You Can Use It In Real LifeAs video games have become more visually appealing, the writing behind them has also grown in importance. There are many great quotes that go with great writing. Here are some of my favorites:
The Top 100 Video Games
All TimeQuotes1. “I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel!” – Mass Effect 2
This is a classic quote from the second Mass Effect. In which you can endorse a Citadel store for a discount, You can do this for any store on the space station. The funny result is that the citadel will be filled with the laughter of the above quote.
2. “
’s time to kick ass and chew bubble gum…and I’m all outta gum.” – Duke NukemItDuke Nukem is the crazy, macho protagonist for the game series. It features crazy aliens, explosions and many other things. Duke says this while blowing away aliens. It just adds to action, humor and fast-paced gaming.
3. “What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!” – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
This quote was uttered by Dracula and is a dramatic, corny, and exaggerated exclamation before Richter faces Dracula in this Castlevania prologue.
4. “We’re not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing I was good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in.”- Metal Gear Solid
Gray Fox was the intimidating cyborg ninja that becomes Solid Snake’s ally throughout the game. Gray Fox is a brutal warrior and always looks for his match on the battlefield.
5. “They were all dead. “They were all dead. I pulled the trigger. And then it was over.” – Max Payne
Max Payne’s neonoir masterpiece is full of poignant, but also sad quotes. The game’s opening scene features this powerful hitter, setting the tone for the dark adventure the player will be on.
6. “
were almost a Jill sandwich!” – Resident EvilYouThis famous quote was made famous by a fellow S.T.A.R.S. member, Barry to Jill. Barry to Jill, a member of S.T.A.R.S. after she was nearly crushed by a trap in the mansion.
It is safe to say that the tension caused by the frightening presence of the mansion was relieved.It7. “
’s a-me, Mario!” – Assassin’s Creed IIItThis in-joke for video gamers is said by Ezio’s uncle Mario after meeting on the road.
It was quickly a well-known quote in the game because it refers to our favorite Italian plumber.It8. “The sun went down with practiced bravado. Twilight crawled across a sky filled with foreboding. I didn’t like the way the show started. They had provided me with the best seat in their house. Front row center.” – Max Payne
This dark quote appears right before the murder of Max’s wife and baby, setting off the crazy course of events that define Max’s journey and motives for years to come.
9. “The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.” – Half-
2LifeThe mysterious G-man says this at the beginning of Gordon Freeman’s second adventure. This is what Gordon does throughout the story.
10. “FINISH HIM!” – Mortal Kombat
After they beat their opponent, a classic line is yelled at them. This gave the player the option to either end the fight with a bloody defeat or just smack their opponent.
11. “Would you kindly…” – Bioshock
This infamous quote is the most important plot point in the original Bioshock game.
12. “The healthy human mind doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But I think that’s a luxury, not a curse.
know you’re close to the end is a kind of freedom. Good time to take… inventory.” – Call of Duty: Modern WarfareTo13. “Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle are strong while others are taken by the wolves. Some men are fortunate enough to have a good life and enough wealth. Ain’t nothing fair.” – Red Dead Redemption
14. “
can’t break a man the way you break a dog or a horse. The harder you beat a man, the taller he stands.” – Far Cry 2You15. “War…war never changes” – Fallout
16. “The world fears the inevitable plummet into the abyss. Be ready for the inevitable moment.
is only when you fall that you learn whether you can fly.” – Dragon Age: OriginsIt17. “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 alarmed, try to hold onto that feeling because that is the proper reaction to being told you have brain damage.” – Portal 2
18. “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” – Assassin’s Creed franchise
19. “
’s dangerous to go alone, take this!” – The Legend of ZeldaIt20. “I raised you, and loved you, I’ve given you weapons, taught you techniques, endowed you with knowledge. There’s nothing more for me to give you. All that’s left for you to take in my life.” – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
This powerful quote was spoken at the Boss-Snake showdown. Everything has led to this, as the quote exhibits, and it’s an extremely powerful scene.
21. “Boss… you were right.
’s not about changing the world. It’s about doing our best to leave the world… the way it is. It’s about respecting the will of others and believing in your own.” – Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the PatriotsIt22. “Endure and survive.” – The Last of Us
23. “Praise the sun!” – Dark Souls
This is Solaire the knight of the sun’s motto, which quickly became a favorite quote online amongst Dark Souls gamers.
24. “Do you like hurting other people?” – Hotline Miami
25. “I’ve struggled a long time with survivin’, but no matter what you have to find something to fight for.” – The Last of Us
Joel’s daughter is killed and he must carry on after twenty years of plague-infested America.
26. “Tell me Bats. What are you afraid of? Failure to save the city’s cesspool? Failing to find the Commissioner on time? Me, in a thong?” – Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Joker is the star of every Batman appearance, with his hilarious classic lines.
27. Federico: “
is a good life we lead, brother.” Ezio: “The best. May it never change.” Federico: “And may it never change us.” – Assassin’s Creed IIItThis touching exchange between Ezio’s brother and Ezio takes place at the start of the second match, just before the tumultuous events that engulf everything in chaos.
28. “War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.” – Grand Theft Auto IV
Niko shares some wisdom with us when we discuss the causes and consequences of conflict.
29. “Hope is what makes us strong.
This is why we’re here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost.” – God of War 3It30. “Stop right there, criminal scum!” – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
This line will be heard more by nefarious players than the rest, but it is delivered with so much passion and gusto that it borders upon parody.
31. “Hey! Take a look! Pay attention! Listen!
Infamous words by Na’vi, Link’s fairy companion has become known by all gamers.
32. “I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the knee.” – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Passing guards heard this quote and it quickly became a popular meme on the internet. People would repeat it, adding their own flavor.
33. “Do a barrel roll!” – Star Fox 64
Peppy Hare tells Fox to do the barrel roll during the tutorial.
34. “So, I guess I’d become what they wanted me to be, a killer. A rent-a-clown with guns who makes holes in the heads of other bad guys. Well, that’s what they had paid for, so in the end, that’s what they got. We understand capitalism, no matter what you think.
You get what you pay for when you buy a product. These chumps paid for an angry gringo who didn’t have the sense to distinguish right from wrong. Here I was about to execute this poor bastard like some dime store angel of death, and I realized they were correct, I wouldn’t know right from wrong if one of them was helping the poor and the other was banging my sister…” – Max Payne 3You35 “A man chooses; a slave obeys.” – Bioshock
Andrew Ryan, a maniacal, emphasizes this line of thought near the end when the player finally meets him.
36 “Snake? Snake? SNAKE!” – Metal Gear Solid
The colonel will shout the death of Snake through the codec and add some dramatic music to the scene.
37. “Grass grows, birds fly, the sun shines, and brother, I hurt people.” – Team Fortress 2
38. “
The one thing that had been stolen from them was the chance to have it. An opportunity. It’s your chance to learn. YouFind love. ToLive. What was your reward at the end? ToNever said. But I think I know: a family.” – BioshockYouDr Tenenbaum speaks directly to the player during the game’s good ending, speaking these kind words regarding the Little Sisters.
39. “Stay awhile and listen!” – Diablo 2
40 “Thank you, Mario! But our Princess is in another castle!” – Super Mario
41 “Good men mean well. We just don’t always end up doing well.” – Dead Space 3
42. “Why walk when you can ride?” – The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
In a gritty, fast-traveling voice, the stilt striders speak this to the player character.
43. “
have died of dysentery.” – Oregon TrailYou44. “
mustn’t allow yourself to be chained to fate, to be ruled by your genes. The choice is up to each individual. What’s important is that you choose life… and then live.” – Metal Gear SolidYou45 “Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour.” – The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
46 “Dreams have a nasty habit of going bad when you’re not looking.” – Max Payne
47 “Time passes, people move. Like a river’s flow, it never ends. A childish mind will turn to noble ambition.” – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
48. “Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies.
’s our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides are guilty of each other. There’s no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views.” – Final Fantasy VIIIIt49. “At the end of the day, as long as there are two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead.” – Team Fortress 2
50 “Don’t make a girl a promise if you know you can’t keep it.” – Halo 3
51 “My past is not a memory.
’s a force at my back. ItYou pushes and you steer. While I may not always love the path it leads me to, like all stories, it is necessary for me to resolve the past. What’s past is prologue.” – Metroid: The Other MIt52. “Our world, with its rules of causality, has trained us to be miserly with forgiveness. We can get hurt if we forgive too easily. But if we’ve learned from a mistake and become better for it, shouldn’t we be rewarded for the learning, rather than punished for the mistake?” – Braid
53 “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 believe it.
focus on the petty bull ****, or the next job, or whatever. You’s only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you understand, that’s what happiness felt like.” – Fallout 4It54. “All men dream – but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity… But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.” From T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Uncharted 3
55 “
can’t hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he’s got a gun.” – Grim FandangoYou56 “Reliance upon others is a weakness for the strong but strength for the weak. Wisdom and balance lie in knowing your nature over time.” – Thief II
Garrett, the smart thief is skilled at pickpocketing as well as lockpicking.
57. “I like shorts! They’re comfy and easy to wear!” – Pokémon
This quote was made by a youngster while fighting in the wilderness. What do shorts have to do with Pokémon?
My guess is just as good as yours.Your58 “What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to the mind?” – System Shock 2
59. “I never asked for this” – Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Adam Jensen’s signature quip, he’s very irritated that he’s been turned into a cyborg. Wouldn’t we all?
60 “Only a mind free of impediments is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world.” – Assassin’s Creed
61 “We are all our own worst enemy. But also, our best teacher.” – Super Street Fighter IV
62 “What is a man but the sum of his memories? We are the stories we live, the tales we tell ourselves.” – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
63. “No matter how dark the night, the morning always comes.” – Final Fantasy X
These encouraging words from Lulu, the mysterious Lulu, are for our heroes facing overwhelming odds against Sin.
64. “The only thing that can defeat power, is more power.” – Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
65 “A famous explorer once said that the extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are.” – Tomb Raider
66 “What is bravery, without a dash of recklessness?” – Dark Souls
67 “Someday you’re bound to lose everything. Everybody around you will be gone.” – Final Fantasy VIII
68 “Good! We can now fight as warriors. It is the basis for all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon.” – Metal Gear Solid
Another Gray Fox quote. He’s filled with rage, but ready to accept a worthy challenger who can match his zeal.
69 “Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?” – Bad Dudes
A classic line that was at the beginning this action-packed game. This phrase has been a huge hit on the internet many years later.
70 “
’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?” – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s MaskYou71. “The truth, Walker, is that you’re here because you wanted to feel like something you’re not: A hero.” – Spec Ops: The Line
72. Batman: “
Want to find something funny? Even after everything you’ve done, I would have saved you.”YouThe Joker “that is pretty funny.” – Batman: Arkham City[laughs, coughs]73. “Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.” – Mass Effect 3
74. “
isn’t just about passing on your genes. There are many other things we can leave behind than DNA. Life speech, music, literature, and movies… what we’ve seen, heard, felt… anger, joy, and sorrow… these are the things I will pass on. That’s what I live for. We must pass the torch to our children and allow them to see our tragic and messy past through its light. All the magic of digital technology is available to help us do this. Humanity will likely end at some point, and new species could take over the planet. Although the Earth is not going to be here forever, we have the responsibility of leaving as much evidence of life as possible. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing.” – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyThrough75. “Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?” – Far Cry 3
Our antagonist, Vaas confronts the player and well… tells them about insanity. It was very fitting that he did this.
76. “Force answers force, war breeds war, and death only brings death.
break this vicious circle, one must do more than just act without any thought or doubt.” – Metro 2033To77. “I got caught up in the money, the power…I don’t give a s**t, oh f**k man…I had no choice, I had to do it…I only see the opportunity. But when I’m gone, everyone’s gonna remember my name: Big Smoke!” – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
78. “Shadow and light are two sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other.” – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
79 “A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him” – Halo
80 “DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM” – Fallout 3
Liberty Prime, the final robot, will accompany the player in defeating the Enclave. It also spurs hilarious anti-communist propaganda.
81. “…it is merely an observation on the nature of reality.
It is not true to say that everything is true. We must realize that the foundations for society are fragile. To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with our consequences, whether glorious or tragic.” – Assassin’s Creed: RevelationsToEzio explains to his friend the nature of the Assassin Order’s creed.
82. “
ain’t no secret I didn’t get these scars falling over in church.” – Red Dead RedemptionIt83. “What is better – to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?” – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Paarthurnax, the dragon who has been reformed, speaks out about the virtues of changing your ways.
84. “I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. What is a man’s right to sweat his brows? ‘No!’ says the man in Washington, ‘
belongs to the poor.’ ‘No!’ says the man in the Vatican, ‘It belongs to God.’ ‘No!’ says the man in Moscow, ‘It belongs to everyone.’ I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose… Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.” – BioshockItThis is Andrew Ryan’s pitch for Rapture using his Randian philosophy of objectivism.
85 “No Russian.” – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
This controversial quote opened up the level in which you were tasked with massacring the population of an airport to maintain cover within a terrorist’s good graces.
86 “Love is just a chemical. We give it meaning by choice.” – Bioshock 2
87 “War has changed” – Metal Gear Solid IV
This quote goes against Fallout’s signature quote, as Solid Snake describes the futuristic advancements in war and conflict throughout the world.
88. “If our lives are already written, it would take a courageous man to change the script.” – Alan Wake
89. “There are two ways of arguing with a woman, and neither one works” – Red Dead Redemption
90 “Had to be me… Someone else might have got it wrong.” – Mass Effect 3
91. “Waka Waka Waka” – Pacman
If you stop and think about it, the iconic sound of Pacman chomping down those dots can still be heard.
92. “
” – The Legend of Zelda[silence]Link’s famous ‘lines’, in which he doesn’t speak, even when spoken to, has become an integral part of the franchise as a whole.
93. “Now is the time to choose! Either die and feel free from pain, or you can live and fight your grief. This is your chance to create your story!
fate is in your hands” – Final Fantasy XYour94. “NOTHING IS MORE BADASS THAN TREATING A WOMAN WITH RESPECT!” – Borderlands 2
95. “I don’t need a weapon; my friends are my power!” – Kingdom Hearts
96 “The cake is a lie” – Portal
97. “
require more vespene gas” and “Not Enough Minerals” – StarCraftYouThese dialogue snippets will be instantly recognized by players when they run out of resources.
98. “Frostmourne hungers” – WarCraft III
99. “
Have Died” – Dark SoulsYouThe infamous screen in which many players will become intimately acquainted with, the ‘you have died’ screen is the bane of my existence!
100. “Kept you waiting, huh?” — Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
Big Boss is directly looking at the player and camera, while he adds this cheeky bit of dialogue at GZ’s beginning.
