Favourite quotes from games

[Maxie]

Nothing about Dybowski's navel gazing sims, and Pathologic 2 will never be completed.

That's very nice and has nothing to do with my post. All you have to do is read the paragraph of text and appreciate the thought expressed in it.

You're bringing down the prestige quotient, and it is my duty as a forum user to tend to forum ecology. Boy, you don't know what you don't know.

 

[taxalot]

 

[octavius]

"Not even death can save you from me!"

 

[BillyIII]

"The first, bitter taste of that terrible illusion - hope."

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[NecroLord]

"Don't open it!"

"Power is life to our kind. Those without power disintegrate into the nights of the past. Hundreds of names I know once instilled fear, now unknown. You see it's not enough to attain power, one must also maintain power. And that sarcophagus is power."

 

[__scribbles__]

"I detest trickery - but if we ourselves are to suffer deception, our hands are no longer tied." - Pathologic

"Occam's razor can leave a scar, but it can remove the cancer so often caused by the poison of liars and imaginers." - Planescape: Torment

"War never changes." - Fallout

"You've made a powerful enemy today, sign!" - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

"Humans rarely live long enough to see the consequences of their mistakes. And, therefore, humans, when confronted with any situation, see it through the veil of their own mortality. Achieve, advance, perform... humans are constantly driven by the shadow of their own death. This fear, unfortunately, clouds their judgement, deadens their sense of right and wrong. Humans act first, think later, and feel last of all." - Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

 

[Blutwurstritter]

"Ich glaube, ich hau dir mal bisschen aufs Maul" Gothic 2
"Dumdideldei, aus dir mach ich Brei" BG 1

And all insults from Stronghold 1, in particular

Weasel turd! and Slubberdegulian!

https://youtu.be/8ZKguhAwqFs?si=ebK4ouutsQcqbk2H

 

[Fargus]

зараз я тобi в жопу перцю наштовхаю! - hooded cultist from ancient russo-ukrainian pirate "localization" of blood.

Это та упоротая локализация от Рисеча?

 

[taxalot]

 

[Lyric Suite]

So this is like the reverse of Deus Ex. The NPCs have professional sounding voice work while the main character was voiced by the first random intern they spotted on the way to the recording studio.

 

[AfterVirtue]

- It's a bad day for dying - Doc McCoy, Desperados

- Once I embraced my powers I realized that Vorador was correct. We are gods - dark gods - and it is our duty to thin the herd - Kain, Blood Omen

No cost too great.
No mind to think.
No will to break.
No voice to cry suffering.
Born of God and Void.
You shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams. - Pale King, Hollow Knight.

- Aahh... i'm sorry... Light... Radiance... I... remember you. - Seer, Hollow Knight

- That is the price for humility. And what else might we interest you in today, sir? Perhaps, some virtues. But what of honor little man? At what price honor? - Clovis, Blade Runner

- Last time i had a "three" was when some hooker vomited Thunderbird on Bryant's desk and yours truly led the cleanup crew. A year and an half on the job it was still the dirtiest work i'd seen. - Ray McCoy, Blade Runner

- You can stop staring at my ass now. Crystal, Blade Runner

- small pains are part of learning. But not every setback imparts wisdom. You must be careful. Sometimes all you learn in defeat, is that you have been defeated. - Master Lee, Jade Empire

- I don't like anyone. I hate monsters. - The Stranger, Nocturne

The Creatures
of Night

By Hubertus
the Bald
translated from Latin
by his brother in prayer
Fratre Johan Markus.

Of Monstrosity

You who read me, know that
night engenders monsters and that
night creatures exist. The
accursed book of Abdul Al
Azred is clear on this matter:
”That is not dead which can
eternal lie”. Unhappy he who
knows that book.
Unhappy he whose eyes alight
upon that foulest of texts.
Unhappy he who implores the
standing stones. For he will free
the powers of darkness.

Of the Pit

Stagnant waters are like the
memory of men. Beneath the
surface calm, clawed beasts await
and are known to initiates as the
Deep Ones.
Awaiting his prey, the Deep One
seizes him and drags him down to
the abyss where Dagon the cruel
god swims and reveres him whose
name may not be pronounced.

Of Libraries

Unhappy he who frees the
prowler. Unhappy he who meets
the prowler erring among the books.
He generates the vagabond that
comes from other spheres. He
believes the vagabond does not exist.
He will feel the embrace of death
for, in the eyes of the vagabond,
books are no more than dreams,
stone no more than wind. The
vagabond knows how to take the
breath of the reckless.

Of Strife

He who speaks does not know
and believes he is able to kill the
creatures of the night. Folly.
Evil is conjured up by science
and secrecy. He who prowls among
books will perish by the blade. He
who flies in the dark caverns will
scream in fear. He who swims in
the depths will evaporate. But he
who believes he knows, knows
nothing. He who knows, says
nothing.

Of Death

There are domains more
terrible than death. That is not
dead which can eternal lie. Each
creature is conjured up and is not
dead but returns to the origins. A
monster, a science. Steel kills the
vagabond who never dies.

Translator’s note. + +Here ends the manuscript ofHubertus, who died in the libraryof the convent of Taroella in the year of Our Lord 1666. Requiescat in pace. + + + - book in Alone in the Dark

 

[3 others]

"And at the end of fear, oblivion!"

 

[Zlaja]

"I wanted orange, it gave me lemon-lime"
- Gunther (Deus Ex)

 

[Kabas]

Кончина Бетрезена близка

I absolutely adore the second russian version of this intro.

Come to think of it, the orginal russian dub of Warcraft 3 was also pretty memorable. Heard that Reforged ruined it completely.

 

[e-mailio estevez]

 

[NecroLord]

"I wanted orange, it gave me lemon-lime"
- Gunther (Deus Ex)

In Invisible War it's established that the machine was always broken/buggy and that's why it never gave orange soda.

 

[Jaesun]

For an rpg this is still my favorite quote.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

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For an rpg this is still my favorite quote.

Any idea where BG writers might have gotten inspiration to write that one?

 

[NecroLord]

"I have no enemies, merely topographies of ignorance." - JC/Helios

"The commodification of ability -- tuition, of course, but, increasingly, genetic treatments, cybernetic protocols, now biomods -- has had the side effect of creating a self-perpetuating aristocracy in all advanced societies. When ability becomes a public resource, what will distinguish people will be what they do with it. Intention. Dedication. Integrity. The qualities we would choose as the bedrock of the social order." - Paul Denton


"Number One: In 1945, corporations paid 50% of federal taxes; now they pay about 5%. Number Two: In 1900, 90% of Americans were self employed; now it's about 2%... It's called consolidation; strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals. With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time." - Leo Gold

 

[3 others]

The hammerite prayers and proverbs in Thief are overall good, but these two are personal favorites:

Each year of thy life is the foundation for the next. The man who squanders his youth must build his life on a foundation of mud, and then wilt it collapse.

When I was cold, Thou taught of hearth and roof-beam. When I was hungry, Thou taught of pot and cauldron. When I was beset by foes, Thou taught of spear and shield. Thy hammer pounds the nail, holds the roof-beam. Thy hammer strikes the iron, shapes the cauldron. Thy hammer in my hand, unto my foes.

 

[NecroLord]

The hammerite prayers and proverbs in Thief are overall good, but these two are personal favorites:

Each year of thy life is the foundation for the next. The man who squanders his youth must build his life on a foundation of mud, and then wilt it collapse.

When I was cold, Thou taught of hearth and roof-beam. When I was hungry, Thou taught of pot and cauldron. When I was beset by foes, Thou taught of spear and shield. Thy hammer pounds the nail, holds the roof-beam. Thy hammer strikes the iron, shapes the cauldron. Thy hammer in my hand, unto my foes.

Some more Hammerite wisdom:

"And The Builder said, 'If the foundation is weak, do you wail and gnash your teeth? Do you ask it to repour itself? Nay, you tear it down and begin anew. So shall it be with all My Children, whether they be Stone or Flesh."

"The soul of a single virtuous man hath the worth of ten evil men, for canst not the virtuous man both slay the wicked and preserve his own?"

"Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams."

"
Hammerite Compendium of Precepts, Regimens and Rules of Conduct, Vol. 36


Time once past, the harlot did say to the priest "Tarry a while, and

wait upon thy duties" and the priest did tarry."


And then was the

harlot scourged with birch branches, and was the priest crushed

beneath the great gears, for the path of righteousness leads ever

upwards, to where it is perilous to fall.

 

[Gandalf]

"QUAD DAMAGE" - Quake III Arena

 

[KafkaBot]

From Planescape: Torment:

The Transcendent One: Your defiance will hurt you more than any wound in this place. Belief cannot change the nature of a man.
The Nameless One: I think it can. I think belief could even unmake me, if I believed it enough.

From Disco Elysium:

"No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive."

Also, of course, "Vae Victis!" from Blood Omen.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

Do you want to wash wang? Or do you want to watch Wang wash wang?

 

[NecroLord]

"I may have to donate some blood. Someone else's." - Caleb E3M4 "The Sick Ward".