You will know "The cake is a lie" like halfway into the game, when you first find the open wall panels and look in the little hidey-hole. You don't even have to come close to beating it.
The real trick to knowing someone beat it is when they recognize that the cake isn't a lie, because the credits show you the cake. You're never promised cake, you're just told that there is cake and the credits show it to you. Ratman never made it far enough to see the cake, which is why he thinks it's a lie
Don't have to finish the game. Don't even have to start playing the game. This is said at the beginning of the intro, it might be the very first thing spoken in the entire game.
You don't even have to come close to finishing the game for this. You find it written on the wall shortly after escaping GladOs the first time. I didn't think it's even halfway through.
::: The game
(Elite Dangerous; your ship says this when its temperature is too high, such as when hanging out by a star fuel scooping. There's plenty of other EXTREMELY quotable voice lines, but that one's super common and really stuck in our head.)
(another good one: "Warning: Frame shift drive operating beyond safety limits." accompanied by lots of lovely little beeps and creaks as your ship vaguely threatens to break apart (the game's sound design in general is SO good))
:::
Spoiler from the point and click adventure game Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard, specifically the English dub:
::: spoiler SPOILER!
AAAH, not into the FOG! Bolek, are you out oc your damn mind! We are SO CLOSE to our destination, we are SO CLOSE! Like literally, right there! And then you just decide, like a sadistic person, to turn and just go into the fog and kill us! What is wrong with you? You are a sadist! I will not stand for this! I will not stand for this in any way, shape or form! THAT'S IT! CALL MY AGENT! I WANT MY AGENT!
All of that is an improvised line from the English voice actor for the main character according to one of the top comment of this video. It's more comedic than anything, but I think it's pretty memorable due to how out of pocket it is.
:::
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The Cake is a lie
I would go with:
"This is a triumph"
I'm making a note here
Huge success.
You will know "The cake is a lie" like halfway into the game, when you first find the open wall panels and look in the little hidey-hole. You don't even have to come close to beating it.
The real trick to knowing someone beat it is when they recognize that the cake isn't a lie, because the credits show you the cake. You're never promised cake, you're just told that there is cake and the credits show it to you. Ratman never made it far enough to see the cake, which is why he thinks it's a lie
Interesting. I'm making a note here… 🎶
Would you kindly ...
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Bioshock :::
War never changes.
Don't have to finish the game. Don't even have to start playing the game. This is said at the beginning of the intro, it might be the very first thing spoken in the entire game.
It features in all the Fallout games.
Like right in the beginning too
"Press F to Pay Respects"
That’s outgrown the game, I think
I still can never remember what game that is from since I didn't play it, but hot damn that is a great meme.
Also don't know where [X] Doubt is from, but that is another favorite.
That one is from LA Noire. The pay respects if from Call of Duty Advanced Warfare
"Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle"
The cake is a lie.
You don't even have to come close to finishing the game for this. You find it written on the wall shortly after escaping GladOs the first time. I didn't think it's even halfway through.
SPAAAAAAACE
All your base are belong to us.
What you say!
Did I get it wrong? It's been a minute.
The zig wooshed straight over your head 🤣
The zig moved for great justice.
Someone set us up the bomb!
You have no chance to survive! Make your time!
::: spoiler What?! You got it right. People are just replying to you with random other lines from Zero Wing, including "What you say?" :::
Thanks. I've forgotten. It's been so long.
"Had to be me. Somebody else would have gotten it wrong."
Man, now I'm bummed. Mordin is the goat
"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian..."
For those who come after!
Mass Effect? Made me think of the ending you get when you shoot the ghost kid
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Can't recommend it enough, such an amazing game.
I really wish I could forget everything about this game so I could experience it again for the first time.
I briefly played in a brainrot grind core band and we had that sample in our concert intro it was the bomb
GAME OVER
Holy shit a reference to my game!!
You will be hearing from my lawyer. This was in MY game!
You forget a thousand things every day, pal. Make sure this is one of 'em.
"Fuck Ted Faro"
It's not from the game, exactly, but I think it deserves to be here.
::: spoiler Source Horizon: Zero Dawn :::
Your spoilers isn't working correctly.
Weird, it works on my app (Summit)
Keep on keepin' on
I say this to every porter.
The spire sleeps... And so... Shall... I
“A new hand touches the beacon”
::: spoiler Spoiler Skyrim :::
“Hey Listen!”
[link screaming internally]
Leroy Jenkins
I yell this when I rush restaurants
"Permission to land will be granted after you settle your outstanding balance of one trillion credits."
::: spoiler spoiler Subnautica :::
"Boy!"
"I am the Milkman. My milk is delicious."
::: spoiler Source Psychonauts :::
All the gravemind lines are absolute bangers.
Fate had us meet as foes, but this ring will make us brothers
He also speaks entirely in iambic heptameter, which makes every line sound extra poetic.
What ! I'll have to look this up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteener_%28poetry%29
and the line I quoted above fits the bill indeed !
La-li-lu-le-lo
"But I wanted orange, it gave me lemon-lime!"
That was in the first act!
::: spoiler the game OP is referencing Deus Ex 1 :::
Also: “a bomb!”
Technically, all of OP's criteria match my answer!
Also: "My vision is augmented."
And: "A bomb's a bad choice for close range combat."
Finally: "And J.C.? Stay out of the women's bathroom..."
For a brick, you flew pretty good!
gel layer could have taken most of the impact
"See you tomorrow" ::: spoiler spoiler Disco Elysium :::
The longer the Icon of Sin stays on earth the stronger it becomes.
Shoot John Romero's severed head hidden inside to send it back to Hell.
What can change the nature of a man?
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Planescape Torment :::
Ever since playing it this question still pops into my head every now and then.
stay awhile. stay forever. you are destined just to die.
::: spoiler According to the title, none of us have beaten that.
Impossible Mission :::
yeah both of my examples there do not require beating the game. just playing.
I used to be an adventurer until I took an arrow to the knee
"Side with Maelle"
"Rogan?" - "Wololo"
"I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism!...
...SPACE! 😀"
"Trust me."
😭
damn......
Do a barrel roll
“You’ve lost it completely, Krauser!”
More a meme than a phrase, but "press X to Jason".
"A hunter must hunt."
"It's time to punch a mountain... INTO SPAAAAAACE!"
(though uh... I can't remember if that was in a normal ending or the hidden one; I certainly remember the line tho lol)
There you will find a man named Rufio.
Kill him, and your initiation into the Dark Brotherhood will be complete.
My pick: "BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT!"
::: spoiler It is from
The Binding of Isaac Repentance
:::
"You are insane. You are taking this too far."
"Pray with me! Pray for your salvation!"
The whole thing is such a brainworm lol
Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog.
"Nanomachines, son."
I don't know about recognizable, but what always stuck with me was
::: spoiler spoiler :::
You're pretty good.
Professor Chucklefuck has unfortunately been assassinated
::: spoiler this is what the refrance Psycholonials (a visual novel, does that count?) :::
You can't really finish it, but,
"Warning: Temperature critical"
::: The game (Elite Dangerous; your ship says this when its temperature is too high, such as when hanging out by a star fuel scooping. There's plenty of other EXTREMELY quotable voice lines, but that one's super common and really stuck in our head.)
(another good one: "Warning: Frame shift drive operating beyond safety limits." accompanied by lots of lovely little beeps and creaks as your ship vaguely threatens to break apart (the game's sound design in general is SO good)) :::
I've played it for 15 minutes then I haven't touched video games for weeks. Does it actually get good?
It's not a lake, it's an ocean.
Don't blame us. Blame yourself or God.
(You may have needed to finish it a while ago.)
"Let's think positive!"
::: spoiler source Persona 2: Innocent Sin :::
I can't wait to make love to physics
uncle smoke. don't mind if I do.
Spoiler from the point and click adventure game Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard, specifically the English dub:
::: spoiler SPOILER! AAAH, not into the FOG! Bolek, are you out oc your damn mind! We are SO CLOSE to our destination, we are SO CLOSE! Like literally, right there! And then you just decide, like a sadistic person, to turn and just go into the fog and kill us! What is wrong with you? You are a sadist! I will not stand for this! I will not stand for this in any way, shape or form! THAT'S IT! CALL MY AGENT! I WANT MY AGENT!
All of that is an improvised line from the English voice actor for the main character according to one of the top comment of this video. It's more comedic than anything, but I think it's pretty memorable due to how out of pocket it is. :::
Pick a god and pray
Just coffee...
gl hf dd
Reptilian death ray!
Come no closer, ghost!
Should my best prove insufficient then we will find another way to achieve what’s needed
One last explosion marks your fate as your ship is torn apart.
Holmes versus Moriarty; Aristotle versus mashy spike plate!
I'll leave you to prepare.
Rock and stone!
Faith, the train! Take the train!
"Hear ye! Hear ye! Bishop Alexander slain by seekers!" "The Axe? Noo, The Hammer."
"Death can have me when it earns me"
"Mash A to protect Earth"