Your favorite video game quotes?
Your favorite video game quotes?
I am expecting a lot of Disco Elysium, here...and nothing wrong with that!
A video gaming student organization I was once part of actually had a vote on their favorite sayings. The winner was the evergreen "Perhaps the same said could be said of all religions..." from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTizJemHO8
Later we had a second voting, which decided on the cult classic Trio the Punch's "BAD CHOICE"! https://youtu.be/rIPtzZHJnkg?t=454
My personal favorite? It's hard to say...but hey, that's what the scientist in Half-Life can comment, word to word! So maybe I'll put forward, said by the aforementioned: "My god, what are doing!?"
Tl;dr: Check title.
"My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing... Death. But the winds that blew across the green fields of Hyrule brought something other than suffering and ruin. I coveted that wind, I suppose"
Wind Waker remains my favorite LoZ for many reasons and chief among them is giving Ganondorf even the barest amount of characterization and motivation beyond "evil man bad conquer hyrule, stop him destiny child"
When I first played it as a youngin, I thought the Gravemind cutscene from Halo 2 was the deepest shit ever and had every atheist cell in my body vibrating at the speed of light
"This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded... this one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded"
"Lies for the weak, beacons for the deluded"
Green cyborg man and eldritch horror own the alien paladin by proving that his religion is fake with facts and logic
A couple from Outer Wilds.
Spoilers, though not huge ones.
As a child, I considered such unknowns sinister. Now, though, I understand they bear no ill will. The universe is, and we are. I am ready.
The pain of your absence is sharp and haunting, and I would give anything to not know it; anything but never knowing you at all (which would be worse).
...are you still here? I am unsure how to survive in this place without you. (I am unsure how to be me without you.)
The past is past, now, but that's... you know, that's okay! It's never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won't get to see it. Still, it's, um, time for something new, now.
and in the same vein:
Our curiosity goes with you on your journey. You walk in the footsteps of those who came before you, and your path guides those who will follow later.
tell you what, this has been really fun. And I got to help make something pretty cool, so I’ve got no complaints. I mean, not me, exactly, but close enough. It’s the kind of thing that makes you glad you stopped and smelled the pine trees along the way, you know?
I'm not exaggerating when I say I'm crying as i reread these.
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
Creepypasta aside, the Happy Mask Salesman sets the tone of Majora's Mask so well. This ain't gonna be your beat-eight-dungeons-and-fight-Ganon kind of Zelda game.
Just because there are so many fucking bangers:"In the dark times, should the stars also go out?"
"HARRY: The people who build this world intended it to be better for you, but they failed. It is easier to live in their failure with this by your side." (Tap on the tape recorder). The wind howls. She remains silent. EMPATHY: It's real. Tell her. HARRY: It is not a childish fantasy. It can be a real weapon against what's coming for you now."
"Few of us can begin to imagine the horror of you -- with all of creation reflected in your forebrain. It must be like the highest of hells, a kaleidoscope of fire and writhing glass. Eternal damnation."
It's a giant worm! THEY'RE SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT WORM
- "You're pretty good" -- various Metal Gear Solids.
- "Kept you waiting, huh?" -- ibid.
- "Vamp isn't for vampire, it's because he's Bisexual" - Metal Gear Solid 2
- "You're being silly! What we propose to do is not to control content, but to create context" -- Metal Gear Solid 2
- "We're not tools of the government or anyone else" - Metal Gear Solid 2
- "You knew!? Metal Gear is one of the most secret black projects!" - Metal Gear Solid 1
- "People who have been through war and survived develop a kind of sixth sense to warn them of danger. Trust your instincts a soldier, as a gamer" - Metal Gear Solid 1
- "Battle!" - Mario Kart 64
Not a white boy left standing, you're a credit to our tolerant society
-Director Starkweather in Manhunt
Everything was subjective. There are only personal apocalypses. Nothing is a cliche when it's happening to you
"Hope this interaction doesn't lead to any Fallout: New Vegas between us"
This is real darkness. It's not death, or war, or child molestation. Real darkness has love for a face. The first death is in the heart, Harry.
See you tomorrow.
i liked the arishok's speech in dragon age 2, even if the game was mediocre at best
Look at you. Like fat dathrasi you feed and feed and complain only when your meal is interrupted. You do not look up. You do not see that the grass is bare. All you leave in your wake is misery. You are blind. I will make you see!
resonated with me for some reason
The entire Child's Shadow speech from Machine for Pigs. Definitely one of the biggest influences on nudging me to my political leanings today.
pure unfiltered doomerism
"I have stood knee deep in mud and bone, and filled my lungs with mustard gas. I have seen two brothers fall. I have lain with holy wars and copulated with the autumnal fallout. I have dug trenches for the refugees; I have murdered dissidents where the ground never thaws, and starved the masses into faith. A child's shadow burnt into the brickwork. A house of skulls in the jungle. The innocent, the innocent, Mandus, trod and bled and gassed and starved and beaten and murdered and enslaved. This is your coming century! They will eat them Mandus, they will make pigs of you all and they will bury their snouts into your ribs and they will eat. Your. Hearts!"
"Butt Kicking! For Goodness!" -Minsc, BG2
"April: How can you do that? How can you remember every story ever told?
The Teller: The secret is to tell them often, and to tell them in your own words, not the words of your ancestors.
April: Doesn't that mean that the stories change with every generation?
The Teller: Yes, as all Tales must. Change is important, otherwise the Tales will have no meaning to us... They will be just words, and we do not care about the words. We care about what the words tell us."
I'm glad Zany Video Game Quotes is still up after like 25 years.
"In time you will learn the tragic extent of my failings." Or just Darkest Dungeon quotes in general really.
Also a lot of SHODAN quotes burned into my head. "You move like an insect. You think like an insect. You are an insect. There is another who can serve my purpose. Take care not to fall too far out of my favor. Patience is not characteristic of a goddess."
He was a good man (smack lips) what a rotten way to die
Rogue Warrior had a song made up from all of Mickey Rourke's voice lines in the game:
https://youtu.be/OVoyGUcXepc?si=dDkpO3vtOqPisWaG
(the game was about blowing up North Korea as some guy who unironically says a voice line like 'suck my balls my fat hairy balls' after every single kill, based on books written by former navy seal Dick Machenko or some bullshit)
I am Calypso and I thank you for playing Twisted Metal
Citizen Sleeper - Eshe
"Let me tell you something, Sleeper," Eshe says, her rage hardening into pain. "When people become administrators, they give up something. Some part of being human, being an equal among others, goes away. They start talking about the greater good, the systems, the ways in which their hands are tied, or their processes compromised."
"Mu mother was the administrator of Hawthorn, and I have seen what it did to her. That noble, higher calling, it is toxic. People should never have the chance to decide the fate of others. And those that do, do so at a cost to their humanity."Text copied by machine from a screenshot, sorry for any errors.
There’s more to this conversation that I love too, but it didn’t start hitting me how unique this was to find in a game until I was most of the way through, so I only caught this part to save.
"This woman has come in contact with Tokyo's manga. She is Unclean and would lead we righteous ones astray."
"Giving up already? Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that"
- Kingdom Hearts
"Hey motherfucker, the code of the streets Is i don't snitch, I don't care if it kills you, me or my brother, street cat call no cops" , CJ
- GTA San Andreas
"We've lost the battle. Lord Vader will not be pleased."
- OG Star Wars Battlefront
"I'm happy to see a familiar face... But I'd be happy to see a lot more than one". -Ethan Cole from Area 51 (2005)
"My Life for Aiur" - StarCraft
"Truth Is, The Game Was Rigged From The Start.", Benny
- Fallout New Vegas
"Jango Fett: I'm taking Fust with me.
Zam Wessell: Over my dead body.
Jango Fett: If you insist..."
- Star Wars Bounty Hunter (2002)
"Wahoo!" (When boosting) , Crash Bandicoot
- CTR, Crash team racing
"A surveillance camera?!", Snake
- Metal Gear Solid 1
" Prof Oak : That's right! I remember now! His name is BLUE! RED! Your very own POKEMON legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with POKEMON awaits! Let's go!" -Pokemon Yellow
"Listen To My Story. This May Be Our Last Chance.", Tidus
- Final Fantasy X
(Not a quote but a classic gag) "Jagex blocks your password if you type it in look: ******" -OG RuneScape
"GIVE ME A BREAK!"
(CW: suicide ideation)spoiler
while in an Arthurian fantasy world, seeing a defeated knight stating he is honor-bound to end his own life because he failed.
What Remains of Edith Finch
"My brother said he'd die before he ate another mushroom. And he did."
"UR DUN! THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME?!?! DON'T FORGET ME!" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 bass boosted, volume set to 11, game version 1.0
literally most Night in the Woods quotes but the ones that come to mind is mae's speech:
I get it. This won't stop until I die. But when die, I want it to hurt. When my friends leave, when I have to let go, when this entire town is wiped off the map, I want it to hurt. Bad. I want to lose. I want to get beaten up. I want to hold on until I'm thrown off and everything ends. And you know what? Until that happens, I want to hope again. And I want it to hurt. Because that means it meant something. It means I am something, at least... pretty amazing to be something, at least...
selmers poem:
No reception here I wave my black phone In the air like a flare like a prayer but no reception I read on the Internet baby face boy billionaire Phone app sold made more money in one day than my family over 100 generations More than my whole world ever has World where house-buying jobs became rent-paying jobs became living with family jobs Boy billionaires Money is access access to politicians waiting for us to die lead in our water alcohol and painkillers Replace my job with an app replace my dreams of a house and a yard With a couch in the basement 'The future is yours!' Forced 24-7 entrepreneurs. I just want a paycheck and my own life I'm on the couch in the basement they're in the house and the yard Some night I will catch a bus out to the west coast And burn their silicon city to the ground
and the world famous gregg quote:
I got cups on my ears.
As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.
Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"
Richard Baxton piloted his Recon Rover into a fungal vortex and held off four waves of mind worms, saving an entire colony. We immediately purchased his identity manifests and repackaged him into the Recon Rover Rick character with a multi-tiered media campaign: televids, touchbooks, holos, psi-tours-- the works. People need heroes. They don't need to know how he died clawing his eyes out, screaming for mercy. The real story would just hurt sales, and dampen the spirits of our customers.
"Mythology for Profit", Morgan Stellartots Keynote SpeechThey asked if I had a degree in theoretical physics. I told them I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard
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