Define Your Game In One Quote

[FreebirdLegend]

Cryostasis

As long as the dark foundation of our nature, grim in its all-encompassing egoism, mad in its drive to make that egoism into reality, to devour everything and to define everything by itself, as long as that foundation is visible, as long as this truly original sin exists within us, we have no business here and there is no logical answer to our existence.

Imagine a group of people who are all blind, deaf and slightly demented and suddenly someone in the crowd asks, "What are we to do?"... The only possible answer is, "Look for a cure". Until you are cured, there is nothing you can do.
And since you don't believe you are sick, there can be no cure.

- Vladimir Solovyov
Or
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
I don't know whether I was right or wrong, I guess I'll never know... But I made it. And I guess I should be thankful for that.

 

[Blade1130]

"The past is a gaping hole. You try to run from it, but the more you run, the deeper more terrible it grows behind you, it's edges yawning at your heels. Your only chance is to turn around and face it. But it's like looking down into the grave of your love."

Anyone who guesses that gets a digital high-five.

 

[MammothBlade]

"Ho Hee Ho! My name is Black Frost and it's time to kick some ass!" - Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

"What're ya buyin', stranger?" - Merchant, Resident Evil 4

 

[wolf thing]

"What can change the nature of a man?"

Self-Explanatory really.

"one foot in the grave, the other in hell"
"time is not your enemy forever is"

some more planescape for you

 

[esperandote]

If you want to see Mary,
then you should just die.
But you might be going
to a different place, James.

Another:

Here come's a new challenger

 

[oZode]

you know our motto, we deliver from halo combat evolved.

This is a line said by foe hammer in the silent cartographer that stuck to my head since I played the halo combat evolved demo from the Xbox expedition demo games pack disc when I was five years old.

It describes halo to me quite well because they do indeed deliver.

 

[Meight08]

walk softly and carry a big gun
because it sounds silly but its exectuded very intelligently and embodies the space marines for me

 

[Smeggs]

Mass Effect 2: "Ahh yes, 'Reapers,' the immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting is dark space. We have dismissed that claim."

The second half of the first and majority of the second game are spent in what is mostly secrecy trying to find a way to stop the Reaper invasion and anihlation of the Galaxy. Even after sacrificing countless lives, countless HUMAN lives to save their own pitiful existence, the council still does nothing but twiddle their thumbs in their asses and goes, "LOL REEPURRS? WUT U TALKIN BOUT DERR R NO REEPURRS HEAR!"
*Cue Reaper fleet coming to destroy entire galaxy in final game*

walk softly and carry a big gun
because it sounds silly but its exectuded very intelligently and embodies the space marines for me

Ha, actually that's a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. "Walk softly and carry a big stick."

~The more you know~*

 

[Palademon]

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

"TIME TO SPLIT!" - Sgt. Cortez

Appropriate.

 

[Leemaster777]

Dammit, the OP stole my idea. The Andrew Ryan speech is the PERFECT way to sum up Bioshock.

But this works too: "What is the difference between a man and a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, a slave obeys."

 

[MightyRabbit]

"OBJECTION!"

Guess where I got that one from.

 

[Erttheking]

I don't care if it's god anti-son of a ***** machine, or a giant hula hoop, we aren't gonna let them have it!

 

[Thanatos5150]

"It's not the End of the world, but you can see it from here."
~Deus Ex: Human Revolution

 

[ZeroMachine]

"There are as many worlds as there are potentials."

The actual quote is from Chrono Trigger DS, in the new ending. But it could pretty much cover any game when you think about it.

Just stop thinking of each death or failure as "oh shit, loading last checkpoint".

Think of it as an actual death or failure. Each time you reload a game, you leave that world behind to deal with whatever you failed to stop.

 

[Devin Curry]

Portal 2:
How are you holding up, BECAUSE I'M A POTATO!

either that or Cave Johnson's rant about lemons.

 

[DioWallachia]

IJI: "You're not much of a warrior, but your will is so strong it doesn't seem to matter..."

The level design with multiple actions to choose to complete a level + A story and audio logs that change according to your actions for the rest of the game + Action RPG elements to choose a specialization for each play trough = Deus Ex

+

A deconstruction of the "lone woman warrior fights against impossible odds" of Super Metroid

=

IJI from Remar Games

 

[3quency]

"Ahahahahahaha, you rat sucker" - Smilin' Jack, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

The very first time in the game you are shown how easily manipulated you are as a player.
But don't worry, it's not like every character you come across will use that to their advantage or anything...

 

[MNRA]

Majesty: "I'm meltiiiiiing!"

God. Damn. Wizards! Stop dying on me you expensive bags of meat!

 

[RyanBishop]

Fifty thousand people used to live here... now it's a ghost town.

 

[doomspore98]

Not sure about this one. Run alacatraz, you and that suit are our only hope. Also BONK from TF2