Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 What are your favourite gaming quotes? I just played a bit of Planescape: Torment, and started thinking about writing in games. Torment is of course almost unique as games go in quality of writing. I can't really pick a single one, but I´ll leave this here: "What a terrible night to have a curse." It's from Castlevania II. This game is horribly translated, but this sentance puts so much atmosphere into the game. (I also want to confess the fact that I have never actually finished this game!) (Also, a close contender is "What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets!) I look forward to hear what my fellow Spiderwebers have to put foward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Fire Emblem, for GameBoy Advance (the first Fire Emblem game released in America) is incredibly quotable, IMO. I shall copy and paste a few of my favorites: “Pegasi are noble animals! So, they must eat noble carrots, you see!” – Farina “I am Glass! The gods fear my name!” – Glass (Seriously...who's afraid of a guy named Glass? He sounds so fragile...) “Lowen…Would you mind explaining exactly how you managed to fight your way back from Pherae while stopping to have a picnic during every battle?” – Isadora “Gah! Do-don’t do that. Warn me when you’re about to talk! It’s not polite to frighten me.” – Legault “You’re making fun of me in a roundabout way!” – Serra “I might as well be Normal Archer number three!” – Wil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Originally Posted By: System Shock 2 Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine? Originally Posted By: Canderous Working for Davik was like driving a spike through the side of your head... Sure you get something new in there, but in the end, you've lost something as well. There are others, but I'm too lazy to look them up now. EDIT: One more I can't believe I forgot! Arcturus Mengsk, from Starcraft: Quote: I will not be stopped- not by you, or the Confederates, or the Protoss, or anyone! I will rule this sector, or see it burnt to ashes around me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Do role-playing sessions with friends count? If so, Originally Posted By: Me I'm sure the goblins won't mind us raiding their vaults for magic scrolls. I mean, if they did, they would have told us instead of sending arrows at our heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 "Fight it out!" - Ogre Battle series There are too many others to count or remember off-hand. Also, this must be mentioned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Quote: I will not be stopped- not by you, or the Confederates, or the Protoss, or anyone! I will rule this sector, or see it burnt to ashes around me! This, and the is good too. If the Dominion was a democracy, you'd vote for him.*click* Pretty much anything from Alpha Centauri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 "Do you think Leena thpontaneouthry combuthted?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Oh, how could I forget this gem: Duke's character has changed a bit, hasn't it? Also, here's some more Freespace 2: Admiral Bosch is a great antagonist. He's a fanatic, but a very self-aware one. Check out his other monologues; they're all on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Are you important? Or just destined to be bones on a forgotten road? -X AVERNUM 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan The inaugeration speech is good too. If the Dominion was a democracy, you'd vote for him. Speaking of good video game speeches, the was also really really good, both in the context of the game and as a standalone. It's like what would happen if Ayn Rand's editor (hahaha) stood her down and forced her to write Galt's speech in under a page. And if she didn't suck at writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I don't think that Ayn Rand would support Bioshock's interpretation of capitalism, or a libertarianish society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm sorry, but Ayn Rand was an idiot. Or at least as much of an idiot as a novelist who manages to sell pretty well can be. Which is still fairly much of an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Or at least as much of an idiot as a novelist who manages to sell pretty well can be. Which is still fairly much of an idiot. In some circumstances, it makes you even more of an idiot. Ever read the Left Behind series? 65,000,000 copies sold, and they're easily the worst pieces of writing ever. They make fanfiction look like Shakespeare. Well, I suppose that technically they would just be fanfiction of the Bible, but the fact remains that they are simply god-awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Speaking of Starcraft cutscenes, the Fire and Fury Cutscene. Probably the most epic moment of sc2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Sarachim Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 "Look at our Precursor vessel. Is it not unique?" "Yes, your vessel is unique, and here is the crux of the problem. A `unique', meaning singular, starship is not equal to the task of destroying the entire Ur-Quan armada. If you had, say, ten thousand similar starships, we could take your boasts more seriously." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 No, the most epic moment of StarCraft 2 is when General Warfield punches a hydralisk inna face. If General Duke showed up in the first mission of Starcraft 1 and punched a hydralisk inna face, I would never have left the Confederates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Sylae Speaking of Starcraft cutscenes, the Fire and Fury Cutscene. Probably the most epic moment of sc2 That is a surprisingly mellow soundtrack for something called "Fire and Fury". Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 My favorite game quote would probably be the description of pants in Exile III, and the description of Auroran Drop Bear Repellent in EV Nova, but I don't remember the exact wording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 On the subject of Ayn Rand, Left Behind, and so on, I think there is talent involved in writing a book that millions of people will buy. It's not literary talent in anything like the traditional sense, if anything much of it seems to run counter to what people who spend time thinking about what makes writing "good" think of as good writing. Nevertheless, if any hack could write a bestselling novel, there would be more bestselling novels. @Excalibur: seconded on the subject of Drop Bear repellent, and Drop Bears in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola I think there is talent involved in writing a book that millions of people will buy. Is this related to the talent of cruddy teen popstars who manage to sell tons of tickets and albums, à la Bieber and Cyrus? That said, I'm not a fan of Rand, but I haven't read more than one (maybe) of her books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I'd say that's at least as much the talent of their managers/handlers/publicists, but otherwise it's a pretty good analogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Oh here's my all time favorite: Originally Posted By: ZORK >Kill me > what do you want to kill the me with? >Hands > what do you want do do with the hands? >Kill me with hands > suicide is not the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Lyric Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 "And... do try not to get swallowed whole. If the beast were to fly about afterwards and poop it out, irony would dictate that it would land on me. I couldn't take it." From Shale, in dragon age: origins...too bad the expansion and sequel sucked. Another one would be the famous "meatbag" line from kotor. The Legacy of Kain series produces some memorable lines as well: Raziel: "You said it yourself Kain, your coin only has 2 sides." Kain: "Apparently so, but suppose you flip a coin enough times and one day it lands on its edge." or Kain: "Raziel... the Abyss has been unkind." Raziel: "I am your creation, Kain. Now, as before, you criticize your own work." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 A collection of the best: Click to reveal.. Originally Posted By: ZORK >Kiss me > I'd sooner kiss a pig >Kiss pig > I don't know the word "pig" Originally Posted By: ZORK >Get > get what >Get house > not bloody likely Originally Posted By: Tales of the Unknown >**drink** > who will drink? >**anyone** > what will **anyone** drink? >**ginger ale** > the girls are not impressed >**drink** > who will drink? >**anyone** > what will **anyone** drink? >**beer** > not bad!!! There's more; I'll add them later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall In Half Now Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Well... Click to reveal.. All your bas- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Alpha Centauri: (In a pleading voice) Don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you. Please don't go. Commissioner Pravin Lal "The Science of Our Fathers" : (On fusion power) Our ancestors harnessed the power of a sun, and so again shall we. Academician Prokhor Zakharov "For I Have Tasted The Fruit": The substructure of the universe regresses infinitely towards smaller and smaller components. Behind atoms we find electrons, and behind electrons quarks. Each layer unraveled reveals new secrets, but also new mysteries. Academician Prokhor Zakharov "Now We Are Alone" : (On super string theory) A brave little theory, and actually quite coherent for a system of five or seven dimensions--if only we lived in one. Chairman Sheng-ji Yang "Looking God in the Eye" : Technological advance is an inherently iterative process. One does not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe. We use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better tools to fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement is a step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken. Chairman Sheng-ji Yang "Looking God in the Eye" : Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded. Anonymous Metagenics Dockworker MorganLink 3DVision Live Interview: Optical computers, genetic catalogs, nanorepair modules--forget all of that. It's when you see a megaton of steel suspended over your head by a thread the thickness of a human hair that you really find God in technology. Academician Prokhor Zakharov "For I Have Tasted The Fruit" : Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist. Immanuel Kant "Critique of Pure Reason": (this was a real person) There are only two ways in which we can account for a necessary agreement of experience with the concepts of its objects: either experience makes these concepts possible or these concepts make experience possible. Li Po From the Yang Collection : We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains. And there are many, many more This was one of the most brilliant games for its time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Erasmus Alpha Centauri: (In a pleading voice) Don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you. Please don't go. This always creeps me out when I exit the game, kind of like HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 "Player 2: Insert Credit" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 some from spiderweb software games "Names have power child" "i could have sworn i saw a talking cow down in avernum" "Legolas! Bromir! come quickly ive- oh wait never mind" "Wait. Do you work for Avernum? Nevermind! I dont know nothing about anything!" i might post more later after i find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 eternity lies ahead of us and behind. have you drunk your fill? (Also from Alpha Centauri. I love that game.) This one from SMAC technically doesn't count, because they're just quoting Sun Tzu, but it is a quote and it is in a game. If I determine the enemy's disposition of force while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. Thus the pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless. If it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it or the wise make plans against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I think we can all agree that the best SMAC quotes come from crazed faction leaders ranting about you after you hit them with a surprise Planetbuster attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 oh Zevran when will you learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 All right, I thought long and hard, and took everything I knew (and some things I didn't) into account, and here is what I consider to be the greatest enigmatic game quote of all time: Originally Posted By: The Bard's Tale IRKM DESMET DAEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Saddler, you're small-time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Originally Posted By: Enraged Slith Saddler, you're small-time! No, I'm wrong-time. My favorite non-SW games:Loderunner: The Legend Returns Tales of the Unknown The Island of Dr. Brain The Castle of Dr. Brain The Secret of Monkey Island ZORK: I, II, III, and maybe 0 Planetfall (maybe) Below the Root Paganitzu: I, II, and III etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 One of my favourite quotes ever is a David Caruso-ish one liner. Originally Posted By: Garrett Good thing I´m not afraid of heights. In Thief: The Dark Age, upon entering the chamber where the Horn Of Quintus resides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh, how could I forget this one. Quote: Until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar! Like eagles! LIKE EAGLES ... ON ... POGO STICKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Oh, how could I forget this one. Quote: Until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar! Like eagles! LIKE EAGLES ... ON ... POGO STICKS!!! sounds like a discworld joke, am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Adding to the Alpha Centauri love, although because the line is awesomely bad rather than awesomely good: Quote: Pavlov Biolab Children's Creche! Our seismic readouts have just shot off the chart! It appears a new volcano has erupted! Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Quote: Pavlov Biolab Children's Creche! Our seismic readouts have just shot off the chart! It appears a new volcano has erupted! Is this from the expansion because I don't remember this, and I played it many times but without expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Erasmus Is this from the expansion because I don't remember this, and I played it many times but without expansion. Nope, it's in the original. It's a fairly rare occurrence, though. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Quote: *pick nose* You delicately insert the lock pick into your left nostril. Success you now have an open nose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Lazarus. Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 My favorite series to quote is probably Mass Effect. The games are full of great lines from Commander Shepard ("I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite shop on the Citadel.") But Mordin actually steals the show, and earns my award of best video game quote, with his scientist salarian song. Also many of his "nothing new to say/too busy" lines are hilarious. And favorite SMAC quote: "If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species. As our collective consciousness expands beyond a crucial point, we are at last ready to accept life's fundamental truth: that life's only purpose is life itself." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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