daryl to the race which he won. With that, Matt decides to remain with Daryl not wanting to find out about their tragic and conflicted past. He soon made love with the player for the second time in her apartment. The player also noticed on Matt's change of personality in which Daryl informs her from her cellphone about his personality change.

In Chapter 9 when the player finally questioned Matt's sudden change of behavior by talking to Daryl to barge in his party at the villa in which he tells her about what happened to Matt in the accident until he intervenes when Daryl makes a hold on the player. Matt plays a knight to help the player who is in a drunken state as she ends up losing her balance and fell into the pool. Matt laughs to see her until she pulls his jacket to drag him into the pool as retaliation for putting a whipped cream on her. Afterward, they left Daryl's villa to stay at his apartment and both Matt and the player later spent together as they made love for the third time when the player touches his sensitive spot during their romantic sessions. The next day, Matt decides to fix his motorbike and hang out with his friends that night while the player had a picnic with Lisa and her pet dog at the Central Park.

Upon her overtime at her work, Matt is having problems with his concentration indicating that he runs out of ideas to change the subject by the time he had a coffee break and snacks at the garage with the player. The player became mad at him when Matt always changes the subject, not to mention his tragic past as he finally lashes out on her causing both to have an intense argument. By the time the player decided to leave, Matt stopped her and finally admitting that he killed his ex-girlfriend Lana in the accident (Although he believes Lana was killed but she was alive in the next season in which she was the one who instigated the accident).

In Chapter 10, Matt finally tells the player everything about his tragic past and the scar on his back which it was inflicted on after the accident and how he had quit the illegal car race to work as a Graphic Artist in Carter Corp. With the help of Colin just to move on with his life, especially training the kids in kickboxing. He also listens on Daryl's advice just for the memory of Lana. Matt decided that he and the player need some space just to hurt her feelings as she asked him if he loves Lana which he confirms. She soon sighs in disappointment because of his actions. Despite their argument however, she was given a raise by both Gabriel Simons and Mark Leviels because of her work performance as they summoned her to Gabriel's office. When Cassidy Sparke complains about the player's raise, she angrily decided to lash out on her personally but was only to be stopped by Matt, informing her that she immediately left the building. Both are soon summoned by Gabriel to his office.

Matt became angered when he and the player are summoned by Gabriel who tells them to do their next project which she informs him that he had no other choice. However, Matt was dejected soon by the player when he was attempting to do something naughty inside their main cubicles at night. But he is able to call her to meet him outside after Lisa convinces her to go with him. Upon reuniting with the player, Matt romantically kisses her and soon explains how Lana died from an accident and showing a rock from a gravel that he handed as it was responsible for causing the motorcycle accident. In Chapter 11, Matt reconciles with the player and also explains how he and Lana got in the accident. He soon spends times with the player at her apartment. By that time, they were having a roller skate date and the player fell to the ground, Matt reminded himself about Lana's tragic death which resulted to leaving her behind. Since Daryl tried to help him up, he finally tells her that he needs time at home until he reconciles with her. Matt later spends time with the player by surprising her at night and he allows her to ride his motorbike for a joyride.

The bad ending shows that Matt remained in his thoughts about Lana's tragic "death" as the player thinks his love towards her was nothing more but for himself. Matt decides to break up with the player leading to an intense argument. The player ends up having a relationship with Daryl after their break up which Daryl comforts her.

## Season 2

Three months after both Matt and the player's reconciliation, they remained to spend time together while maintaining their romantic relationship. Only it became disrupted when she discovers Matt was buying some motorcycle parts which leads to their short argument due to its expensive costs. But on Starlite during the party, she discovers both Matt and Daryl are having a intense argument much like they did in the first season. Following the brother's altercation, Daryl went back to Starlite to hang out with Lisa while Matt remains hostile, wanting to beat the hell out of Daryl only for player to back it up, much to his relief. Returning back to Starlite, Lisa ends up getting drunk and she mistook Matt as Daryl and to Daryl's shock while trying to smooth talk with the player. The next day, the file supposed to be sent at Gabriel's office is not yet finished and the player was disappointed because of Matt's tardiness. Despite Matt's arrival, Gabriel arrives to see them and seeing them they didn't pass his file, making him angry. The player is able to break the two of them because of their animosity. Gabriel angrily gave them an hour to finish the file and passed it to him in his office and leave. The player scolds Matt for his hostility and they begin their work about the files. During lunch, the player was interviewed by Gabriel and always talking about his professional career not until he threatens her about her relationship with Matt much to her stress and disarray, wanted to get out of Felipe's but stopped. After lunch and letting Gabriel to go back to Carter Corp, the player becomes irate because Gabriel interferes in their current relationship and private life while she calls Lisa about her frustrations. Once she reached through the elevator and continuing her frustrations over Gabriel's interference, it was overheard by Ryan who clears his throat when he enters the elevator. The player soon pretends that she had nothing against the managers in the company not until Ryan jokes at her for Gabriel being an elevator repairman. The player immediately leaves the elevator once she reaches through her floor. Back at her apartment, she and Lisa had a long conversation regarding about Gabriel's interference in their current relationship as well as Daryl and his personality which Lisa was unaware of this not until their conversation is getting out of hand when she talks about being a dominatrix to tame the wild beast referring to Daryl's behavior and the two laughed and the player likes Lisa so much. The following day, the player informs Matt needs to act in low profile but he grumbles because of his animosity with Gabriel and the two flirt each other, unnoticed. After work, she takes her pet Border Collie for a walk at the Central Park and tries to call Daryl which he receives stating that he refused to see her. Although for tonight, he was waiting for the player when she receives a call from Matt who likes to see her tonight which she lied to him that she went to Lisa and she goes with Daryl. Here, this is how both Daryl and the player were having a conversation inside of his Lamborghini, trying to reject his sweet talking and at the same time, he informs her about Caesar before letting her take a joyride. On Friday, Matt, Colin and player had a fun talk not until they take a snack at Bob's while they talking about the basketball game as well as their weekend trip in Bahamas. The other day, both finally traveled in Bahamas for their weekend vacation to stay at Cat Island and the two are having fun swimming at the beach and they made a romantic rendezvous while snorkeling beneath the beach waters as well as they had a romantic fruit picnic at night before he made love to her at the same night. By the time they visited Daryl's villa after spending a romantic weekend vacation at the beach, a woman showed up portraying as a bodyguard revealing to be Lana much to Matt's surprise and shock which caused him to faint and was helped by both Daryl and the player.

Daryl is also opposed against Lana who explained to them how she had faked her death and her main reasons why she left her gang (Although, she was secretly leading the gang). Her actions were also being opposed by the player and Lisa as both talked about her and not knowing how she manipulates Matt into going back to her. He later had a kickboxing match with the Creep who ended up getting overpowered and warns him about Caesar. In Chapter 4, the player decided to tend Matt's injuries and telling everyone to leave the boxing hall. Matt keeps denying about Caesar when the player is asking him until he reveals that he is Lana's brother. The player still thinks about Lana and her behavior as well as being related to Caesar. She then explains to him after he was beaten and kidnapped by him in the first season. Back at his apartment, the player continues to tend his injuries using first aid and using a bag of frozen peas to make a cold compress on his bruised eye. Learning that she texted Daryl about that incident after they make a humorous conversation, Matt became hostile, leading to their short argument until Daryl arrives at his apartment who later scolds him for being unaware of his enemies causing the player to make Daryl explain to Matt about his kidnapping incident with Caesar. Daryl also reveals to the player that he and Matt are under the police protection only to get annoyed over the player's reaction before leaving immediately. While sleeping in the middle of the night, the player noticed that Matt is having a nightmare of her being attacked and ganged up by Caesar and his gang which he grips her in embrace. The player had no choice but to soothed him with comfort while telling him that he was having a nightmare. Matt eventually kisses her deeply because he couldn't leave without her, leading both of them to have sex. The following day and despite their closeness, Matt reveals he had a lunch meeting with Lana and he hides it from the player when she treated his injuries, leading them both to argue and Matt was forced to let the player to come with him in their lunch meeting. Here, the player knows that she cannot trust Lana for her manipulations and to apologizing for her faults, leaving Matt getting embarrassed. The player noticed how pretentious Lana is when she's trying to act concern on both of them. Learning that Lana fakes her death to keep away from her gang including her brother Caesar which makes Matt concern about that risk. Although, the player continues to observe every bad move Lana is trying to do even she would try if she had wanted to start all over again. Back at the office, this is where the player reveals to Matt about her observation on Lana which amuses him as both are doing playful and romantic moment together until they stopped when Gabriel comes out of the office, Matt takes a lustful idea by continuing their romantic situation at his apartment which she accepts. While spending with Matt by walking on her pet Border Collie, she easily noticed that Lana was indeed pretentious and manages to get Matt's phone while he was away and getting the number from Lana and called her. She had received the player's call and this is where both women are having a frank discussion regarding about Matt getting trouble over her presence and the trauma she caused him by faking her death. Later on at the break room, Lisa informs her to be cautious of Lana despite she speaks sincerely to her during their discussions on their phone. Also, Lisa is revealed that she wanted to meet other nice guys rather than Daryl because their relationship becomes complicated and decided to leave him cowardly due to his shady lifestyle. When Daryl invited both the player and Lisa to his villa and playing the game of poker with Matt and Lana, the player learns that Lana had betraying her trust and she is trying to manipulate Matt into riding motorcycles by buying a Ducatti, leading him to regain his tragic past of his motorcycle accident with her. The player was angered and dismay soon when Lana gave Matt a kiss on his cheek which he became blushed causing her to imitate Lana's flirtatious act in a twist of anger, making Matt get mad over her actions as Daryl berates them sarcastically. The player noticed that Matt was just stupid enough to listen on Lana's manipulations. Lisa decided to get desserts so that the player would follow her. Here, she became distraught for being so stupid and telling Lisa about Lana which she confirming her actions for being a bitch. The player decided to follow Lisa's advice and decided to leave the villa to ease up the stress. The next day, the player refuses Matt's offer to eat lunch at Felipe's but instead going to eat with Colin at Bob's. She continues to lie and ignore towards Matt since he is stupid to listen at Lana's manipulations. After lunch and returning back to work, Matt asks her to spar at the Gym as she still ignores him and became reluctant to accept his offer. At the Gym as she and Matt are warming up, they noticed Lana was there as well, wanted to learn boxing. Because of her taunts and her obsession to Matt, the player had no choice but to knock her out twice with her punches, leading Matt to helped her out. Although, the player sees her obsession to him. Attempting to speak to her in the shower, she heard her voice while hiding over the lockers on the locker room. She realizes that Lana is in fact a gang leader and she still had a connection with her brother Caesar and threatens her brother to be put in life imprisonment where she would inform Marco about his deeds against Matt. She was dismayed about her actions and decided to inform Matt about her. Trying to keep away from Lana, she was found by her who thought of her is spying. The player has clearly seen her true color by manipulations and being obsessive to Matt, leading to their argument. When the player decided to tell Matt about Lana's true colors, it was already too late when she manipulates Matt over liking her and gives him a kiss on a cheek, much to her fury. The player warns Matt about Lana but he angrily didn't listen due to Lana's manipulations and realizing that Matt still has his feelings for her. The player decided to visit Daryl on his villa after lying to Matt on going to Lisa's place. She informs Daryl about Lana's family connection with Caesar and her manipulations to Matt, which angers her actions stating that she is lying all along and Matt displays his stupidity for not listening to the player's warning and was gullible on Lana's manipulations. While drinking a hard drink, Daryl comforts the player, to the point of almost kissing at her which the player didn't wanted to hurt Matt because of Daryl's closeness. Suddenly, Lana had caught them when she visited on his villa which angers Daryl for her action and angrily tells her to get out of his villa. The player remains upset when Lana would think she and Daryl were together so that she can go with Matt.

Throughout the chapters, his relationship with the player goes on and off because of Lana and she eventually managed to break their relationship due to her manipulations even though Matt kept stating that he only lobed the player. Despite all this, the two rekindled their relationship leading them to spar each other at the gym, having sex together inside the shower, making love on the streets after she was invited to Colin's concert and finally live at his apartment. At the same time, his brother Daryl's feelings remained for the player and he was always informing her never to trust Lana and his suspicions about her.

The player accidentally sent a provoke message to Lana when Matt surprised her. When Matt trained the kids at the Gym, she was pursued by one of Lana's men as he receives a call from her. She was later captured and was taken away by three men after she fails to fight them back. When Matt arrives at the apartment, the player was gone, unaware that she was being kidnapped by the group at Lana's direct orders. The player now learns that it was Lana who is actually the leader of the gang and she was responsible for instigating the kidnapping and masterminded the drug trafficking network. She was later rescued by the authorities as they managed to neutralized her group while Lana was pinned down by one of the policemen and warns them they will all be killed at their hands. Matt and Daryl later arrives and he emotionally hugged her as a reunion. After the incident, Matt continues to have romantic sessions with the player at her apartment and visiting Daryl at his villa and to see the brothers together but they remained strained due to their feelings to her.

In Chapter 10, Gabriel suspends Matt at work for his trash talking which leads the player to work alone and was given some friendly advice by Colin who informs that he was looking after her at Matt's request following his work suspension. She was later fetched by Daryl and both noticed of Cassidy's jealousy to them and Daryl admits that he likes women. He made a casual date for the player but she rejected his affections to her due to being loyal to Matt. As he took her back to her apartment, she noticed Matt arrives at her apartment who seemingly took off most of his clothing and goes to her bed, naked and she snuggles him up as a reunion. He then makes her naked by taking off her nightie, leading them both to fell over the bed due to their intimate moments until they make love. She soon visits Matt at the Gym who trains younger men about boxing.

He then takes her to the crossroad by riding his motorbike but it broke down much to his frustration. When it rains, he gives the player his biker jacket and shows his true feelings to her leading both of them to have sex in the rain.

In the final chapter of the story, Matt spends his time at her apartment, he gave her a single rose as a gift and finally proposes her to marriage which she gladly accepts. Both of them made preparations for their wedding by inviting most guests including Colin, Lisa and Daryl. But both Matt and Daryl begin to argue because he couldn't accept both of them to getting married which makes the player leave. Back at the apartment, Matt soon apologizes for their argument. The player later had a nightmare where Matt and Daryl got shot by an unknown assailant on the day of their wedding as Matt comfortably wakes her up. As soon as their marriage comes up, Matt couldn't think of who to pick as his best man. But when visiting Daryl at his villa, he and his brother were causing conflicts between them as he blames the player due to his love to her. Matt angrily lashes his brother out because of his immorality just to protect his upcoming wife. On the day of their wedding, both Matt and the player are finally married as Daryl was present to watch their wedding, indicates he finally moved on.

The bad ending shows the same as the good ending where both Matt and the player were married but in a private small cottage and Daryl is not present.

## Season 1 (Gabriel's Route)

Matt first appears to meet the player who is the new employee at Carter Corp and was part of Gabriel's team. He is also attracted to the player and he always warns the player about Gabriel. Throughout the chapters, Matt is always at the player's side but was unaware that she was already in a relationship with Gabriel. In Chapter 10, when he discovers their relationship due to her sadness of it being a complicated relationship, he became jealous and mad at Gabriel for breaking her heart which leads him and Gabriel to have a fist fight and the player was shocked to see the two boys fight and fainted. In the bad ending, he was mentioned by the player when she breaks up with Gabriel because of his romantic involvement with Cassidy and the player realizes that Matt was telling the truth as she decided to leave and begin a relationship with Matt which is referenced in the extra love scene  *'In Matt's arms'*  seen in Gabriel route.

## Season 2 (Gabriel's Route)

Matt remains friends with the player and also befriended Ryan Carter's half-sister Jenny Blake who is a new comer on their team and he remains hostile to Gabriel and his twin brother Daryl who is frequently hospitalized. In the player's nightmare in Chapter 3, Matt was present in the hotel, spending time with the player so much that she had a dream about him confessing his feelings for her. At the gym, he spars with Jake Stewart, who he befriended after their night out at Starlite. In Chapter 4, Matt finally tells the player that he was going to hold a boxing tournament at the Gym and Jake would be participating in the match against his childhood friend, Markus, much to the player's surprise and he was shocked to hear that Jake was getting close to Lisa who wanted him to visit at her house but he rejected it for the tournament. A few days later, Matt was talking to the player on his phone regarding about his brother Daryl who got hospitalized and became angered after hearing both the player and Gabriel were intimate together at her apartment on his phone, which causes him to end his call to the player in anger and frustration. In Chapter 5, Matt decided to take a cross country road trip as part of his plan and makes the player get emotional and worried. He's the also the one who takes her back home and states while she was asleep that she was more special than the other girls he had met and once she wakes up she gave him a wishful goodnight. The next night, he's having fun but became worried about Lisa that her important things were stolen by Seth. Both then take the player to the 42nd floor of the building to find Gabriel.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Gabriel)
* The Main Character (Matt)
* The Main Character (Ryan)
* The Main Character (Colin)
* The Main Character (Adam)
* The Main Character (Daryl)
* The Main Character (Jake)
* The Main Character (Joe)
* Lisa Parker
* Daryl Ortega (sometimes)
* Colin Spencer
* Adam Peterson
* Ryan Carter
* Joe Kicks
* Jake Stewart
* Jenny Blake
* Felipe
* Doris
* Ashton Darrow
* Thomas Gordon
* Jason
* Rosa
* Ethan (formerly)
* Lana Escobar (formerly)
* Raven Knight (Colin's Fan-Fic Route)
* Talia Garcia (Daryl's Fan-Fic-Route)

## Enemies

* The Main Character (Joe) (formerly)
* Lana Escobar
* Gabriel Simons
* Daryl Ortega (sometimes)
* Giorgio Maccini
* Cassidy Sparke
* Alicia Boone
* Parker Sparke
* Owen Hobbad
* Steven Simons
* Holly Simons
* Rosa (formerly)
* Creep

## Relationships

*Matt and Lisa*

*Matt and Daryl*

*Matt and Lana*

*Matt and Gabriel*

*Matt and Colin*

*Matt and Adam*

*Matt and Ryan*

*Matt and Jenny*

*Matt and Thomas*

*Matt and Cassidy*

## Walkthroughs

Matt's Story-line

*Matt Ortega/Choices*

Gabriel's Story-line

*Matt Ortega/Choices (Gabriel)*

## Trivia

* According to the author and creator of the game Claire Zamora, Matt is based on the real-life actor and model Ian Somerhalder. He later shares this to his brother Daryl who is also being based on Somerhalder.
* Both his name and his role in the game is based on the real life professional wrestler, former WWE and TNA superstar and AEW wrestler, Matt Hardy.
	+ His strained relationship with his brother Daryl references the sibling rivalry between Matt and his brother Jeff Hardy when Matt turned heel against his brother throughout both WWE and TNA.
	+ His former relationship with Lana Escobar references the six year relationship between Matt and Amy Dumas known as Lita in WWE.
	+ His current marriage with the player within the two endings from his second season references Matt's current marriage with fellow wrestler Rebecca Victoria Hardy (nee Reyes) better known as Reby Sky. Unlike both Matt and the player, both Matt and Reby had three sons together following their marriage.
* His shirtless portrait has been shared with Mike Stover from Blue Swan with both wearing the same sweatpants with a white trim. (Matt's sweatpants were red while Mike's sweatpants were black)
* He's the first love interest to get married at the end of his route, the second being Ryan Carter.
* He appears to suffer from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from witnessing Lana's "death", after having flashbacks to the accident when the player was nearly hit by bicycles when they were roller-blading together.
* He was the first second love interest to get his own story route.
	+ He is also the original second love interest, causing a spree of them to follow.
* His motorcycle is revealed as a Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa, which was seen in other routes except Ryan, Colin, Adam and Jake's.
* He was the first love interest to get a second season.
* He was the first to be scheduled to have a season 3, later followed by Ryan Carter who received his first.
* He has been featured in the most official game ads.
* He's one of the 8 original characters and one of the 5 original love interests.
	+ He is the only original love interest to have started off as a second love interest first before getting his own story route.
* He's one of the 4 characters with a Facebook account.
* He is considered as the 3rd "love interest" in Daryl Ortega's route due to his interest in the player and the connection they have.
* He was the first love interest to have a criminal background.
* Matt was the first love interest to be in a love triangle with 2 different women, since he still had unresolved feelings for Lana and was in love with that player. The following love interest was Jarod Harding.
* Similar to him and Daryl being based on professional wrestlers, Matt & Jeff Hardy. They also have many similarities to the female professional wrestlers, The Bella Twins. Who were both at one point, in a story line love triangle with Daniel Bryan, where they were both in love with him. Similar to both Matt & Daryl being in love with the player.
	+ In his main story route, Daryl actually does the Twin Magic which is the Bella Twins' trademark move where both twins are able switching places. He does this whenever he disguises himself as Matt to aggressively kiss the player while Matt was away until she tells Matt later on about what Daryl had done it to her.
	+ In Joe's mini series, the player mentions about their past during the high school prom where both Matt and Daryl does the Twin Magic where both are switching places to kiss her and Melody, resulted them both getting humiliated from their pranks.
* Although he has never directly talked to Owen, Owen still had disdain for Matt after seeing him in the player's apartment due to jealously which would make him his enemy.
* He was the first character to have been in 3 different love triangles.
	+ One with the player and Gabriel Simons, one with the player and Daryl, and one with the player and Lana Escobar.
* He is one of the only 3 characters that have had a facial expression changed, which is his tongue expression seen in his extra love scenes.
	+ Fans were initially disgusted at first when they saw his new expression.
* It is possible that Matt's character was inspired by Zig Ortega from Choices. The two have extremely similar styles, personalities, both have had problems with crime in their pasts and have the same last name.
* He has appeared in more story routes than any other second love interest.
* He was the third character that can have a romantic scene with 2 different main characters.
* His season 1 is the only route in the whole Is it Love? franchise that does not have a big bad villain. Instead, the big bad can be considered Matt's past and his reluctance to move forward.
	+ His, Jake's and Daryl's season ones are also the only Carter Corp seasons that do not introduce a new female villain, since Lana was not introduced until season 2.
		- Gabriel's season 1 introduced Cassidy Sparke and his season 2 introduced Holly Simons, Ryan's season 1 introduced Jenny Blake and his season 2 introduced Alicia Boone, Colin's introduced Doris, Adam's introduced Fiona, Mark's introduced Grace Leviels, Daryl's introduced the first male big bad, Giorgio Maccini and Jake's introduced Aleksei Votiakov.
* He can be seen in his casual outfit without his hat on the player's phone.
	+ He is also the only character to have worn 3 different outfits on the phone over the course of the Is-It Love? series.
* He is on the cover of the Is it Love? Art Book.
	+ He also has the most featured artwork in the book.
* Matt was the first character to own a motorcycle, but the only character whose motorcycle has been seen.
* Matt can be considered as the most popular Is it Love? love interest.
* In season 2 chapter 6, he and the player have an argument and he is seen in his work clothes, but in the secret image he is wearing his casual attire. This is an obvious oversight.
* He and Owen Hobbad bear a slight resemblance to Kyo Kusanagi from the The King of Fighters series.
* Matt actually had a crush on Jenny Blake in season 2 of Ryan's route and wanted to date her.
* His astrological sign is Scorpio.
	+ Which means his birthday is between October 23 and November 22.
* He was replaced by Gabriel Simons as the male best friend for the player in Jake Stewart's story route.
* Matt gets along very well with Lisa Parker, Lisa has some of the same personality traits as Gabriel Simons, and can be considered his female counterpart due to their similarities, Matt heavily dislikes Gabriel which can be considered ironic due to his friendship with Lisa.
* Matt apparently tried to cook pasta without water one time which obviously didn't turn out good since he's embarrassed by it.
* If Jenny Blake and Jake Stewart were not Ryan's child's godparents, then Matt and Lisa would more than likely take on the role of being the child's godparents, meaning that if anything were to happen to Ryan and the player, Matt and Lisa would become the child's new legal guardians and have to raise him.
* Matt's real name could be Matthew, as the name Matt is used for short as a nickname a lot to the name Matthew.
* He is one of the 6 love interests that has a book adaptation.
* He is on the cover of the Is it Love? Coloring book.