Video games aren't all just about graphics, mechanics, and🔯 gameplay. A lot of their success is also attributed to excellent writing and dialogue that really sticks with us forever. Since much of it can be repetitive, it needs to leave an impresওsion on the player.
When Reddit was asked which video game quotes it considered most iconic, countles꧃s users weighed in and voted in ten of Reddit's most favorite video game quotes that are likely to stick with them for a long time. Without further ado, let's have a look at these lines and just how many points they earned on Reddit.
10 ౠ "𒊎I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me." - 1.4K
Fallout: New Vegas has been hailed as one of the most popular ꧑games of the post-apocalyptic series from Bethesda and puts us into the shoes of The Courier in 𓆉the state of Nevada.
In a DLC called Honest Hearts that later came out, we were introduced to Joshua Graham, a mysterious man known by his alias "The Burned Man". Graham actually survived being lit on fire and left to his own devices, and now wears bandages on⛄ his body to cover the severe burn marks that riddle his skin. This quote summarizes his strength and determination perfectly.
9 🐠 "A man chooses, a slave obeys." - 1.7K
BioShock is a game that sets the scene of an underwater dystopia called Rapture. Founded and built by businessman Andrew Ryanඣ who op🌌posed to socialist politics on the surface, he sought to create a society where everyone was free to do as they pleased.
Ryan's most famous line is spoken to Jack, the main character, as they finally get to meet. Ryan commands Jack to kill him, which he has no choice but to obey due✅ to his genetic conditioning. Despite dying, Ryan considers his death a victory over Jack, as he's truly free to choose his own death while Jack isn't free to decide whether or not to kill him.
8 "Stand among the ashes of a trillio🐽n dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer." - 1.9K
Javik from Mass Effect 3 is no doubt one of the most interesting characters in the game. After being dormant for 50 000 years, he's awakened as the sole survivor of hi꧅s Prothean species, an ancient kind that now remains destroyed by Reapers.
His sorrow for 🉐this is perfectly condensed in this quote and shows off his lack of amusement and ruthless personality, which he often expresses in the way he considers himself♊ far above those around him.
7 ꧑ "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong." - 2.2K 🦄
Once more in , another character left a lasting impression with his brave sa𒁃crifice at a time of need. During a sequence in the final part of 🍃the game, Mordin will take responsibility despite the words of the Commander who can attempt to stop him.
Once he walks insi𓄧de the elevator, he states that it has to be him that does this, as another person 🌼may have made a mistake in his place. The way he takes responsibility without a single doubt in his mind is incredibly brave and exemplary, which is why it's no wonder that so many fell in love with this scene.
6 "What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature th💎rough great effort?" - 2.3K 🤡
In Skyrim, ♔dragons are seen as near-immortal beings who are now making a return thanks to Alduin, the main antagonist of the game. As they rise from their ashes, they seek to rule over humanity as they once did, by enslaving mankind and conquering all of Tamriel.
However, one dragon is different. Paarthurnax is actually revealed to be the one dragon who helped humanity tear out of its enslavement. Despite his betrayal towards Alduin, Delphine still orders us to kill Paarthurnax. His wise words left a lasting impression on all Skyrim fans.
5 "You must construct additional pylons." - 3.3K 🍬
Blizzard's StarCraft II ওis a game that has defined generations of strategic gameplay. There are few gamers out there who haven't put their hands on this iconic strategy piece, in which an echo-like voice of the Protoss Advisor will provide you with mostly bad news, such as your base bein🐟g under attack or your lack of minerals.
Most importantly, however, they'll be sure to remind you to𝔍 build additional pylons. Anyone who h♑as sunk more than a few hours into this game will know how irritatingly funny this line is, so much so that it resonated with 3.3K Redditors.
4 "William Shakespea𒁏re did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts." - 3.1K
Portal 2 is a pretty quirky game. While your main purpose is to solve at times complex puzzles with a portal gun allowing you to traverse different rooms and maps with the guidance of a mysterious AI, you'll also get small hints at what happened in the research ✃facility, as well as this gem of wisdom.
According to the Fact Sphere, which will some🌼times provide you with facts of questionable truth or completely untrue facts, William Shakespeare was actually Francis Bacon using an Ouija board. A c⛄onspiracy like that is bound to stick.
3 "Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible pers🉐on. I'm serious, that's what it says: 'A horrible person.' We weren't even testing for that!" - 4.1K
There's no character more lovable in a game than GLaDOS. Known as simply the force in the background that guides our path through Portal and Portal 2, it soon becomes very evident that she's not exactly yo🎶ur friend. Or is she? To this day, it's difficult to know.
Ultimately, GLaDOS is a narcissist and not exactly the most subtle personality either. She's not here to comfort you or to hold your hand, nor does she really sympathize with yo✨u that much. Still, 🌊no one can deny just how great of a character she is and how witty her lines are.
2 🍎 ဣ"To give the Covenant back their bomb." - 4.3K
Halo 2 remains as one of the most popular FPS games out there, anꦺd for a good reason. It's stock full of badass moments and great gameplay mechanics.
Nothing🍨 beats the part where Master Chief asks for permission to leave the station. When he's asked what for, Master Chief states he'll give the Covenant back their bomb. What ensues next is without a doubt the most spine-chillingly awesome and cool scene in a video game.
1 "If the🏅 laws of physics no longer apply in the future… God help you." - ✱4.4K
It's evident by now that many Redditors consider Valve's games to be top tier. With Portal making this list on three occasions, no one can deny the need we have for another Valve🌃 titl🍰e to be dropped on the market.
In the meantime, we have gems like these from Portal 2 to remind us why Valve d🎐efined a generation of gaming with simple yet highly inventive concepts, which, as this quote suggests, redefined the laws of physics or even completely broke them.