The Video Game Quote Game

CaptainD · Fri 31/03/2017 13:31:35

Quote from: Mandle on Fri 31/03/2017 13:26:48
Oh you really should... It's one of the greats!

Definitely - in terms of atmosphere it's one of the best ever.

Cassiebsg · Fri 31/03/2017 20:08:51

Really? The Dig? This is the second time I don't post my first thought... cause I don't remember it being so "lively funny" and then thought "nah...

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(no idea about CaptainD's though...)

Mandle · Sat 01/04/2017 03:22:27

A bit of side-talk on a mentioned game. Not really off-topic, but I will hide it:

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Quote from: Cassiebsg on Fri 31/03/2017 20:08:51
Really? The Dig? This is the second time I don't post my first thought... cause I don't remember it being so "lively funny" and then thought "nah... "

Yeah, most of the light banter is from Boston Low, and there are quite a few funny dialogs with him and Maggie throwing quips back and forth at each other. This is one point where some modern critics of the game call it "tone deaf", because the quippy humour can overlap through parts of the game where the story gets quite dark.

For example:

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Right after Brink dies, and right after Boston has to saw off Brink's hand, Boston is immediately his same old quippy self in dialogs with Maggie and in his comments when interacting with the environment, making him seem quite a jerk.

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While I agree this is jarring, as game developers I guess we can imagine how much extra work it would have taken to adjust every piece of text for dialogs/interactions for every character depending on their current mood in the story. And I guess also at the time of the game's release the majority of players didn't really expect such a high level of reality in the characters in a point-and-click adventure game.

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CaptainD · Sat 01/04/2017 13:48:01

Just a reminder of the first quote from the current game:

"If you're still alive, boy, you're under arrest."

Another one:

"Ah, your ears are fine. It's what's between 'em that scares me."

Amayirot Akago · Sun 02/04/2017 08:41:22

Full Throttle. Didn't recognize the first line but once you start quoting the intro I'm all over that

CaptainD · Sun 02/04/2017 16:21:18

Yup, Full Throttle it is!

Amayirot Akago · Sun 02/04/2017 16:57:30

Wonderful

If you've come for the fork, you'll be sorely disappointed!

Mandle · Sun 02/04/2017 17:21:42

Thimbleweed Park?

Amayirot Akago · Sun 02/04/2017 17:27:51

I haven't even played that one yet, so no

Amayirot Akago · Mon 03/04/2017 03:35:27

Guess it's time for a hint: 1995 DOS game.

Subject must stay in bunk. Recuperation is mandatory. Subject must comply with all instructions. This unit is shock resistant.

CrashPL · Mon 03/04/2017 08:00:59

Return the fork, or I'll command it to destroy you!

Ah, good old Bioforge.

Shame they never did the second part, nor the Bioforge Plus expansion.

Amayirot Akago · Mon 03/04/2017 14:49:14

Yes indeed CrashPL

Good old clunky cyborg punching simulator.

CrashPL · Mon 03/04/2017 19:05:45

Alright, let's try this:

If I listened to every piece of good advice I heard, I'd have killed all of you already and run off with your gold.

Danvzare · Tue 04/04/2017 11:02:17

Thief?
Dragon Age?

CrashPL · Tue 04/04/2017 11:28:13

(first hint: the main character is one hell of a sarcastic arsehole)

I'm sorry but that's not vague enough for me. Could you be a little less specific?

Danvzare · Tue 04/04/2017 11:37:33

Simon the Sorcerer?

dayowlron · Tue 04/04/2017 12:46:08

Just from the clue and not the quotes I want to guess:
Full Throttle

CaptainD · Tue 04/04/2017 13:00:31

Bard's Tale?

Mandle · Tue 04/04/2017 13:59:13

Quote from: CrashPL on Tue 04/04/2017 11:28:13
I'm sorry but that's not vague enough for me. Could you be a little less specific?

I have no idea what the game might be, but I'm so going to be using that line in real life whenever someone asks me a question I'd rather they didn't.

CaptainD · Tue 04/04/2017 14:05:00

Or... could it be The Book of Unwritten Tales?