There was one that stuck out to me in the Neverdead quick look recently: "As you know, I'm not an immortal like you are." As someone who tries really hard to write cool stories I've found one of the most difficult problems is trying to naturally weave exposition into the narrative without boring the reader, and this is one of the most blatant cases of characters explaining in world information simply for the benefit of the audience that I've ever seen. It literally reads like a textbook example of what not to do. I've noticed this very same thing a lot in foreign games, I wonder if maybe it's the translators fault or something.
Obviously it was intended to be Jill sandwich, but even in the proper game it sounds much more like jiggle or gerbil sandwich, so that's how I've always recognised the line.
I think it sounds like he says Jill, you're just crazy. You're mistaking a laugh midway through the word with something else.
In Yummylee's defense, the first and every time I hear that line, I hear it as "gerbil sandwich". Considering future references and the context of the line I'm sure he meant "Jill sandwich" but it could just be misspoken, an audio glitch or something else.
For the record, Metal Gear Solid is my favourite series. But I was playing MGS4 last night and it has that flashback quote where Snake is talking about Master Millar and says "there's no-one else I'd rather have in a fox hole". Made me laugh.
The best/worst/best lines I can recall are in God Hand.
The first 30 seconds are what I mean. The best part is you have just as much context as I did the first time I saw this ... The game just starts. No real explanation.
Probably something from the very first Resident Evil or Silent Hill. Gerbil sandwich; master of unlocking; it's a weapon, it's REALLY powerful, especially against living things ect. ect.
i could do a top ten and they would all belong to commander shepherd. i find it disconcerting that there are threads on here giving out about tiny tina, a throwaway, jokey, hit and miss, who-the-fuck-cares, in-the-game-for-five-minutes character, yet none complaining about the bizarre mix of high minded moralizing pretentiousness and unbelievably dumb exposition delivery that pours unneccesarily out of this doofus's piehole. and i had to be this asshole for three friggin games.
i could do a top ten and they would all belong to commander shepherd. i find it disconcerting that there are threads on here giving out about tiny tina, a throwaway, jokey, hit and miss, who-the-fuck-cares, in-the-game-for-five-minutes character, yet none complaining about the bizarre mix of high minded moralizing pretentiousness and unbelievably dumb exposition delivery that pours unneccesarily out of this doofus's piehole. and i had to be this asshole for three friggin games.
"i've had enough of your disingenuous assertions!"
Not the worst, but certainly the most frustrating is in World of Tanks when your crew says...
We didn't even scratch them!
We didn't penetrate their armor!
We've just dinged them.
In a close battle, the inconsolable rage from hearing these can be mind-bending. Some of the only times I've ever yelled at the screen, has been because of this.
This one really stood out to me when I played the demo of Just Cause 2.
Fuck yeah! I think this game sorta does that on purpose, as every single guy/girl talks like hes on drugs or something.. but it´s still so baaaad. All the faction stuff in Just Cause 2 just makes the game worse.
The Farcry 3 thing others have mentioned.. I think it makes a lot of sense for Jason to be quoting Kill Bill. Such a douchey thing to do, it actually fits his character.
Hi. "My name is Buck..." is actually a line spoken by Robert Englund in Eaten Alive. The line in Kill Bill is a reference to that. Because that's what Quentin Tarantino does. References things.
Obviously it was intended to be Jill sandwich, but even in the proper game it sounds much more like jiggle or gerbil sandwich, so that's how I've always recognised the line.
I think it sounds like he says Jill, you're just crazy. You're mistaking a laugh midway through the word with something else.
In Yummylee's defense, the first and every time I hear that line, I hear it as "gerbil sandwich". Considering future references and the context of the line I'm sure he meant "Jill sandwich" but it could just be misspoken, an audio glitch or something else.
It's a laugh/snigger half way through the word Jill! NOTHING ELSE. YOU'RE ALL CRAZY.
edit: Oh, and everything in Valkyria Chronicles, too. Both the writing and the characters are so bad that it would at times ruin the entire game for me.
I've started playing the second game again, and I've been told that it makes the writing and characters of the first game look brilliant by comparison. Every single line of dialogue is cringe-inducing in its overt anime-ness, which sucks because there's a lot of dialogue. I've also been told that the third game actually doesn't have that problem as much, which makes it being Japan-only more of a tragedy. Either way, the gameplay is good enough that I will continue to play.
As for the worst line of all time, everything spoken in House of the Dead is probably the correct answer, though I am still partial to the Jill Sandwiches and "I like girls, but this is for justice!" of the world.
Wow. Figured this one would have made it in here by now:
What a shame.
The line delivery in Deus Ex is bad but that's part of why I fucking love it. Favorite game ever made.
I never played it but that last Star Ocean game wins this I think for basically every line I've heard from it. This one is pretty awesome though and it has to have been posted (not reading this whole thread):
Hi. "My name is Buck..." is actually a line spoken by Robert Englund in Eaten Alive. The line in Kill Bill is a reference to that. Because that's what Quentin Tarantino does. References things.
The worst part is, Jason the character probably thinks it comes from Kill Bill too.
A lot of... good stuff(?) here already, but I feel I have to put forth Limbo of the Lost as well. Most of the dialogue seems cringe worthy. Though, not sure if you can call it just one game, seeing how most of it is stolen from other games and such. And no, I haven't played this myself, but I swear I found a decent Let's Play of it a few years ago. But I couldn't find that one now, so guess the trailer will have to do:
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