What is the most profound quote you've ever heard/ read in a video game?

What is the most thought-provoking and/ or philosophical quote you've ever heard in a video game? For me, it's got to be the following, which is a quote by the character Jacob Hargreave from Crysis 2:

Will there been an afterlife, I wonder? Choirs of angels? Or a fiery pit? One unlearns these falsehoods over time, but the child who learned to fear hell is never really gone. To tell the truth, I think I had enough of afterlives as it is - this one has been pretty purgatorial. Almost fifty years floating in supercooled jelly like some medical specimen, thoughts creeping like rats through cramped silicon corridors of machines trapped behind video screens and camera systems. Never sleeping, never resting, never ceasing to think about the world you no longer belong to. No, if this is a taste of the afterlife, I think simple oblivion will do nicely.Jacob Hargreave

I came in here to post the exact same quote from Crysis 2 (incidentally, one of the few well written lines in the whole game). I guess great minds think alike :)

i used to be an adventurer like you but then i took and arrow to the knee

i used to be an adventurer like you but then i took and arrow to the knee

almasdeathchild

Shame on you.

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i used to be an adventurer like you but then i took and arrow to the knee

King-Kai

Shame on you.

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i used to be an adventurer like you but then i took and arrow to the knee

almasdeathchild

Shame on you.

I said profound/ thought-provoking/ philosophical quote, not annoying quote. Hence, you still failed. So, shame on you.

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[QUOTE="King-Kai"]

Shame on you.

King-Kai

I said profound/ thought-provoking/ philosophical quote, not annoying quote. Hence, you still failed. So, shame on you.

If anyone even thinks the words 'War has changed' or 'War never changes' then they and their seed need to be wiped from existenceand the earth salted with their remains.

It is good you're not afraid child, fear is a heavy burden.

Kratos

Hope is what makes us strong, it is why we are here. It's what we fight with when all else is lost.

Pandora

"The wind... it is.... blowing"-Ganondorf after his death in Wind Waker. So much weight and meaning behind those lines. It's a truly powerful moment in the game. The whol game was pretty much poetry.

"My children... Listen to me.

I have lived regretting the past.
And I have faced those regrets.

If only I could do things over again...
Not a day of my life has gone by without
my thoughts turning to my kindom of old.

I have lived bound to Hyrule.

In that sense, I was the same as Ganondorf.

But you...

I want you to live for the future.

There may be nothing left for you...

But despite that, you must look forward
and walk a path of hope, trusting that it
will sustain you when darkness comes.

Farewell...

This is the only world that your ancestors
were able to leave you.

Please...forgive us."- King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule from Wind Waker

It's a game about the dangers of nostalgia and living a life of nothing but what you are comfortable with. If you stay on your cozy little island nothing will come of your life. Moving forward holds no certainty whatsoever. It is a path as mysterious and uncertain as the vast ocean, but if you don't move forward and leave your comfort zone, there will be no growth or promise of better things.

"We all make choices, but in the end - choices make us..."

Andrew Ryan, Bioshock

All your base are belong to us.Bunj84

I lol'ed. That's a genuinely funny quote.

"Let me guess. Someone stole your sweet roll."

"Stop Right There Criminal Scum" ( Oblivion )

"Gamers today dont want all this, they just want to shoot things" ( Banjo Kazooie:N & B )

"Its not the end of the world, but you can see it from here" ( Deus Ex HR )

"They say when plotting your revenge you should dig 2 graves. 1 for your enemy & 1 for yourself ( SC Conviction )

"If i am captured or killed i know that nobody will come to rescue me. I wont even get a funeral because the nation that i protect can never admit that i exist. So my death would go unremarked, my bones would go uncleaned. I dont know if that day will come but i do know . . . that it must not be today" ( SC Chaos Theory )

"As Powerful as they are they're cowards. They've never had to stand & fight the best of us, thats you. I dont know if they can feel fear but we're dam sure gonna give them the opportunity" ( Mass Effect 2 )

"They think we're helpless. They're wrong. They started a war but we are not here to finish it. We're here to make them regret, to show them & everyone else what happens when you go too far" ( ME2 )

"shoot me one more time and i will pound you into "ass dust" quoted from your side kick in jhon romero,s dikitana {man that game was crap}

I would have gone with "I feel asleep!!!"

"But suppose you throw a coin enough times... Suppose one day it lands on it's edge."

"But suppose you throw a coin enough times... Suppose one day it lands on it's edge."

TheHighWind

Another one from Kain. Here's one as well.

"I could restore the world, perhaps, but never again could I give Nosgoth back her innocence."

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!

"What can change the nature of a man?"

Every time i remember that line, i cannot stop thinking about it.

they're fools. You should eat them

"What can change the nature of a man?"

Every time i remember that line, i cannot stop thinking about it.

Lucianu

Is that from Xenogears?

^Its from Planescape Torment, gosh I love the proper answer given to that question.

Anyway, here's another quote from that game:

"Endure. In enduring, grow stronger" - Dak'kon

There's just something about this simple quote that I really find inspiring and it has really stuck with me after playing the game. I pretty much always say it to myself when in a tough situation, just as a way to keep my head straight and to stay positive.

I think I'll just stop there for now, pretty much every piece of dialogue in that masterpiece of a game is worth quoting.

"What can change the nature of a man?"

Every time i remember that line, i cannot stop thinking about it.

Lucianu

Nordom - Attention, Morte. I have a question: do you have a destiny... a purpose?
Morte - Is Annah still wearing clothes?
Nordom - Affirmatory.
Morte - Then, the answer is yes.

"Listen to your heart. Understand its language and you will be unstoppable." - Gouken

"the cake is a lie" -Portal

"War. War never changes."-Fallout

Anything from the Legacy of Kain games. Pity games these days didn't have such rich dialogue like those did, this one always stuck with me

"Given the choice whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire or to challenge the Fates for another throw, a better throw against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one ever truly have a choice? One can only match move by move the machinations of Fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars."

"Is a rabbit's foot so lucky for the rabbit who lost it?" -Chris, Suikoden III

Probably going to get some flak for mentioning Metal Gear, but here goes:

The foibles of politics and the march of time can turn friends into enemies just as easily as the wind changes. Ridiculous, isn't it? Yesterday's ally becomes today's opposition. [...]So then what is an enemy? Is there such thing as an absolute, timeless enemy? There is no such thing and never has been. And the reason is that our enemies are human beings like us. They can only be our enemies in relative terms.

The Boss

Anything from the Legacy of Kain games. Pity games these days didn't have such rich dialogue like those did, this one always stuck with me

"Given the choice whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire or to challenge the Fates for another throw, a better throw against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one ever truly have a choice? One can only match move by move the machinations of Fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars."

seanmcloughlin

I agree. Here's another one from kain:

"In my arrogance, had I missed my cast at destiny?"

Probably going to get some flak for mentioning Metal Gear, but here goes:

[QUOTE="The Boss"]
The foibles of politics and the march of time can turn friends into enemies just as easily as the wind changes. Ridiculous, isn't it? Yesterday's ally becomes today's opposition. [...]So then what is an enemy? Is there such thing as an absolute, timeless enemy? There is no such thing and never has been. And the reason is that our enemies are human beings like us. They can only be our enemies in relative terms.

gpuFX16

That's a great quote! I was looking for it since I couldn't remember it word for word.

"We all make choices, but in the end - choices make us..."

Andrew Ryan, Bioshock

EvilSelf

Yes, I came in here to post this.

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Anything from the Legacy of Kain games. Pity games these days didn't have such rich dialogue like those did, this one always stuck with me

"Given the choice whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire or to challenge the Fates for another throw, a better throw against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one ever truly have a choice? One can only match move by move the machinations of Fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars."

TheHighWind

I agree. Here's another one from kain:

"In my arrogance, had I missed my cast at destiny?"

The dialogue is so astute and rich in those games. Not watered down for todays gaming audience

"Conscience? You dare speak tomeof conscience?! Only when you have felt the true gravity of choice, should you dare questionmyjudgement!Your life span, is a flicker, compared to the mass of doubt and regret that I had borne since Mortanius first turned me from the light! To know the fate of the world hangs dependant on my every deed, can you evenbeginto see what action you would take inmyposition?!"

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[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Anything from the Legacy of Kain games. Pity games these days didn't have such rich dialogue like those did, this one always stuck with me

"Given the choice whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire or to challenge the Fates for another throw, a better throw against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one ever truly have a choice? One can only match move by move the machinations of Fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars."

seanmcloughlin

I agree. Here's another one from kain:

"In my arrogance, had I missed my cast at destiny?"

The dialogue is so astute and rich in those games. Not watered down for todays gaming audience

"Conscience? You dare speak tomeof conscience?! Only when you have felt the true gravity of choice, should you dare questionmyjudgement!Your life span, is a flicker, compared to the mass of doubt and regret that I had borne since Mortanius first turned me from the light! To know the fate of the world hangs dependant on my every deed, can you evenbeginto see what action you would take inmyposition?!"

Another one from Kain:

– and profoundly ingrained, Raziel.
You must understand, our presence here doesn't alter history. You and I meet here because we are compelled to – we have always met here.
History is irredeemable.
Drop a stone into a rushing river – the current simply courses around it and flows on as if the obstruction were never there. You and I are pebbles, Raziel, and have even less hope of disrupting the time-stream.
The continuum of history is simply too strong, too resilient.

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[QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

I agree. Here's another one from kain:

"In my arrogance, had I missed my cast at destiny?"

Metamania

The dialogue is so astute and rich in those games. Not watered down for todays gaming audience

"Conscience? You dare speak tomeof conscience?! Only when you have felt the true gravity of choice, should you dare questionmyjudgement!Your life span, is a flicker, compared to the mass of doubt and regret that I had borne since Mortanius first turned me from the light! To know the fate of the world hangs dependant on my every deed, can you evenbeginto see what action you would take inmyposition?!"

Another one from Kain:

– and profoundly ingrained, Raziel.
You must understand, our presence here doesn't alter history. You and I meet here because we are compelled to – we have always met here.
History is irredeemable.
Drop a stone into a rushing river – the current simply courses around it and flows on as if the obstruction were never there. You and I are pebbles, Raziel, and have even less hope of disrupting the time-stream.
The continuum of history is simply too strong, too resilient.

Those games are littered with excellent lines

"You are meant to learn, but not too much. To see, but not too clearly. To succeed, but not completely." - Jade Empire

We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it. – Sovereign, Mass Effect

I have defied gods and demons. I am your shield; I am your sword. I know you; your past, your future. This is the way the world ends. –Cortana, Halo 3

You too will come to understand fear, as I have. –Pious Augustus, Eternal Darkness

"Memories are nice, but that's all they are" - Wakka, FFX-2

Probably a lot of what Andrew Ryan says in Bioshock, but these are my favourites:

"A man chooses, a slave obeys"

"We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make... us"

Then I have this one from God of War 3: "Hope is what makes us strong. It is why we are here. It's what we fight for when all else is lost".

And then finally this one from Fallout 3: "War... war never changes"

2 cannibals are eating a clown. One cannibal turns to the other and says: "Does this taste funny to you?"

I like some of GOWs quotes too

GOW I:

"Ten years, Athena! I have faithfully served the gods for ten years! When will you leave me of these nightmares?"

"God of war. I haven't forgotten you. For what you did that night, this city will be your grave..."

"The monster you created has returned... to kill you!"

"The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope!"

GOW II:

"Achoice from the gods, is as useless as the gods themselves."

"Athena! You conspire against me?"

GOW III:

"The hands of death could not defeat me. the sisters of fate could not hold me. and YOU will not see the end of this day, i WILL have my revenge"

"ZEUS!YOUR SON HAS RETURNED!"

"War... war never changes"Venom_Raptor

Aaaagh!

You too will come to understand fear, as I have. –Pious Augustus, Eternal Darkness

Elann2008

"May the rats eat your eyes! The darkness comes! It will damn us all!"

Talk about a great game with a lot of good lines in it too, Eternal Darkness.

From Metal Gear Solid 2, towards the end where Snake and Rayden are walking through a tunnel, Snake says

"Find something to believe in, and then pass it on to the future."

Rayden responds with something like "what should I find?"

Snake responds, "That's YOUR problem"

All your base are belong to us.Bunj84

Beat me to it.

From RE: "it may be better if YOU, the master of unlocking, took it."

Maybe not the most profound, but probably the funniest.

um 'do a barrel roll'