Define Your Game In One Quote

[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

 

[The Night Shade]

MGS:"Burn In Hell..........Liquid"

 

[putowtin]

"Ah yes, Reapers!"
"we can disobey suicidal orders? Why wasn't I told?"

gotta love the one liners iin ME2

 

[AbstractStream]

Persona 3: Memnto Mori

Persona 4: Reach out for the truth

If anyone wants to define Persona 3 & 4, that was exactly it.

Devil Survivor: "Conquer your demon, break your barricade."
Let's survive.

 

[Dethenger]

"You've suffered a terrible fate, haven't you?"

Majora's Mask.

 

[Thyunda]

Another one I was just thinking about,

Halo: Reach - "It's been an honour, sir.".
The simple act of Emile saluting Carter on the doomed Pelican, with no emotion other than pride, gave the feel of the game a voice. Nobody was going to survive, but Emile's thoughts weren't with regret or cowardice, he just thought of the job that needed doing and the team who had died to get it done. And that's what I read from Halo: Reach.

 

[slackbheep]

Dwarf Fortress: "... It menaces with spikes "

 

[Aletheium]

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

Good shout, that line is burned into my mind from playing the multiplayer so often back in the day.

Always the only line I heard from that intro after the first time I played it.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Another one I was just thinking about,

Halo: Reach - "It's been an honour, sir.".
The simple act of Emile saluting Carter on the doomed Pelican, with no emotion other than pride, gave the feel of the game a voice. Nobody was going to survive, but Emile's thoughts weren't with regret or cowardice, he just thought of the job that needed doing and the team who had died to get it done. And that's what I read from Halo: Reach.

You know, if you put it that way, it makes Emile have a point...

(For the record, he's my least favorite character in any Halo game barring characters that can be described as "Brute Chieftain #4".)

 

[Furyaki12]

If the game's prologue didn't throw levity off of a bridge, this quote not long after sure renders me incapable of taking anything else seriously:

"I'm not the slightest bit interested in the fact that you made these guns. If you get in my way, I will..how do the Americans put it? Oh yes; bust a cap in yo' ass." - Bayonetta, Bayonetta