"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!"
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Anything Glados from Portal 1/2--still one of very, very few games to actually make me laugh. But also the Cave Johnson "when life gives you lemons" rant comes to mind, because it's both funny and poignant.
Everything in Portal 2 is gold, but if you shout out both GladOs AND Cave, I feel like Wheatley deserves a mention as well.
"Most test subjects do experience some cognitive deterioration after a few months in suspension. Now you've been under for... quite a lot longer, and it's not out of the question that you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage. But don't be alarmed, alright? Although, if you do feel alarm, try to hold onto that feeling because that is the proper reaction to being told you have brain damage."
Favorite Glados ones:
- “We both said a lot of things that you’re going to regret.”
- “That thing you burned up isn't important to me; it's the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It makes shoes for orphans... Nice job breaking it, hero.”
And Cave Johnson:
- “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! Demand to see life’s manager!”
- “Science isn’t about why. It's about why not.”
Had to look it up to refresh my memory:
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"Nice job breaking it, hero."
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"You are not a good person. You know that, right? Good people don't get up here."
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"Here come the test results: You are a horrible person. We weren't even testing for that."
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"Congratulations on beating the odds and somehow managing to pack on a few pounds."
You really need the full 2-minute audio of the lemons bit to get the gist. J.K. Simmons did an amazing job balancing funny and, "oh shit, am I...sad!?!?...during the silly, funny puzzle game!?"
You might also enjoy The Stanley Parable, it's a very similar kind of humor, I recommend going in blind, as the game is a lot about exploring watching a funny dialogue in a video removes the fun out of it being a reaction to something you did.
"Well, This is the part where he kills us."
"Hello. This is the part where I kill you."
CHAPTER 9: THE PART WHERE HE KILLS YOU
Achievement Unlocked: The part where he kills you
"The right person in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world" - Half Life 2
The creepy gait of his voice gives me goosebumps every time.
War... war never changes.
War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and its consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine.
Lots of good bioshock quotes, but the standout:
We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here, "Huge success"
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead
Alright, 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 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 going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.
You must construct additional pylons.
Words to live by.
You forget a thousand things every day, make sure this is one of them.
Michael, GTA V
Truth is, the game was rigged from the start. -Benny
Alternatively:
Hope this interaction does not lead to any fallout between us. Fallout: New Vegas. -Benny
It's a-me, Mario!
From Assassin's Creed 2. Might be known from some other game too, I dunno.
All your base are belong to us.
Someone set us up the bomb
I bought FC3 without knowing what the game was because of this monologue:
Vaas: "Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?
Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing, over and over again expecting shit to change. That. Is. Crazy.
The first time somebody told me that, I dunno, I thought they were bullshitting me, so, boom, I shot him. The thing is, he was right
And then I started seeing, everywhere I looked, everywhere I looked all these fucking pricks. Everywhere I looked, doing the exact same fucking thing... over and over and over and over again thinking: 'This time is gonna be different.' No, no, no please... 'This time is gonna be different.'
I'm sorry, I don't like... The way... you are looking at me,. Okay!? Do you have a fucking problem in your head, do you think I am bullshitting you, do you think I am lying? Fuck you! Okay? Fuck you!
It's okay, man. I'm gonna chill, hermano. I'm gonna chill -
The thing is... Alright, the thing is I killed you once already. And it's not like I am fucking crazy. It's okay... It's like water under the bridge
Did I ever tell you the definition... of insanity?
Most overrated villain ever.
Vaas was an awakening that made everyone realize what Far Cry villains needed to be. They took the idea and ran with it for the next three games.
I don't think I ever finished FC3, I agree he wasn't a big part of the game
Still one of the best written monologues
Had to be me, someone else might've gotten it wrong.
"(while looking into the mirror) Despite everything, it's still you.", from Undertale.
Also a bunch of lines from the Happy Happy cult members in Earthbound.
0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself sad. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov fucked him over personally with his socio-economic theory. It has, however, made him into a very, very smart boy with something like a university degree in Truth. Instead of building Communism, he now builds a precise model of this grotesque, duplicitous world.
There's so many hard hitting quotes in this game. The one that hit me the hardest was actually the thought cabinet thought you get for trying to open the unopenable door.
Edit:
Found it.
"There is no way to open the supply depot door. Accept it. You cannot open all the doors. You have to integrate this into your character. Some doors will forever remain closed. Even if every single other door will open at one time or another, maybe to a key, or maybe to some sort of tool meant for opening doors... But this one will never accede to such commands. A realization crucial to personal growth. Crucial."
I felt so betrayed by this. I had spent a point to unlock this thought. I waited with excitement for its completion, which would surely allow me to unlock the door. But instead, I felt more called out than I have ever felt in my life.
"The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it's gone. I mean, you may think to yourself that you're happy. But you don't really believe it. You focus on the petty bullshit, or the next job, or whatever. It's only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you really understand, that's what happiness felt like."
-Conrad Kellogg; Fallout 4.
I wish there had been a way for Kellog to be more than just "a guy you kill on the way to the institute".
He deserved to be more fleshed out and used.
The truth, Walker, is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero.
Go hang a salami, I'm a palindrome
This was the title of a book I liked as a kid, what game is this from?
Borderlands 3, the Fustercluck DLC
For the record, the original sentence is 'go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog'. It's from a big book of palindromes. The quote is from when the psycho Krieg yells super random stuff.
As soon as I posted that, I realized the quote is different from the book title, which is why I deleted my comment. How strange that you could still see it to reply to it!
Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot
One of the best campaigns I have ever played and definetly my favourite shooter.
Statement: I see you have purchased me, master. I find this a satisfactory arrangement. Am I to accompany you now? Shall I kill something for you?
HK-47 from Knights Of The Old Republic is probably my favorite source of quotes: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Quote_of_the_Day/Archive/HK-47
- I was most proud to have partaken in the political system of the galaxy. During the time [the senator] possessed me, he gained significant rank. Given enough time, I believe he could have become chancellor. I even eliminated a few key opponents that he did not ask for. Freebies, if you will.
- Query: Would you rather be caught with contraband that is very illegal or just a little illegal?
- Droids tend to blend into the background, like a bench or a card table. Mockery: Droid, fetch this. Droid, translate that. Droid, clean out the trash compactor. Part of the love of my function comes when the ‘furnishings’ pull out tibanna-powered rifles and point them at the owners' heads.
- Observation: I am a droid, master, with programming. Even if I did not enjoy killing, I would have no choice. Thankfully, I enjoy it very much.
All your base are belong to us.
"Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story" - Handsome Jack
Generally the last episode of Tales from the Borderlands is fucking awesome when it comes to Handsome Jack quotes.
All your base are belong to us.
"Dear humanity: We regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!" - Avery Johnson
I highly recommend everyone watch Angry Video Game Nerd's video about this game if you have the inclination and 15 minutes to spare. This video sent my sides into orbit.
And didn't forget the original Gamespot review.
No other game has ever been so trashed in so few words.
Since so many other quotes are already claimed, how about some Outer Wilds:
Seriously, I tried everything I could think of [...], and neither idea worked.
GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK
I'll share some of my favourites from SMAC (1999), the undisputed, undefeated and overall best 4X game!
Pravin Lal:
- "As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
Sister Miriam:
- "The Morgans fear what may not be purchased, for a trader cannot comprehend a thing that is priceless."
- "Some would ask: 'how could a perfect God create a universe with so much that is evil?' They have missed a greater conundrum: why would a perfect God create a universe at all?"
- "The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it lurked in the streets of yesterday. But it was never the streets that were evil."
Chairman Yang:
- "Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your awareness outward, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve enlightenment."
Lady Deirdre:
- "Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?"
That game is such a gold mine.
- Once a man has changed the relationship between himself and his environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left. Motion, of necessity, involves a change in perspective.
- 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.
- Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded.
A particular one always gives me chills:
- I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld. When I die, they will put my body in a box and dispose of it in the cold ground. And in the million ages to come, I will never breathe, or laugh, or twitch again. So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment.


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