What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

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"Remember the Nutella" - AoE II Malian Villager

War... War never changes.

I don't want to set the world...on...fire.

Iiiiiii just want to staaaaart... A flame in your heaaaaaAaaaaAaaart.

“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 the hell 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 gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”

  • Cave Johnson, founder and CEO of Aperature Science

Burn it down! Burning people. He says what we're all thinking.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite store on the Citadel.

had to be me... someone else might have gotten it wrong.

Might run...tests on the seashells.

"I'm Garrus Vakaryan, and this is my favourite spot on the Citadel"

Best wingman ever.

I am hard pressed to take anyone other than him and Tali on any mission they are available for.

KILLING SPREE!

RAMPAGE!

DOUBLE KILL!

M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!

Edit: oh yeah and Duke at an arcade cabinet of his own game: "Don't have time to play with myself."

ULTRA KILL!

HOLY SHIT!

Yes that last one actually existed in UT2004

Also in UT1999 right? It sits in my memory, but all my friends only played ut1999 until like 2012 lol.

We had a silly mod for Unreal Tournament back in the day for LAN parties that switched out the headshot theme for crotch shots. Whoever did the voice was spot on with the game's announcer.

CROTCH SHOT!

CROTCH SPREE!

CROTCH RAMPAGE!

CROTCH DOMINATION!

I’m curious, what voice to people hear these lines in, the default epic male announcer voice, or the super horny female announcer alternative?

You cannot sleep now; there are monsters nearby

I hate this . I swear there must be monster under the floors in my main house right now . I can never use that bed but can't find any monsters .

You can try using the freecam mod if you don't consider it too cheaty

Nuclear launch detected.

And then you had to quickly figure where that little laser dot was placed and get rid of that ghost.

Additional supply depoes required

Need more vespene gas.

And, alternatively

Phew, that ain't Vespene gas! Somebody crack a window.

"With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created."

This ones great. Where does it come from?

Morrowind

Any time a critical character dies (usually because you're on a killing spree) it says that. But it's also become a meme when someone famous dies in real life.

I think we're about six hundred doomed worlds deep by now. Eventually we hope to cross some kind of Einsteinian barrier to get to the other side

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It happened when important NPCs died, rendering unfinished or future quests associated with that character impossible to complete or start; iirc essential NPCs didn't have immunity to damage and death in Morrowind like in later Bethesda titles, so these NPCs were protected only by the player reloading their save after getting this message upon the essential NPCs' death.

Work work

Already?

Watchu want me kill?

They're all so clear in my head.

My life for Aiur.. er I mean Ner'Zhul

Definitely. I also get "We're ready!" "I'm not ready!" from Warcraft in my head every morning. My kids are trolls, maybe?

That's a good 'un!

Juntax? Who you want me kill?

It's been a couple decades and I don't know how it was spelled, but that's what I remember hearing. Loved playing the Horde.

Do you want axe?
Except as "dyouwan tax?"

"Your sound card works perfectly"

W-w-w-w-what do you want? Why do you keep touching me? 🎶

The secret audio track on the Warcraft 2 CD was amazing.

In the age of chaos...

In the age of chaos...

In the age of chaos, two factions battled for dominance.

Warcraft has to be the one of the most quotable games of all time.

‘Stop poking me!’

"Keep yer feet on the ground!"

"Get yer finger outta that bunghole!"

"I think I'll use my human call. I'm so wasted, I'm so wasted".

"hey listen"

Hilariously I never played the game... It's my buddies tone for text messages. Lol

After 30 seconds I started to hear "hey, lizard".

I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

"A man chooses! A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan, BioShock

In general a lot of Andrew Ryan quotes are captivating, but that one transcends thanks to both the events happening, and the realization of the plot reveal.

Yes, I almost posted this same line!

Finally, was worried I wasn’t gonna find this one.

Ah shit, here we go again

"I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee..."

I can't believe this one from Skyrim wasn't in the thread yet.

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. *Curved. Swords.*

First you will be baked, and then there will be cake

Portal has so many quotable lines, it's insane

Honestly surprised I didn't see more Portal quotes earlier today!

Stay awhile and listen

The sanctity of this place has been fouled.

I scrolled WAY too far before I saw this.

I scrolled past several other Diablo lines before I found this.

How?

*What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.*

"Metal...Gear?" - Metal Gear Solid

"War...has changed." - Metal Gear Solid 4

"War never changes." - Fallout 3

"All right, 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 GOVE CAVE JOHNSON LEMONS! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I'M THE MAN WHO'S GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN...WITH THE LEMONS." - Portal 2

Gunnery Chief: This, recruits, is a 20-kilo ferrous slug. Feel the weight. Every five seconds, the main gun of an Everest-class dreadnought accelerates one to 1.3 percent of light speed. It impacts with the force of a 38-kiloton bomb. That is three times the yield of the city-buster dropped on Hiroshima back on Earth. That means Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space. Now! Serviceman Burnside! What is Newton's First Law?

Serviceman Burnside: Sir! An object in motion stays in motion, sir!

Gunnery Chief: No credit for partial answers, maggot!

Serviceman Burnside: Sir! Unless acted on by an outside force, sir!

Gunnery Chief: Damn straight! I dare to assume you ignorant jackasses know that space is empty. Once you fire this hunk of metal, it keeps going till it hits something. That can be a ship, or the planet behind that ship. It might go off into deep space and hit somebody else in ten thousand years. If you pull the trigger on this, you are ruining someone's day, somewhere and sometime. That is why you check your damn targets! That is why you wait for the computer to give you a damn firing solution! That is why, Serviceman Chung, we do not "eyeball it!" This is a weapon of mass destruction. You are not a cowboy shooting from the hip!

Serviceman Chung: Sir, yes sir!

Mass Effect had some real good dialogue for background chatting. This piece in particular is really immersive and funny to boot.

"Unable to comply, building in progress" - Command & Conquer

Yes, conrad.

Charging up!

Going to source

Surging forward

Electrician in the field

He's fried

Preparing shock therapy

Kirov reporting

And, "vee vill bury them"

construction complete. new construction options.

low power.

What's funny is the voice of Navi has turned out to be one of my favorite Japanese voice actors.

That's my ring tone for my spouse

“Join the army, they said.”

“See the world, they said.”

“I’d rather be sailing!”

Extremely random one but the TVs in Max Payne show a slideshow of some drama show where the dialogue goes

"My Lord"

"My Lady"

"but my Lord, I must insist!"

Fuck knows why that lives rent free in my mind.

Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it.

~ Cortana, Halo 2, 2004

This town is full of monsters, how can you sit there and eat pizza?

~ James Sunderland, Silent Hill 2, 2001

"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!"

"Aperture Science: We do what we must, because we can."

EDIT:
Also: "Science isn't about why - it's about why not. Why is so much of our science dangerous? Why not marry safe science if you love it so much? In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired!"

(Portal, and Portal 2)

"Ahhh, fresh meat"

Diablo 1

The warmth of life has entered my tomb.

*uses firewall scroll*

*closes door*

I still use Left 4 Dead’s “pills here!” any time I’m dealing with medication. It’s an involuntary reflex at this point.

Also not really a line but the intonation of Chadley calling out “Cloud!” when he starts a conversation is seared into my psyche. Kind of like a modern version Navi’s “hey!”

Dunno but I can hear Louis, Ellis, Bill voice line "pills here!" when reading that line. It just ear worm thingy

"I hate Ayn Rand." -Francis

Wololo - Age of Empires

I'm surprised this isn't one of the top comments. I don't even play or have interest RTS games, only ever watched friends play it as a kid and it's still stuck in my head to this day.

Yes me lord.

Zug zug

My favorites to randomly quote at work:
"More work?"
"Off i go then"
"Stop poking me"
"What, mortal?"
"Im blind, not deaf"
"Youve got a chip on your shoulder, aye, i have fish there too"
"Vrroooom"
"It came from.. behind.."
"A sound plan"

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE. MAKE YOUR TIME.

I can't decide if I'm proud or sad that this answer was buried so deeply into this post

Hail to the king, baby

"You must gather your party before venturing forth!"

My ‘otel’s as clean as an elven arse!

"These walls contain the world's knowledge"

"Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and... shine".

The Thing. You come across a guy that's infected but still alive. Clearly on the verge of turning. He gives you vital information then says

*"If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself."*

And proceeds to blow his own brains out.

Boss move. Much respect.

Iiin the pipe, five by five

Once I get the family loaded up and on the road. Wife rolls her eyes every time. 😁

"WARRIOR NEEDS FOOD! BADLY!

WIZARD SHOT A FOOD!"

THAT WAS AN HEROIC EFFORT!

The dwarf version is the one that I always quote.

All your base are belong to us

Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.

"That is why we do not *eyeball it!* We are not cowboys shooting from the hip!"

"... And that is why Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space!"

The payload has almost reached the final control point!

OVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIMEOVERTIME

THE BOMB HAS BEEN SENT BACK TO THE START!

Reactor online

Sensors online

Weapons online

All systems nominal

Command on-line…

Resourcing online…

Construction online…

Cryogenic subsections A through J online…

K through S online…

Scaffold Control stand by for alignment…

Alignment confirmed. Stand by Release Control.

The Mothership has cleared the Scaffold.

We are away.

Stand by for Command Line testing…

"Maximum depth reached. Hull damage imminent"

Yes I have just played Subnautica

“Ready to wuuuuurk”

Moar wuuurk?

My wife and I do this voice when we go through our list of chores.

A man chooses. A slave obeys.

Lerooooooooooooooooooooyyyyy
Ah-Jenkins

HADOUKEN!

Guten Tag! (Chain guns firing)

WaHOO!

Engineering! Aaaaahfirmative!

Commandos! One of my favourites!
Commandos 4 comes out soon I believe

If you’re talking about the engineering quote, I actually have the engineers from command and conquer red alert in my head.

However…….commandos is an awesome series as well!!!

I think they're talking about the Guten Tag quote. If I remember correctly that is what you hear when your spy is in disguise and starts talking with an enemy soldier (I don't remember the chain guns so I'm guessing this is from a different game).

Oh. Good to know! I was thinking the original Wolfenstein 3D.

“You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it.”

"War. War never changes."

"Remember. No Russian."

"Itchy. Tasty."

"Its war, and it ain't easy"

Honestly one of the best games ever.

Do you know the definition of insanity?

Dammit, I even *read it in his fucking voice.*

Double kill

Triple kill

Mega kill

ULTRA KILL

MUH-MUH-MUH-MUH MONSTER KILL

I don't trust a man that doesn't have something strange going on about him, 'cause it means he's hiding it from you. If a man's wearing his pants on his head or if he says his words backwards from time to time, you know it's all laid out there for you. But if he's friendly to strangers and keeps his home spick-and-span, more often than not he's done something even his own ma couldn't forgive.

-No-bark Noonan, Fallout: New Vegas

"I give up! Please don't do no harm to me, mister, leastaways not my face. All I got left is my rugged good looks." - same character

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

Your base... is under attack.

“Your face, your ass. What’s the difference?”
- Duke Nukem

You must gather your party before venturing forth.

Additionally some others that I love:

"Yes, oh omnipresent authority figure?"
"Don't touch me! I'm *super important*."
"So I kicked him in the head until he was dead!"

I thought something broke when I opened the link because I have exactly that picture as my desktop background.

"Look at you, sailing through the air majestically like an eagle…piloting a blimp."

I mean just quote every line from the portal games and be done with this thread. :-D

Why walk when you can ride?

Morrowind

This thought was violently overridden by the trilling of the silt strider

Poot Dispenser Here!

Eeerectin' a dispenser!

Sentry going up!

This is gonna be a real piece of piss, ya bloody fruit shop owners!

YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS.

The carrier has arrived.

Were it so easy.

YoU cAnT jUsT sHoOt A hOlE tHrOuGh MaRs!

Oh I know what the ladies like.

"If you can't stand the heat, go put your tiny balls in the freezer!"

-Catalina, GTA San Andreas

Also a big fan of C-C-C-*COMBO BREAKER!*

ASSUMING CONTROL

DIRECT INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY

I WILL DIRECT THIS PERSONALLY

50,000 people used to live 'ere, ...

The days when it was simple :(

  • "Alley-oop!"
  • "You can't have a rainbow without Reyn, baby!"
  • "Give it some Oomph!"
  • "Now it's Reyn time!"
  • "Man, wha' a buncha jokas!"

Yeah, I played too much Xenoblade. Honorable mentions to:

  • "Hear that Noah? Lanz wants something a bit meatier"

I've never played Xenoblade but it was such a pleasure to ruin my YouTube algorithm with Xenoblade shit posting vids

How dare you, you forgot the Ardanian soldier. He was very specific and clear

I'm sorry, I know the one but he was patched before I first played. He only yelled once or twice.

"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong"

Flashbacks to the genophage mission. Still brings tears to my eyes.

I will pay you to kill yourself

A few from Mr Torque from Borderlands:

NOTHING IS MORE BADASS THAN TREATING A WOMAN WITH RESPECT!

THAT SENTENCE HAD TOO MANY SYLLABLES, APOLOGIZE

NEW MISSION, I WANT YOU TO BLOW UP, THE OCEAN

i like how listening to his grandma's story is a boss battle with a harder difficulty that adds like 30 more minutes of story to remember

Sir, permission to leave the station?
For what purpose Master Chief?
To give the Covenant back their bomb...

Haven't seen this one mentioned yet.

"They have taken you from the Imperial City's prison, first by carriage and now by boat, to the east, to Morrowind. Fear not, for I am watchful. You, have been chosen."

My name is Guybrush Threpwood. I'm a mighty pirate.

My life for Aiur

Don toridos? Misspelled wrong

Live for the swarm

Oh, I know what the ladies like.

Edit: From a different game.

"He's fucked in the head, the world's fucked in the head, and YOU'RE fucked in the head because MY fucked up head is inside it. Guess if you wanna save the world, that's the first step; get fucked in the head."

For a brick, he flew pretty good!

Sir, permission to leave the station.

"I want to get off Mr Bones Wild Ride." (Rollercoaster Tycoon - PC)

"Stay awhile... Stay FOREVER!!!" (Impossible Mission - C64)

"Destroy him, my robots!"

"Stay a while, and listen."

"With my brains and your brawn, we'll make an excellent team!"

"Stop rocking the boat, you're making me sea sick!"

Lol. Stay a while and listen was the first thing that came to my mind.
Your soul shall fuel the hellforge.

You have quite the treasure there in that Horadric cube!

War...
War never changes

"7 minutes, 7 minutes is all the time I can spare to play with you"

"... There's a pimento taco, a pimentaco in the glovebox"

"Ride ze shoopuf?"

"The numbers mason, what do they mean?"

"Have some faith"

"Tank beats everything"

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!

WOLOLO

"I want to get off MR BONES WILD RIDE"

Don’t look, now! I’m not going to stick my butt out or anything like that, though.

DO A BARREL ROLL!

A woman's place is in the garage, fixing cars!

Oh. It's you.

You will pay for this in time.

The fun part of “Oh. It’s you.” Is that it can be read in so many ways. It’s not a particularly good line on its own. But the way that it’s said in the voice of GLADOS is just a peak “I’m fucking done with this bitch” mood. Major props to that voice actress.

"I am legally obliged to tell you, that I am *not* a real docter" Dr. Zed from Borderlands (2)

"They were all dead ..."

First words of Max Payne. But I always forget what comes next. Something about final gunshot something

A man chooses, a slave obeys.

Titanfall|2

Upon your Titan noticing a new weapon that's more powerful, the main character comments "I think someone's in love..."

BT's response is priceless.

BT-7274: "The human concept of love requires admiration, attraction, devotion, and respect. Conclusion: I am 50% in love."

"The enemy has captured a command post"

We are losing reinforcements !

"Had to be me."

Also, there was a Warhammer RTS that had "AHH my spleen!!!" Which I never got over.

Warhammer Rogue trader has one character laugh and shout "haha! Reduced to dust" on a kill.

"deeeeeeeaaaaaath" -Black and White

And then every once in a while if your name was common enough it would whisper your name instead. Freaked me out first time it happened.

You have no chance to survive, make your time.

"Don't shoot! I'm with the science team!"

"Still think there's Nothing to Chaos Theory?"

"Blame your or God."

"Remember, no Russian"

"I have a plan, Arthur"

"Pheromones." "Do I smell beef?"

Build a navy.
Stop building a navy.
Build a navy.
Stop building a navy.
Give me your extra resources.
Sure, blame it on your ISP!
Don't point that thing at me!

Yeah, well, you should have seen the other guy!

All hail, king of the losers!

Nice town! I'll take it.

Wololo!
Wololo!
Wololo!

Hello… - undead wheezing style (WoW)

I don’t have time to play with myself - Duke Nukem

"You must gather your party before venturing forth." - Baldur's Gate 2

I don't wanna

Day of the Tentacle

Bingo bango bongo, bish bash bosh

Sister Calderón: We’ve all lived bad lives, Mr. Morgan. We all sin… but I know you.

Arthur: You don’t know me.

Sister Calderón: Forgive me, but… that’s the problem. You don’t know you.

Arthur: What do you mean?

Sister Calderón: I don’t know… whenever we happen to meet, you’re always helping people and smiling.

Arthur: I had a son… he passed away. I had a girl who loved me… I threw that away. My momma died when I was a kid, and my daddy… well, I watched him die. And it weren’t soon enough.

Sister Calderón: My husband died a long time ago. Life is full of pain. But there is also love, and beauty.

Arthur: What am I gonna do now?

Sister Calderón: Be grateful that for the first time, you see your life clearly.
Perhaps you could help somebody? Helping makes you really happy.

Arthur: But… I still don’t believe in nothin’.

Sister Calderón: Often, neither do I. But then, I meet someone like you, and everything makes sense

Arthur: Heh… You’re too smart for me, Sister. I guess I… I’m afraid.

Sister Calderón: There is nothing to be afraid of. Take a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act.

I have played two full play-throughs, and a few half passed play-throughs. RDR2 is an absolute masterpiece that made me feel way more than I ever expected a video game to.

Another visitor. Stay a while, stay forever!

"ow! Ok ok, i will work!"

“Thank you for the new shoes”

Hier ist das Bier billig.

The beer is cheap here. Most landlords in the German version of Baldur's Gate 1 say this.

Rhinos! RRHHIIIIINNNOOEEESSS our enemies hide in METAL BAWKSES the cowards, the fools! We... we shall take away... their metal BAWKses.

Definition: "Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope.
Statement: This definition, I am told, is subject to interpretation. Obviously, love is a matter of odds. Not many meatbags could make such a shot, and strangely enough, not many meatbags would derive love from it. Yet for me, love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose... against statistically long odds.

From your friendly robot, HK-47.

Blue team has the flag
The enemy has your flag
Blue scored
Blue wins

Altair secrets are not for you

I came when I heard you'd beat the ELITE FOUR.

"Monstrous size has no intrinsic merit, unless inordinate exsanguination be considered a virtue."
And so SO many others from Darkest Dungeon.
"Commander" from the newer X-Com games ... tha dark, rapsy voice

Hello stranger
what ‘ar ya buyin’
what ‘ar ya sellin’

kee-voh
rogan
woololooooo

I can't use these things together.

In 2291, in an attempt to control violence among deep space miners the New Earth Government legalized no-holds-bared fighting.

"I like sword, it's a personal weapon" Shadow Warrior

"What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output."

Sheng-Ji Yang, Alpha Centauri

"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master." - Commisioner Pravin Lal, Alpha Centauri (game from Firaxis)

That game was full of many bangers!

"Trouble with the trolley, eh?"

"If you wish to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows." -Fallout: New Vegas

"I am a meat automaton animated by neurotransmitters." -Cruelty Squad

"Deploying parachute. Deploying reserve parachute. Skipping parachute." -Satisfactory

  • Your health is low. Do you have any potions, or food?

Same game, when you made the Guild Master drunk:

  • I never forget faces, but in your case I'll make an exception *hic*

Paraphrasing there, don't remember the exact quote.

  • It's dangerous to go alone, take this

"Lok'tar Ogar!"

And "Get outta the DAMN WAY!"

Sir! Captain needs you on the bridge ASAP! Better follow me.

"Nice scarf. Do zey make zem for girls?"

"Nice face. Do they... uh, shut up."

my name is Legion: for we are many.

(Yes I know originally is from the bible)

My source is that I made it the fuck up!

"If knowledge is power; then to be unknown, is to be unconquerable.

Intro movie when you select the Romulans in Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

"PUT DISPENSER HERE"

"Would you kindly?"

"Patrolling Mojave almost makes you wish for nuclear winter"

"ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ"

"Rise and shine mr. Freeman, rise and shine"

"Hey, you finally awake"

EDIT:

"I make my own luck"

(Several monologue from ezio saga and kenway saga is worthwhile unfortunately I couldn't fully text it all :( )

"Guys the drill, go get it"

"Ahhh, I need my medic bag"

"Mission failed, we will get them next time"

"ENEMY AC130 ABOVE!"

"Engravings gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever"

"Boss, try to remember the basic CQC"

"The numbers mason, what do they mean" perfect response when someone suddenly pop in 6 digits nuclear code

"Victory can't be achieved without sacrifice"

"The flags may be different, but the methods are the same"

"Beep beep beep" - sputnik

Voiced by Lenard Nemoy in Civ 4

  • I am Error.
  • All your base are belong to us.
  • It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!
    Why yes I did grow up in the 80s & 90s.

Bonus from a newer game:
"What have I told you? People are a renewable resource!"

FISSION MAILED

And

I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

"This is Pequod. Arriving shortly at LZ"

Welcome back. I have some jobs for you

"I'm selling these fine leather jackets" Indiana Jones
"If you kill me you're better, if I kill you I'm better" Kuben Blisk
"Suka blyat" - Random scav

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.

"Sir. Finishing this fight" - Master chief, Halo 2
"STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM" - Guard, Oblivion

Lambert, Lambert, ty chuju.

Heard a few gems in STALKER 2 "Better a lousy peace than an awesome gunfight"

Technology is incredible!

~Random NPC in Pallet Town in Pokémon Red/Blue

Hi! I like technology! They’re comfy and easy to wear!

We need wood!

Stronghold Crusader

Man...

Front...

Two hundred metres.

Six.

Is down.

Arma (or Flashpoint before it). Although it's gotten slightly better in that regard, I think. Haven't run it in quite some time. It's still probably the best there is for milsims though.

I immediately heard this in the classic OFP voice.

My lord?
Yes?
My lord?
Yes?
Let's get digging!
Whoa!
What now?

  • Hidden song made from sound effects in *Lords of the Realm II*

In the same vein

"Wha-wha wha-wha what do you want? Wha-wha wha-wha what do you want? Why do you keep touching me?

Daah buu daah buu"

The song from warcraft 1 or 2 or something.

I like when computer games used to have a hidden song. Especially when they made it so those songs would play if you put them in a cd player.

It also used to be a thing that some games would just have their sound track play if you put the disc in a cd player. An upside was that the music was all written to the first part of the disc, and the game data was written to the outer rings where it could be read faster on most drives for shorter install times.

"The end is near! TEN SECONDS NEAR!!"

I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...

"Mandatum?... Yay."

"Camundament?... Imenaso!"

  • Age of Empires series.

"Breach in starboard fusion chamber."

"Green line confirmed."

"This is a cakewalk."

"Guidance failure, we're losing control."

  • Homeworld series.

"Bring it, yo!"

  • The World Ends With You.

"ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL."

"THIS HURTS YOU."

  • Mass Effect 2.

"For the sampler Chancellor!"

"Watch out for those wrist rockets!"

"Just like shooting womp-rats, aye kid?"

"We have lost a command post! *Take it back!!"*

  • Star Wars Battlefront II.

"Have you seen those warriors from Redguard? They got curved swords! *Curved... Swords!"*

  • The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.

"Friendship Frameshift drive charging..."

  • Elite Dangerous.

*"DEVOUR!!!"*

  • Tales of Berseria.

Love Tales of Berseria. Velvet’s English voice actress excellently communicated such complex emotions ranging from anger, compassion, grief, and peace. Probably time for another replay!

Only started playing it fairly recently. It's been hanging out in my Steam library for some time after I received it from Humble Monthly quite some time ago. Decided to try it on my Deck. Runs flawlessly despite being marked as "unsupported" by Steam.

English voice acting is surprisingly good. In a JRPG I'd always find someone who's jarring to listen to, and it's pretty terrible if that's the main character. But so far I haven't found any character that annoyed me, and like you said, the actress of Velvet seems to have no weakness in voice acting skill; she can sound soft and tender, moody and dark, and scream with rage. I wish anime had more English VAs like that, instead of the default 3 voices everyone seems to use.

Not sure how I feel about combat, though. I know it's a staple of the Tales series, but I'd much rather fight enemies on the map than being sucked into an encounter like a turn based JRPG.

I'm at the part where Velvet joins with a pirate Reaper to take over a fortress to clear the way forward. I've cleared out the control room and soon will be capturing an enemy battleship. So far the story has been... *incredibly* edgy. I'm not sure if it'll change, but Velvet is basically female Sasuke from Naruto Shippuden in attitude. I really like the presentation, however. Cutscenes are animated in-engine and transition to animated anime slides. Very clever.

"Guess what! I've named a boil on my ass after you. It, too, bothers me every time I sit down."

-Gheed, Diablo 2.

I'd be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead.

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer

Path of Exile

Isn't that Darkest Dungeon?

Greetings traveler, there are new missions available at the New Haven bounty board!

"Prostagma? Vulome" - Greek villager units in Age of Mythology

"My right arm is bigger than my left arm!" - Tryndamere from League of Legends

"Prostagma?" brought back memories. I need to get the Retold edition.

Same here! I'll probably get it eventually on sale, if only for the polished UI. It looks so good and I'm glad they remade it. I hope we get a modern sequel, at least.

Loved Age of Mythology! A lot of those still get stuck in my head more than 10 years later

Let me guess, some body stole your sweetroll?

in a bad Russian accent

You're pretty good

awkward double finger guns and walk away slowly

"That was left-handed!"

"My vision is augmented."

“Gods, I want to ride you ‘till you see stars.”

"Today smells like victory! I love pretending to smell. Sniff sniff!" Pathfinder, Apex.

'It takes leather balls to play rugby' - toilet wall in Leisure Suit Larry

'Alarm, ein verletzter' - Commando

'At first his lips were sweet as mango, when first I held him to my chest, but now we dance this Grim Fandango and will four years before we rest' - Olivera Olfrendo, Grim Fandango

"Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word 'hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate."
--AM

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

The icy winds of Northrend will consume your souls!

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU’VE DESTROYED THE VILE RED FALCON AND SAVED THE UNIVERSE.

CONSIDER YOURSELF A HERO.

I still get a feeling of pride reading those words. Even more when I didn't use the Konami code.

I only pulled it off with three lives once. It was an endeavor.

Contra and Mario were games I had mastered. Contra I could do reliably with 3 lives. When I was in grade 2 I remember starting up Super Mario 1 and selecting 2 players because my friend was over. Beat the game without giving him a chance. The game didn't even switch to Luigi after saving the princess.

If you want some real nostalgia, there's a great cover of the music by VomitroN. They cover the entire game but I've linked the end credits here.

Love it! My favorite NES covers are done by the Minibosses

https://youtu.be/4WW3zQEq9FY

"When a man with a sing-song voice tells me to fuck off, it always concerns me, boy-o"

*boop*, *boop*, *boop*, *BEEEEEEP*

This cave is not a natural formation

Hostile shotty in the field

Wololooooo, wololooooo

"What can change the nature of a man?"

  • Ravel, Planescape: Torment

“An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”

Look At You, Sailing Through The Air Majestically, Like An Eagle…Piloting A Blimp.

"Guns guns guns" *Brrrrrrr*

*The voiceless effigy creates bodies in their waves but does not notice the shore. Is our melody not beautiful?* - Satisfactory

Our bones are more beautiful than yours.

"This train doesn't belong to you. So why don't you turn around and face me, pumpkin?"

Pierce: "This train was commandeered legally under the---"

"Holy nutballs! What happened to your frickin' face?!"

"Oh yeah? How about this - lady? - I don't even know what to call you: you tell me why you look like you headbutted a belt sander, and I'll let all of you go right now."

-Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)

"Try not to cripple beneath my girth." - Chiv2 as I was mounting a horse.

The kamikazes continuous screaming from serious sam will forever be etched in my brain as a part of my childhood.

Look, everybody always figures the time they live in is the most epic, most important age to end all ages. But tyrants and heroes rise and fall, and historians sort out the pieces."

Death was in the air at Roscoe Street

Are you still alive Arbiter?

"I gave my cat to you, doesnt that make you the owner?"- said by a cat

Its from the game cats are liquid: a light in the shadows

I have read all text from this game and its prequel multiple times and still cant figure out what it means

  • Ripburger, you're dummier than dirt!
  • Oh, Mr Corley. If only you'd listen to my plan - my vision.
  • I know your plan, Rip. You're waiting for me to die so you can take over my company.

Only lines with voice work for me, even though there are plenty of great unvoiced lines across games. Sorted by game... I think this post certainly puts me of a generation.

"My emperor! I've failed youuuu!"
"Fox, get this guy off me!"
"You're good, but I'm BETTER!"
"Never give up, trust your instincts!"
"IF THIS DOES NOT WORK!"

Honestly one of the most quoteable games ever made.

"Stay a while and listen."

"My hotel's as clean as an Elven arse!"
"Whaaaat?!"
"Tiax shall smite ye."
"Heya, it's me Imoen."

"MASSACRE!"
"Not yet!"
"hyut hyut hyut"

"My fists never betray me!"
"Don't stand behind me."
"I'm gonna sleep well tonight!"
"The feeling... It's... coming back!"
"Good vibrations!"

"Hello brother! [...] I live on in this arm!"
"Laugh, and grow fat!"
"What was that just now?"

Love a good ham. We need more of them in video games.

"I'mma Luigi, number 1."
"Falcon PUNCH!"

"You're going the wrong way!"
"Retired!"

"You require more vespene gas!"
"All crews operational." / "Battlecruiser operational." ?
"En'taro Adun executor."
"I do this for Auir, not you!"
"Your base in under attack."

"So what shall it be? Will you join the Unity or will you die here? Join... DIE! Join... DIE!"

"Doctor required in inflator room."

"[...] to the last place uncorrupted by Capitalism! SPACE!"

Hey baby, looking for a date?
All the prostitutes in VTMB.

You're here because you wanted to feel like something your not. A hero.

"Anime is a path I walk alone."

"You are fucking subhuman."

  • Katana ZERO

Access denied without key card.

My toolbox! --Another World

I'm gunna fuck you! --Redneck Rampage

"Oh I know what the ladies like"
"Move Move Move the core ain't paying you by the hour!"
"see how they bait their trap?"

"You plague-ridden rat!" Huntsman, Bloodborne


There are many more iconic lines in the game, but this one sticks in my mind, probably because you meet so many Huntsman and this is one of their favourite lines.

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

"Switch to your other weapon, it's faster than reloading!"

"Your curves are beautiful."
"How inappropriate. Tell me more."
-Satisfactory

"It is a good life we lead, brother."

"The best. May it never change."

"And may it never change us."

Assassin's Creed 2 still has the best intro of all time, fight me.

We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in.

After Zanzibar, I was taken from the battle.... Neither truly alive... Nor.... Truly dead. An undying shadow, in a world of lights. But now, in front of you, I can finally die.....

They told me I was too young. They told me I needed more training. I told them to drop dead! How ironic...

“It’s not a lake, it’s an ocean”

Also the part where you and Pierce are singing along to What I Got by Sublime near the beginning of Saints Row The Third

Welcome to Eversmile. Set in the realm of joy. The people of Eversmile are plagued only by aching facial muscles. And not anthrax as we had hoped. Eversmile is a disgusting land of good humor and polite frivolity.

UH - OH!
THE TRUCK HAVE
STARTED TO MOVE! 

Get out of here S.T.A.L.K.E.R

Such is life: outrage leading to a singular end.

"A right man in a wrong place can make all the difference in the world"

"No free slots in suit inventory."

UGGHHHHHHH

"GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK! GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK! GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK! GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK! GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!"

"This is not a warning. This is a sentence."

Just saw the video with the quote recently, so, here goes:

We are SO CLOSE to our destination, we are SO CLOSE! Like, literally, right there! And then you just decide, like a sadistic person, to turn and just go into the fog and kill us! What is wrong with you? You are a sadist! I will not stand for this! I will not stand for this in any way, shape or form! That's IT! CALL MY AGENT! I WANT MY AGENT!

A line from the main character of Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard. The English voice actor confirmed that the line was improvised. It's probably a lot more tame in the German dub, but the line is so funny that they probably had to put it in the English dub.

"Yeah, I was skeptical at first but the polycule might be the way to go."

Fallout London - a FO4 mod. (really, a makeover and whole new game.)

Said to Cortana by the Master Chief?

Jason but they pronounce it "Jay Sohn."

Also "Holy shit, its snow white!" as they're being gunned down from the brush.

EDIT: oh and of course "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"

NES "Pro Wrestling".

"A winner is you!"

I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle...and wonder if we'll ever get the chance to kill him.

"Destroy him, my robots" from Impossible Mission on the C64.

It was the first videogame I ever heard talk. And full disclosure, 5 year old me, thought it said, "destroy him my-rin bolts". It wasn't until years later, my dad actually corrected me.

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal. Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

Not by my choice, but "That was gnarlycuga!" Is so fucking cheesy that it just won't leave

"They ... they've hit me, Finn"
Enderal, a should-play

I need to finish that at some point

You really do! There are so many goosebump moments in the story!

BRING ME A NICE CRISP PIECE OF MEAT!

"I led them to the light. I alone." I'm getting goosebumps just writing that down. The moment you finally hear *him* say it in-game after reading it on the loading screens all the time. It all comes together in the end.

I'm on my fourth playthrough right now, Enderal is my favourite video game ever I think.

I'M GONNA PUT MY PAIN INTO YOUR SOUL! (Krieg, BL 2)

Do you like hurting other people?

"Thanks for stopping by, come back again SooON."
-Random vendor guy in the woods, Dungeon Siege

"Monsters? They look like *monsters* to you?"

-Silent Hill 3

"There's no way you're taking Kairi's Heart!"
"Come"
"Show me your power"
"Welcome Oblivion"

Heard it over and over again because KH1 was hard as a kid :')
But at least there's Forze del Male (the boss music) which is peak 👌

"Darkness within darkness becomes you, Riku".

“My words are backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!”

On explose d'abord ! Et on parle... après !
— Ziggs, League of Legends, French Voice

"In the room ahead is a spider artifact. Take it! We will need it to reach the Santieri Crystal."
Also
"There is but one gift I can offer that is equal in value to an Elder Scroll and my daughter: I offer you my blood. Take it and you will walk as a lion among sheep, men will tremble at your approach, and you will never fear death again."

Hey, Hey, Hey! It's time to make some crazy money. Are y'all ready? Here we gooo!

"Mean, green and unseen!"