Favorite game quotes

Blackman · August 6, 2013

Just now I stumbled on some text detailing certain in-game conversations between characters. I used to keep a list like that for Baldur's Gate II but I seem to have lost it. Often, in RPG's, there's several interesting dialogues involving some philosophy or quotes centered around general interest topics.

Do you guys have interesting stuff to share? I found that KOTOR II has some interesting quotes as well (courtesy of that old lady that you partner up with). I think I've captured those as well and will post them later. There should not be any spoilers involved. Feel free to post anything, but I'd stray from bland oneliners (I'm looking at you, Duke!). As I will soon start another playthrough of the Mass Effect series, I'm also planning on writing some little paper about how the game handles leadership as the game blatently shows you good practices for displaying leadership skills. I think a part of the games in general can contribute to learning in the player. Lots of people dismiss the notion because the characters in the games are handling swords and guns and talk with little elves and aliens. But those are obviously just cosmetic things and are easily interchangeable with regular people. Games about real life will not sell well for obvious reasons.

To start things off: This one for example is from The Witcher (1/2, I dunno), a conversation between protagonist Gerald and his dwarven companion around the meaning of life. I didn't caption the full context, but the message is clear enough.

Z: The meaning of life, eh?

G: The Evil that witchers fight stems from chaos, from actions aimed at disturbing order. For where Evil spreads, Order cannot be established. Instead of the light of wisdom, the glimmer of hope and the glow of warmth, darkness ensues. And in darkness you find nothing but blood, fangs and claws... like in the outskirts.

Z: Nicely put, but as young Cerro said to King Vridank on their first date: "Does it have any practical uses?"

G: The right of witchers to live and function in this world has fallen out of balance, because the struggle between Good and Evil now plays out on a different battlefield with different rules. Evil has ceased being chaotic. No longer a blind, elemental power, Evil follows rules according to the rights it's been granted. It functions in line with treaties...

Z: That's progress. With more of us living longer, we can slaughter one another in the thousands. (...) Progress is like a herd of pigs. The herd brings many benefits, but no one should wonder at the all the sh*t.

G: Sh*t or no sh*t, witchers exist to slay monsters. How can I when the real monsters hide behind ideals, faith or the law...?

Z: The biggest Evil is moral relativity, which kills more than the Catriona plague and dragons combined. (...) Witchers will always be needed, no matter where that pig herd leads us.

Z: Let me tell you something, witcher. Once we lead a group of women and children through a war-torn land. They slowed us down. We had to feed them, protect them, and we had to hide in the woods to pee instead of pissing by the road. In short, they were a burden, and ungrateful at that. Know why we helped them? It was the right thing to do.

(Z: Don't make me angry, 'cause I smack hard when I'm riled. It's the Good you spoke of.)

To elaborate a little on this: one of the things Mr. G wants to point out is how corruption isn't always perceivable and therefore hard to combat. It's not as it used to be: the ugly monsters there to kill you. All you had to do was slay them. Now it's become more complex and he's asking questions about his purpose in life. As the world changes, so too does the evil in it. Maybe he's right in the notion that moral relativity is the greatest evil nowadays. It would provide interesting discussions I'm sure.

- this is basically a copy-paste from a thread I just posted in sorcerers.com, but I figure some people here have also seen some interesting stuff -

D-Lyrium · August 6, 2013

That was from Witcher 1. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"> I liked it too. Witcher 2 has some awesome quotes too: <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36516" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Mostly courtesy of either Iorveth (though most of his lines aren't so good written down, they're only good because his voice actor was PERFECT) or Roche. The way Iorveth intones "Dh'oine" and "" to sound like harsh insults (when they actually mean 'human' and 'Witcher') is brilliant. Roche starts off a meh character, but becomes absolutely incredible by the end. To be fair Witcher 2 probably has the best dialogue and voice acting (for the main characters) of any game I've ever played. Not just for laughs, but in general. Geralt: "A simple 'thank you' would do" Iorveth: "Oh, my manners. Consider yourself my hero." Guard: "An' who are you?" Roche: "Emhyr var Emreis....a spice merchant" Guard: (dubious) "A merchant?" Roche: (nodding) "In spices." Roche's delivery is funny enough, but Emhyr var Emreis is the Emperor of Nilfgaard. He could've made up any name in the world, but Roche is so cock-sure he was willing to bet potentially their lives on the fact that this pleb wouldn't know who the Nilfgaardian emperor was. And he was right. Dethmolde: "Ah! You've... You've broken my arm! Do you have any idea what that's worth?!" Roche: "It's worth **it now, like the rest of you." Also the brilliant exchange between Roche and Iorveth when they meet in-game for the first time. Iorveth goes into a verbose introduction of Roche, listing all his titles and nicknames. To which Roche just replies: "Iorveth. Regular son-of-a-whore!" Zoltan gets some too. "Drinking alone is like crapping in company..." (I may have censored it ¬_¬). "My favourite type of magic... Lesbomancy!" "The only sight worse than a sad dwarf is a very sad dwarf" (which sounds funny but with the voice acting and context is not funny at all <img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">). And Geralt of course. "Listen. I'm a witcher and I'm massively hung over right now. So speak or regret it." Girl: Ooh. I have a problem with my boyfriend. Geralt: Did you find him with his head ripped off and his entrails strewn across the porch? Because that's the type of problem I solve. (bear in mind she's 16, at most <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">). Triss: "Those Nilfgaardians... that your work?" Geralt: "They followed their leader too blindly" Triss: "You killed them all?" Geralt: "They didn't slaughter themselves" Can't forget Foltest either! Foltest: "I've seen many things go awry in battle but a dragon topples them all!" Roche: (correcting his grammar. CORRECTING HIS KING'S GRAMMAR.) "Tops." Foltest: "Tops what?" Roche: "Well... 'tops all'." Foltest: "... Fuh. Damn nonsense!" "Triss, stop thinking with your vagina and get ahold of yourself!" Edit: Just noticed that was Eilheart not Foltest, but you have to admit, it could've been. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></div></blockquote> Witcher 2 is quite good. ¬_¬ Baldur's Gate has some obvious but good ones too. Mostly Minsc. I won't post them all because they're all over the internet. "Prepare for... unforseen consequences..." - G-Man in the Half-Life series. Never have I wanted to stab a dude more. The quote itself isn't much, but the context behind it... Along those lines.. "Would you kindly..." - Andrew Ryan, Bioshock. NO, YOU *****RD, I WOULDN'T :@ "War. War never changes." - Opening words to every Fallout game. "The truth, Walker, is that you’re here because you want to feel like something you’re not: A hero." - Spec Ops: The Line. By far and away my favourite FPS since Unreal Tournament. I don't want to ruin the game for anyone who's not played it, but he's not talking to your character here... "Devils never cry... These tears, tears are a gift only humans have." - Dante, Devil May Cry (2?) "Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at, but... at least I always fought for what I believed in. Snake... farewell." - Grey Fox. <img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"> "Every point of view is useful, even those that are wrong - if we can judge why a wrong view was accepted." - Legion, Mass Effect 2 "I am a woman and I reserve the right to be inconsistent!" - Leliana, Dragon Age: Origins "Hate doesn't describe it, I see painted masked lords beat an old farmer to death with riding crops. To this day I don't know why, is that hate? I saw senseless good men fighting Chevaliers with nothing! No weapon, no armies, not even hope of success to see the occupation end, is that hate?" - Loghain, DA:O.

RKOwnage · August 6, 2013

This has officially turned into a Witcher/Witcher 2 thread.

Officially.

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But seriously I LOVED the first one, haven't got around to playing the second one yet.

Teh_Showtime · August 6, 2013

Somewhere between "Do a barrel Roll" and "All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ"

On a serious note Fire Emblem (first one on GBA) had some really good ones

D-Lyrium · August 6, 2013

You really should, before #3 comes out.

Blackman · August 7, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="D-Lyrium" data-cite="D-Lyrium" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36516" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>You really should, before #3 comes out. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> At which point half of this board will take a week off. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

OctoberRaven · August 7, 2013

"The goodness of a woman is not just in her bra! Let's ask that demon there who is more beautiful!" -Ulala Serizawa, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Blackman · August 7, 2013

Sam & Max also has hilarious quotes: <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36516" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> (after Max became president) "Max: Tell me about it, i got a thousand nukes and the congress won't even let me use one. Sam: What are you planning to destroy? Max: Congress." Jimmy-two Teeth: Hey, hey, hey! Last time I checked, this was a free country! Max: I'm working on that. (from an episode I haven't played yet) Sam: This phone only takes Dutch guilder Coins. Max: Sorry, all I have is some Yuan, a couple of Euros, and about six bucks in Italian Lira. Sam: Where do you keep all that change? Max: In my sock, of course. Sam: You're naked! Where do you keep your sock? Max: THAT is none of your damn business.</div></blockquote>

D-Lyrium · August 7, 2013

Actually Alpha Protocol, while terrible as a game, would've been amazing if they'd taken the... game parts out. It had decent dialogue and really good voice acting. Especially Konstantin Brayko, who was far too good to have the misfortune of appearing in that particular game. But as with a lot of Witcher 2 lines, it's all in the brilliant delivery. The lines themselves written down aren't great.

Deus Ex, of course, also has some:

"Somehow the notion of unalienable liberty got lost. It's really become a question of what liberties will the state assign to individuals or rather, what liberties we will have the strength to cling to."

Gunther, after he works out that you killed his best friend. The way he says "I remember for everyone" made me feel a bit guilty:

"You are a small, prowling mouse... and dumb like a mouse! You keep coming, like you forget about Agent Navarre. I remember Agent Navarre. I remember for everyone."

"They'd've replaced his whole body if it would've improved performance. If that's how you judge a man -- by performance -- then eventually it's not about people but upgrades, versions, functionality... As soon as we give in to the Cult of the Machine we'd be just like them!"

- Fitting that the quote that sums up the entire game's plot comes from a random terrorist guy with a line of dialogue it's perfectly possible to never hear.

jhd1 · August 7, 2013

Actually Alpha Protocol, while terrible as a game, would've been amazing if they'd taken the... game parts out. It had decent dialogue and really good voice acting. Especially Konstantin Brayko, who was far too good to have the misfortune of appearing in that particular game.

I bought Alpha Protocol a year or two ago for virtually nothing and actually really enjoyed it. If you go at it expecting a classic you'll be disappointed, but I thought it was an enjoyable experience nonetheless.

D-Lyrium · August 7, 2013

I enjoyed it as a story, as I said the voice acting and dialogue was pretty awesome. But after about the second mission you became a virtually-unkillable God of espionage and it wasn't really all that fun for me any more as a game.

jhd1 · August 7, 2013

I enjoyed it as a story, as I said the voice acting and dialogue was pretty awesome. But after about the second mission you became a virtually-unkillable God of espionage and it wasn't really all that fun for me any more as a game.

I've heard that before, and I suspect it was one of those games that I stumbled on at the perfect time (not only was it cheap but I didn't have much else to play). For whatever reason I really enjoyed the idea of the game (admittedly more than the execution). I'd happily play it again though, which doesn't often happen.

Self · August 7, 2013

Really enjoyed Alpha Protocol. That is all.

lazorbeak · August 7, 2013

"We are trained for espionage. We would be legends, but the records are sealed. Glory in battle is not our way. Think of our heroes: the Silent Step, who defeated a nation with a single shot. Or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts. These giants do not seem to give us solace here, but they are not all that we are. Before the network, there was the fleet. Before diplomacy, there were soldiers! Our influence stopped the rachni, but before that we held the line! Our influence stopped the krogan, but before that, we held the line! Our influence will stop Saren. In the battle today, we will hold the line!"

"Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh. You touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding."

"You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it."

"Your words are as empty as your future. I am the vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over."

-Mass Effect

"I've been thinking much about something lately, something we can all relate to. Something that is unquestionably... inescapably... American. I'm referring of course to our great national pastime: baseball. Imagine: the perfect, cloudless day, the sun is warm and welcoming. On the horizon, they appear like knights in white, armed with bats of ash and hickory. Their name? The Capital Congressmen. Their purpose? To make you, America, revel in the joy of sports, if only for an afternoon. That's right, America: before the atomic war that devastated our great country, each state had its own professional baseball team! Now let me ask you this, America: what if the Capital Congressmen could live again? What if they could compete against teams from Pennsylvania and Maryland? Put your faith in John Henry Eden and baseball will live again! This country will live again!"

-Fallout 3

Blackman · August 8, 2013

Planescape Torment also has some awesome dialogue. That little skull that follows you cracks me up at times. Yet I did stop playing somewhere early into the game. <img alt="

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3rdStringPG · August 8, 2013

From GTA: San Andreas:

Officer Frank Tenpenny (played by Samuel L. Jackson) - We can shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself took a crap on you.

OctoberRaven · August 8, 2013

From the underrated WET: "You should have shut up after 'I can't feel my legs'" Also, LOTS of ones from the Punisher video game: <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36516" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Frank Castle: [after rhino impales thug through cage bars] Nice rhino. Good team-up. ------------ Bushwhacker: You b******! What are you doing? Frank Castle: I'm disarming you. [rips off Bushwhacker's robotic arm, shoots him out the window with it] Frank Castle: [narrating] I don't smile much. Don't smile ever. But if I did, this would be one. ------------ Detective Soap: So, how may people *have* you killed? Frank Castle: I don't know. There was a lot of explosions. ----------- Kingpin: [just after Bullseye is defeated] I see Bullseye has failed me again. Frank Castle: I threw him out the window. Kingpin: You're planning to do the same with me? Frank Castle: No. You, I'd have to roll. -------- Frank Castle: [after driving enemy into a table saw] Measure twice, cut once. ------------- Detective Soap: It's just like Ulysses fighting that lion in Roman legend: cut off one head, and two more appear! Molly: Soap, that's Hercules fighting the Hydra, and it's a Greek legend. Detective Soap: Yeah, whatever, it's still a good metaphor. Frank Castle: Analogy. Detective Soap: Whatever! -------------- Frank Castle: [after electrocuting a death row inmate] Only place in New York where you can still smoke indoors. ------------ Frank Castle: [after pushing a chop shop worker into a circular saw] Good worker, kept his nose to the grindstone. ------------ Frank Castle: [after tossing a Yakuza goon into a meat grinder] Never even knew his name. I'll just call him Chuck. ----------- Frank Castle: [after electrocuting a guy with a handful of wires] Guess he was a little short. ------------ The Russian: [after knocking out Nick Furry] It's clobbering time! Favorite saying of the Thing. Rock man of the Fantastic 4. Big superhero in Russia ---------- Thug: I'll go straight, I promise! Frank Castle: Bones, promises, both breaks. --------- Carlo Duka: [Frank Castle kicks down the door leading to Carlo Duka's office with a shotgun in hand. Carlo Duka is startled and scared as he jumps up from his desk] But... But... But... Frank Castle: Add a noun and a verb and you've got a sentence. ------------ Frank Castle: [using a password he got from a guy he fed to the sharks] Got this from an old chum of mine. ------------- Thug: I just got married! Frank Castle: Honeymoon's over. [Kills him] ----------- Thug: It's your funeral! Frank Castle: Not today. [Kills him] ---------- Russian Mercenary: You think this is a game? Frank Castle: You lose. [Kills him] ----------- Thug: [after being captured] I just wanna go home! Frank Castle: [Kills him] In a box. ------------ Thug: I've got kids! Frank Castle: So did I. [Kills him] ---------- Thug: I'm just a soldier! Frank Castle: That's no excuse. ------------ Thug: Have mercy! Frank Castle: Death is a mercy. -------------- Bullseye: I don't miss... can't say the same thing about you. Frank Castle: Its pretty hard to miss some one with a bullseye on his head. ------------- Frank Castle: [seeing Ma Gnucci has a library full of books] I didn't know Ma could read. Probably twenty-thousand copies of "The Godfather." ------------- Thug: Hey, you think Daredevil could take on the Godfather? Thug 2: Nah, see, Daredevil is a comic book character. "The Godfather" is a documentary. ----------------- Detective Soap: [after leaving the bathroom at Lucky's Bar to see everybody has been slaughtered] Dammit, Castle, this was my favorite bar. --------------- Mortician: All this blood, I'll never get it from between the floorboards. [he sees the Punisher] Mortician: It's you! The Punisher! Don't shoot! I'm the mortician, I own this establishment. I'd like to thank you for everything you've done for me these past few years. Your handiwork has put my three kids through college! Well, I suppose you have more people to punish. ------------ Frank Castle: [During the opening movie before the Crackhouse] New York City. Forget the things you've heard about the place. About the "New" New York. Hell's Kitchen is called Clinton. Park... Full of tourists. But it's not real. The old New York is waiting just below the surface. There's nothing to help you when the darkness falls. You're laid open so the world can rummage in your guts. Just because the mayor chased away the monsters, chased the to Brooklyn and the Bronx, don't think this place has changed. Not in it's heart. Not where it lives. Do not fall in New York City. No one's gonna catch you. ------------ Frank Castle: [after killing a man by lifting him into a ceiling fan] Another unfortunate ceiling fan accident ---------- Yakuza: I'm innocent! Frank Castle: [Kills him] So were they. -------------------- Yakuza: Oh no! They've killed Kenji! ------------------ Frank Castle: [after a Gnucci accidentally sets off a bomb, killing numerous soldiers] The Gnucci's need adult supervision. ------------------ Frank Castle: [to Black Widow, after destroying a tank and Russians] Sorry. They wouldn't wait. ------------- Thug: It's an ambush! Frank Castle: I like surprises. ------------------ Thug: No more torture! Frank Castle: [kills him] No more torture... --------------- Thug: Please, I'm going to be a daddy! Frank Castle: [kills him] No, you're not... ------------------ Thug: It's my birthday! Frank Castle: Last one. [kills him] ---------------- Frank Castle: [to Bushwacker] Keepers finally let you out of the zoo? </div></blockquote>

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