What is your favourite video game quote?
What is your favourite video game quote?
What is your favourite video game quote?
"Ahh, Kos, or some say Kosm... Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom, Grant us eyes, grant us eyes. Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy."
Micolash in Bloodborne
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"He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past." - Kane, Command & Conquer
Kane of course was just paraphrasing 1984.
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All your base are belong to us.
You are on the way to destruction.
You have no chance to survive make your time.
"The skins of those you love will fly as my banner."
Molag Bal is a meanie.
And from Diablo II...
"Guess what! I've named a boil on my ass after you. It, too, bothers me every time I sit down." - Gheed
Ah shit here we go again.
I don't know if it's my "favourite" but I remember how hilarious it was the first time I heard that original Resident Evil line about "you, the master of unlocking". Granted, at the time I assumed it was all intentional B-grade horror movie parody.
Amidst the eternal waves of time, from a ripple of change shall the storm rise. Out of the abyss peer the eyes of a demon. Behold the Razgriz, its wings a black sheath
The demon soars through dark skies. Fear and death trail its shadow, until men united wield a hallowed saber. In the final reckoning the beast is slain.
As the Demon sleeps man turns on man. His own blood and madness spread throughout the Earth. From the depths of despair awaken the Razgriz, it's raven wings ablaze with majestic light.
AC4, AC5, and ACZero are some of the best games ever made.
A great one from Another Crab's Treasure:
"I'm not-...!! I...I am getting angry, aren't I? I think, maybe, I've been angry the whole time. Ever since I left the tide pool. I never wanted to be. Everyone else seems angry all the time. I didn't want to be like that. But I can't help it! Not when people like you always get everything you want, and other people get hurt for it! It's not fair! And I'm really strong now, strong enough to stop you from making things worse!...I think I get what Chitan meant now. If I'm gonna be angry, I might as well use it for something good! So that maybe, one day, other people won't have to fight like me! And what better way to start than to beat up a SELFISH...GREEDY...MUSSEL SHUCKER LIKE YOU!!"
This was a triumph
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I'm making a note here, "Huge success"
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It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
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Aperture Science
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We do what we must because we can
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For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
I wonder ehat Cave Johnson would make of Slug from Atmosphere's line "When life hands you lemons you paint that shit gold".
"Snake? Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!"
"Here come the test results: 'You are a horrible person'. That's what it says, 'a horrible person'. We weren't even testing for that!"
“Oh, It’s you.”
Never thought a robot could throw so much shade with just three words.
Portal was my first thought too!
Since so many other quotes are already claimed, how about some Outer Wilds:
Seriously, I tried everything I could think of [...], and neither idea worked.
"Welcome home, good Hunter. What is it you desire?"
"Well, This is the part where he kills us."
"Hello. This is the part where I kill you."
CHAPTER 9: THE PART WHERE HE KILLS YOU
Achievement Unlocked: The part where he kills you
<The part where he kills you music plays in backround>
Good god what an incredible sequence that was to play through for the first time. I was so busy laughing that it was, in fact, the part where he killed me.
i need to play portal 2 again
Anything Glados from Portal 1/2--still one of very, very few games to actually make me laugh. But also the Cave Johnson "when life gives you lemons" rant comes to mind, because it's both funny and poignant.
Everything in Portal 2 is gold, but if you shout out both GladOs AND Cave, I feel like Wheatley deserves a mention as well.
"Most test subjects do experience some cognitive deterioration after a few months in suspension. Now you've been under for... quite a lot longer, and it's not out of the question that you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage. But don't be alarmed, alright? Although, if you do feel alarm, try to hold onto that feeling because that is the proper reaction to being told you have brain damage."
Yes, I honestly can't believe I didn't mention him. It's really a testament to what a fucking gem that game is. God. So much greatness packed into such a short time.
Favorite Glados ones:
And Cave Johnson:
Had to look it up to refresh my memory:
You really need the full 2-minute audio of the lemons bit to get the gist. J.K. Simmons did an amazing job balancing funny and, "oh shit, am I...sad!?!?...during the silly, funny puzzle game!?"
You might also enjoy The Stanley Parable, it's a very similar kind of humor, I recommend going in blind, as the game is a lot about exploring watching a funny dialogue in a video removes the fun out of it being a reaction to something you did.
"The right person in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world" - Half Life 2
The creepy gait of his voice gives me goosebumps every time.
DI fer Ence intheworld
" " - Half-Life 2
Just Dustin Echoes
"Dream... Not of what you are, but of what you want to be." -Lotus
It's a-me, Mario!
From Assassin's Creed 2. Might be known from some other game too, I dunno.
Your uncle!
War... war never changes.
War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and its consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine.
There's a reason I've started this game about 100 times.
"It's a beautifull day outside. Birds are singing, flowing are blooming... and kids like you those days... Should be burning in hell." - Sans, Undertale
You must construct additional pylons.
Words to live by.
Followed by your own words of “oh shit, oh shit” when there’s also an incoming Zerg rush at the same time
Memes are the Artosis pylon of my sanity.
Wololo.
Such a convincing argument, you have won me over... Why did my clothes change colour?
On the mention of age of empires:
I have this very clear memory of a voice shout/sound effect within the score that goes like: "URRRRRREPP!"
My friends didn't remember that or it wasn't memorable to them. To you know what I mean?
Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.
Came in here to post this.
One of the best parts of the series
"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."
From Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, which is full of banger quotes
It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee"
"Were it so easy." - the Arbiter, Halo 3
I don't remember the exact line, but in Metal Gear Rising: Revengence they say something to the effect of "Just like the WMDs and Iraq!" Referring to how the US used a lie as a false pretext for invasion. It was just so straightforward and direct. Even today that would still be crazy, but that game has been out for a while. Pretty bold to put it in.
I recently replayed Metal Gear Rising, and when Armstrong kept talking about how much of a pussy America has become and started yelling that with him at the helm, he'd MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, I was fucking shocked.
Granted, I know that term was an old Reagan term, but fuck, with Metal Gear Solid 2 (2001) being all about the internet flooding with misinformation and AI making it so that you don't truly know who you're talking with... And with Rising (2013) being about a dude thinking America is too woke and wanting to make it great again... AND WITH DEATH STRANDING (2019) being all about everyone being locked inside their homes, isolated with little physical connection to their friends and families, only waiting for the mailman to arrive with packages...
Whew, if I had to point out a person I suspect may have a functioning time machine, Kojima might be it..
"(while looking into the mirror) Despite everything, it's still you.", from Undertale.
Also a bunch of lines from the Happy Happy cult members in Earthbound.
All your base are belong to us.
"How are you gentlemen?"
"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." - The Legend of Zelda
That's 11 years old... The fuck what the... But... Fuck...
Lots of good bioshock quotes, but the standout:
We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us
"What kind of idiot are you?"
"I dunno. The good kind?"
Bulletstorm.
Had to be me, someone else might've gotten it wrong.
Oof, didn't expect it right in my heart reading these quotes
“If you can hear the police knock on your door, the music isn’t loud enough” -Guitar Hero
I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. I know it’s from a carpenter film, but I heard it first in Duke Nukem.
"Hmm, don't have time to play with myself."
Always a classic.
... and I just ran out of bubble gum. :-)
Duke 3D is really quotable.
There's no shame in it, Raziel - revenge is motivation enough. At least it's honest. Hate me, but do it honestly.
In A.D 2101
"The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it's gone. I mean, you may think to yourself that you're happy. But you don't really believe it. You focus on the petty bullshit, or the next job, or whatever. It's only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you really understand, that's what happiness felt like."
-Conrad Kellogg; Fallout 4.
I wish there had been a way for Kellog to be more than just "a guy you kill on the way to the institute".
He deserved to be more fleshed out and used.
Kellogg should've been able to be a companion, with a rather high Charisma check or something.
"A toaster is just a death ray with a smaller power supply! As soon as I figure out how to tap into the main reactors, I will burn the world!" Toaster, Fallout New Vegas (Old World Blues)
"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all outta gum" from Duke Nukem (originally from the movie "They Live").
"GET OVER HERE!"
You forget a thousand things every day, make sure this is one of them.
Michael, GTA V
Statement: I see you have purchased me, master. I find this a satisfactory arrangement. Am I to accompany you now? Shall I kill something for you?
HK-47 from Knights Of The Old Republic is probably my favorite source of quotes: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Quote_of_the_Day/Archive/HK-47
"Why'd I give you so much money for a taco? BECAUSE I'M CRAAAAZY!!!!"
Crazy Dave
PvZ is STILL my mobile game of choice for long flights when I dont want to pay for internet.
Ugh, pop on a podcast and boot PvZ up, and I legit dont even realize literal hours have passed.
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
"death will not save you from me"-diablo
"Stay a while and listen."
"Ahh, fresh meat!"
"Damn, I look GOOD" Duke Nukem.
A man chooses, and slave obeys.
When Picasso became bored of painting people, he started representing them as cubes and other abstract forms. The world called him a genius! I've spent my entire surgical career creating the same tired shapes, over and over again: the upturned nose, the cleft chin, the ample bosom. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could do with a knife what that old spaniard did with a brush?
"Do you shoot at birds?"
Dare anyone to pinpoint that quote.
It’s probably not a problem… probably
Chingada madre!
(Jackie, Cyberpunk 2077. See you in major leagues, my dear friend)
Truth is, the game was rigged from the start. -Benny
Alternatively:
Hope this interaction does not lead to any fallout between us. Fallout: New Vegas. -Benny
0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself sad. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov fucked him over personally with his socio-economic theory. It has, however, made him into a very, very smart boy with something like a university degree in Truth. Instead of building Communism, he now builds a precise model of this grotesque, duplicitous world.
There's so many hard hitting quotes in this game. The one that hit me the hardest was actually the thought cabinet thought you get for trying to open the unopenable door.
Edit:
Found it.
"There is no way to open the supply depot door. Accept it. You cannot open all the doors. You have to integrate this into your character. Some doors will forever remain closed. Even if every single other door will open at one time or another, maybe to a key, or maybe to some sort of tool meant for opening doors... But this one will never accede to such commands. A realization crucial to personal growth. Crucial."
I felt so betrayed by this. I had spent a point to unlock this thought. I waited with excitement for its completion, which would surely allow me to unlock the door. But instead, I felt more called out than I have ever felt in my life.
Oh, I remember that one and that is an excellent choice. "You have to integrate this into your character" felt like the most violent thing a game has ever done to me.
And remember, bad times are just times that are bad.
I bought FC3 without knowing what the game was because of this monologue:
Vaas: "Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?
Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing, over and over again expecting shit to change. That. Is. Crazy.
The first time somebody told me that, I dunno, I thought they were bullshitting me, so, boom, I shot him. The thing is, he was right
And then I started seeing, everywhere I looked, everywhere I looked all these fucking pricks. Everywhere I looked, doing the exact same fucking thing... over and over and over and over again thinking: 'This time is gonna be different.' No, no, no please... 'This time is gonna be different.'
I'm sorry, I don't like... The way... you are looking at me,. Okay!? Do you have a fucking problem in your head, do you think I am bullshitting you, do you think I am lying? Fuck you! Okay? Fuck you!
It's okay, man. I'm gonna chill, hermano. I'm gonna chill -
The thing is... Alright, the thing is I killed you once already. And it's not like I am fucking crazy. It's okay... It's like water under the bridge
Did I ever tell you the definition... of insanity?
Most overrated villain ever.
Vaas was an awakening that made everyone realize what Far Cry villains needed to be. They took the idea and ran with it for the next three games.
I don't think I ever finished FC3, I agree he wasn't a big part of the game
Still one of the best written monologues
Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot
One of the best campaigns I have ever played and definetly my favourite shooter.
I WILL NOT LOSE ANOTHER PILOT.
Goodbye, then. Be safe, friend. Don't you dare go Hollow.
"Dear humanity: We regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!" - Avery Johnson
Oorah!
Back in my day we only had one Johnson quote, and we had to share the quote.
Oo RAH!
I highly recommend everyone watch Angry Video Game Nerd's video about this game if you have the inclination and 15 minutes to spare. This video sent my sides into orbit.
And didn't forget the original Gamespot review.
No other game has ever been so trashed in so few words.
This always stuck with me. From Braid. Particularly the bonded paragraphs. I added the whole section for completeness.
Tim is off on a search to rescue the Princess. She has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster. This happened because Tim made a mistake.
Not just one. He made many mistakes during the time they spent together, all those years ago. Memories of their relationship have become muddled, replaced wholesale, but one remains clear: the princess turning sharply away, her braid lashing at him with contempt.
He knows she tried to be forgiving, but who can just shrug away a guilty lie, a stab in the back? Such a mistake will change a relationship irreversibly, even if we have learned from the mistake and would never repeat it. The princess's eyes grew narrower. She became more distant.
Our world, with its rules of causality, has trained us to be miserly with forgiveness. By forgiving too readily, we can be badly hurt. But if we've learned from a mistake and become better for it, shouldn't we be rewarded for the learning, rather than punished for the mistake?
What if our world worked differently? Suppose we could tell her: 'I didn't mean what I just said,' and she would say: 'It's okay, I understand,' and she would not turn away, and life would really proceed as though we had never said that thing? We could remove the damage but still be wiser for the experience.
Tim and the Princess lounge in the castle garden, laughing together, giving names to the colorful birds. Their mistakes are hidden from each other, tucked away between the folds of time, safe.
"You're on a path in the woods."
"When fate closes a door, luck opens a window, and karma de-activates the alarm system!"
Edit: wrong character lol
Go hang a salami, I'm a palindrome
You are not prepared! - WoW
WC3 or the expansion originally
Betrayer... in truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still I am hunted. Still I am hated. Now my blind eyes see what others cannot. That, sometimes, the hand of fate must be forced!
"But i gave my cat to you. Doesnt that make you the owner?"
Its said by a ghost cat to a cat. The owner in the context is the reason why the alive cat is locked in a series of rooms. I have spent months trying to understand what it means and still cant
Not exactly words of profound wisdom, but still…
“You look like a cut of fuckable meat. Are you?”
Adam Smasher, Cyberpunk 2077
There’s also another great quote from Discworld, where the conversation starts with “expect the unexpected”, but eventually concludes with “expect the expected”. Lots of funny philosophical arguing back and forth.
Beep Beep Motherfucker.
Delamain, Cyberpunk 2027
Tell me Clarice… have the flamingos stopped screaming?
😆 That one is also one of my favorites. Pure gold!
oh shit I didn't know there was a discworld game... based off the Terry Pratchett series? a particular book/subseries?
Your dungeon is full of yoghurt
The truth, Walker, is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero.
I just got goosebumps... What an effective game.
"I don't think I can forgive you for that."
"...but I'd like to try."
Problem: Seems like the point of this game is victory. The absence of defeat on all fronts. Victory in business ventures and creative undertakings. Victory in love and over other people. Political victory. Ideological victory. Hell, even sexual victory. Definitely a lot of object-based victories, too - having things and not losing them. One problem, though: not a lot of victors in sight. Everyone’s mostly losing. Why is that? And how do you not lose?
Solution: How not to lose? It is impossible not to. The world is balanced on the edge of a knife. It’s a game of frayed nerves. You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away - turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would love that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.
From Homeworld: "No one is left. Everything's gone. Kharak is burning."
Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!
Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped... in a never-ending spiral of life and death. Is it a curse? Or some kind of punishment? I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle... and wonder if we'll have the chance to kill him.
"Nah" -System Shock 2
"This is the min.... THIS IS THE WARSHIP KUUN-LAN"
I don't want this life...
I don't know if its my favorite, but man it hits hard hearing that.
"Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story" - Handsome Jack
Generally the last episode of Tales from the Borderlands is fucking awesome when it comes to Handsome Jack quotes.
I AM ERROR
That fat fucker in his stupid red outfit.
"If you can't stand the heat, go put your tiny balls in the freezer."
-Catalina, GTA San Andres
Everything is going to be okay....
The game is Omori, this sentence really hits if you know the story.
I'll share some of my favourites from SMAC (1999), the undisputed, undefeated and overall best 4X game!
Pravin Lal:
Sister Miriam:
Chairman Yang:
Lady Deirdre:
That game is such a gold mine.
A particular one always gives me chills:
"The Unbound will never be slaves again."
"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer."
Honourable mention: "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to the knee."
“Did you just say 'nerd'?"
Virtual mission?
These birds are Pissing me
\ off...I'm the original Starwalker
I'm sad the Hanar can't wear sweaters
Don't have time to play with myself.
Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact... same fucking thing... over and over again expecting... shit to change... That. Is. Crazy.
Overblown character with little substance who you literally only see like 3 times in the campaign, dies midway through, and isn't even the main villain.
Massively overhyped.
The cheerful sadism of the Australian guy who's name escapes me was much better imo.
From the game Plague’s Tale Requiem, the Smuggler, Sophia, speaking to Hugo, a child, who is worried about being bit by an animal he’d like to pet. “Just say to yourself it can happen and that's all!”
Spoilers for the Valhalla DLC of God of War: Ragnarok:
What can I say to you? I remember how it felt to take that throne. All that it meant and all that it did not. A God of war. God of pain, of suffering, of destruction. The Norns said I chase redemption that I know I can never deserve. What does that make me? God of fools. A God of... Hope. "When all else is lost". You lost everything. And everyone. you became... There is no forgiving you. You chose... I chose. What now? Should I, the same man, should I sit? take? proclaim? lead? place myself in service? In service. Should I lose everything and everyone, there's to be enough left inside so that I do not become you? I do not know. But I have... hope. You are cruel and arrogant and selfish. But you are more than that. You have always been more than what others saw. You are more than that.
It hits much harder with the voice acting: https://youtu.be/N7grmI3Bn0k
„Der Bergfried ist komplett!“
Stronghold Crusader
You must be so exhausted
This song is new to me, but i am honoured to be a part of it.
"Whatever happens next, I do not think it is to be feared."
"I'm a coffee achiever, Sam!"
"Suffer like G did?"
This guy are sick
Nothing is true, Everything is permitted.
It was my job to take care of you. We were supposed to take care of each other. And we did
I recognize Halo 4, but what's the first one ? reminds me of the haitian man in Limits of Control : The universe has no border. No end either. Reality is arbitrary (from memory)
The first one is the Assassin's Creed from Assassin's Creed.
My favourite quote from that series is
The standard Ottoman hook blade has two parts, you see… the hook and the blade
"We sense... something... something ancient... a sickly smell... a chilling wind.
My ancestors scream from within their chambers in my mind
but I cannot understand their words.
This feeling... a memory? It sickens us, and for the first time in our lives
for the first time in generations
We fear."
This seems familiar but I can't find what it's from
Star Control 2, Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah first quote when you meet them. Chilling, voice acting is so good. Voice acting in that game was so good, I still listen to the dialogues every once in a while.
All we had to do, was follow the damn train, CJ!
“Ouch! What do you do?”
-Goonies 2, NES
“Sometimes the jackal steals the lion’s share; but don’t tell anyone.”
Watch those wrist rockets
Ow! Was it something I said?!?!?
I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!
"...Fish??"
UNF
UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF
"your whole life was a failure and soon no one will remember you. Turn your face into the sun and think about that"
You spoony bard!
"They... She will not be cured. All that suffering... I am no longer sure it was of any use. If it meant anything at all. I can't say if this newfound understanding... If there's any wisdom to be had in all that happened. I suppose that's for you to learn. And I hope you will." - Silent Hill 2 Remake
That's alright, I believe him.
"You're not what I expected. You've earned my trust."
is the one I say the most, followed very closely by
"How I mine for fish?"
I AM DAVIAN THULE AND I SHALL BE YOUR DEATH
"For England, James?”
Ok technically he doesn't say it but I definitely hear it in my head
The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it
You always were a kinder Steve
Anything by the military advisor in Civ 2
Ramirez!
Research completed
"Everything not saved will be lost"
— Nintendo Wii's quit screen