Quotable Quotes

> "We need more homes!"

Has to be SimCity, right? Hopefully I don't derail this game by taking a wrong turn right off the bat ...

Here's my favorite:

"Your face. Your ass. ... What's the difference?"

I could have done half of these, but here's the one I felt most worth my time:

>"Belief can change the nature of a man."

Planescape: Torment, naturally.

Here's one I like:

"What a magical lady."

System Shock.

Maybe too easy, but one of my favorites:

"I thought you couldn't die in a LucasArts adventure."

BTW, I like the meta-ness of having a game on a game blog. Maybe we should do this more often.

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!"

Dracula to Richtor in the prologue of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

"We can choose the game, but we can't change the rules."

"Big Monsters, Big Prizes, I Love it!"

I think that's smash TV, but then, I always thought it was "Big Money, Big Prizes", so, either I'm wrong or you are.

"The president has been kidnapped, by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue him?" - Bad Dudes for NES. Obviously.
"Your face. Your ass. ... What's the difference?" - Duke Nukem 3D, duh. I doubt I would know something that's not obvious, anyway. :)

One of my favorites is "Your insults will do nothing to blunt the agonies of your demise."

"Your insults will do nothing to blunt the agonies of your demise."
- Soul Reaver

"Jill, here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you."

"Jill, here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you."
Jill Valentine.. Resident Evil.

"If you've come for the fork, you'll be sorely disappointed..."
"Return the fork! Or I will command it to destroy you!"

It was more epic in the french version.

"The drinking water of Denver public schools is slightly hard..."

Super Columbine Massacre RPG, I believe, whenever you investigate the water fountains?

"I am Error."

--- DELETED. I have the answer, but my quote ideas so far are garbage!

"Big Monsters, Big Prizes, I Love it!"
- Dungeon Keeper 2

"We need more homes!"
- Black and White

This was an experiment in non-monetary versions of non-interest bearing money, like mutual credit clearing. The money in this case is specialized geek knowledge. It was successful at stimulating geekonomic activity.

Every one of my originals has been cleared except for the second to last, that's still fair game.

The quote about choosing the game but not changing the rule is from GTAIV, topical but a good one.

Here's a money quote: "I am the magician!"

2nd to last? It's not 'Bad Dudes'?

Hmmm...just because I've been seeing the name around the web lately:

"I had a dream of my wife. She was dead. But it was all right."

"I am the magician!" - Psychosomnium?

"I had a dream of my wife. She was dead. But it was all right." Max Payne 2?

"Better than Kool-Aid" - okay, that's pretty generic, but it's still fairly easy to guess.

"Always wanted one of these!"

"Warrior needs food... badly!"

"Welcome to your doom!"

"My life for Aiur!"

>Welcome to your doom!

Altered Beast, m-hm.

I think the original poster's intention was to have quotes that highlighted something interesting about the game, or even games in general...not so much "quotes that are fun to say"...

With that in mind, here's some old-school character development:

"Run, coward!"

Starcraft.

Next quote:

Baa... Baa... Baa...Baa-ram-ewe...

The Legend of Zelda II.

I'm not great with the quotes, but here's my best shot at a character-defining quote:

"We broke it. Yes, we were naughty. Completely naughty. So, so very sorry. But just between you and us, it felt quite good."

is Gauntlet. Used to go around saying "Nerd needs food ... badly" in college.

Here's one:
"This story, like all good stories, begins where it ends, in a tower, in a realm that is no more."

And yes, the story begins where it ends, and the impact of that makes me puddle up every time.

Side note: On the "Belief can change the nature of the man", the "Belief" is at the discretion of the gamer. You get to choose what can change the nature of a man. I always go with "Regret" myself.

"What a magical lady."
Raz from Psychonauts about Linda.

An easy one:
"Now, would you kindly find a crowbar or something?"

Forgot to add one of my own when I answered! Here we go:

"Do you like that, Inkidoo?"

I had that phrase stuck in my head for weeks. Not sure if Inkidoo is the correct spelling.

"We broke it. Yes, we were naughty. Completely naughty. So, so very sorry. But just between you and us, it felt quite good." - Katamari Damacy!

Was there any word on whether the somewhat surreal dialogue of that game was due to a poor translation, or if it really was just that weird?

Here's one -
"Are you a sacrifice too?"

"Now, would you kindly find a crowbar or something?"
Bioshock

"The day he stops smiling is the day we remember his smile."

"Run, coward!"
- Future Cop: LAPD. (Okay, so they were paying homage to Sinistar. The point is that Future Cop's strategy mode was awesome)

A fresh one:
"Three snarling attack dogs fight with one another over the remains of your corpse." (This happens at the beginning of the story.)

So, I know two people have guessed at this one already, but when I hear that phrase back in my head, it only comes out in the lacklustre drudge of the Peasant from Warcraft 2. And that brings back memories.

But then, I might be wrong.

'Don't break up the team, Carlson and Peters 115'

A bit obvious, but all I can think of right now.

"Are you a sacrifice too?" - ICO

"Please, save me! The cage is locked ... with a key!"

"This story, like all good stories, begins where it ends, in a tower, in a realm that is no more."

I believe is The Longest Journey

And two more quotes

"Hey look...a shotgun!" - A Table top game just to get really geeky

"Power? Do you think so? You would be wrong. There is no strength in the hunger he possesses… and the will behind his power is a primal thing. And it devours him as he devours others—his mere presence kills all around him slowly, feeding him. He is already dead; it is simply a question of how many he kills before he falls." - Experience point system anyone.

Beyond Good & Evil. Which reminds me, I was like 3/4 of the way through that game and I should totally find a FAQ and finish it.

"Busy with all that robbing and plundering, I presume?" / "I PREFER the term 'treasure hunting'!"

>"Busy with all that robbing and plundering, I presume?" / "I PREFER the term 'treasure hunting'!"

I suspect that's from Final Fantasy 6 (III).

Let's bend the rules a bit:

"Further information is not available here."

"Zombies!!!" of course.

Back to video games : "In England I was strickly small time, picking rusty locks in ancient manor houses."

"Three snarling attack dogs fight with one another over the remains of your corpse." can only be from Adam Cadre's Shrapnel.

Can I suggest multiple ones?

"I told ya not to touch that darn thing."

"Heh! It's a throne room. How pretentious can you get?"

"How often have we slipped our yoke, only to find it choking us again."

Not Yahtzee's 'Art of Theft' is it? sounds like it could be but I'm not sure.

Indeed it is. Good show!

'Don't break up the team, Carlson and Peters 115'
I recognize this from Beyond Good and Evil too, but shouldn't it be "Don't break up the team, Carlson and Peters page 823"? Anyway, I really like how this ambient in-game phrase gets highlighted in a cut scene.

"Please, save me! The cage is locked ... with a key!"
Is this Baldur's Gate II?

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"We will fly like eagles... On pogo sticks!"

"Since you left us you've been a rock rolling downhill. Now you must aim that remarkable momentum."

"My family's always been royally screwed by the taxes."

"The emperor has dictated your weaponry."

"We will fly like eagles... On pogo sticks!"

That is Glottis to Manny in Grim Fandango.

"I feel like I could... take on the world!"

"I feel like I could... take on the world!" - Day of the Tentacle.

"This isn't the past! This is the present!" (Sorry, I don't remember the exact quote)

"I thought you couldn't die in a LucasArts adventure." - Curse of Monkey Island, after enjoying a spicy drink mix.

Another easy one:
"Hello, my friend. Stay awhile and listen!"

Deckard Cain in Diablo 2 (the original too?)

Here's one from one of the best twists ever (and all the clues are there from the start, if you care to look for them):

"You walk into Bowman's office and, smiling, hand him the signed form."