Dialogue or references that lower your opinion of a game?

dock · Mar 14, 2018

When this random 404 reference appeared from nowhere in Battle Chef Brigade, I started to really doubt the writing. Am I in for more random references or memes presented as comedy?

Which lines of dialogue, or random references, do you recall harming your opinion of a game and it's creators?

Max|Payne · Mar 14, 2018

edit: oh wait, lower!

I got nothing there.

Sexy Fish · Mar 14, 2018

Any joke in Borderlands/Borderlands 2. Will happily get Borderlands 3 for the good coop gameplay but the dialogue is rough.

KRaZyAmmo · Mar 14, 2018

Sexy Fish said:
Any joke in Borderlands.

You're not wrong. Particularly Borderlands 2.

Jessie · Mar 14, 2018

KRBM · Mar 14, 2018

I'd be turned off if I wasn't playing the European version

dock · Mar 14, 2018

Maxey said:
edit: oh wait, lower!

I got nothing there.

What is this?

Max|Payne · Mar 14, 2018

dock said:
What is this?

Assassin's Creed 2.

Meffer · Mar 14, 2018

dock said:
What is this?

Ezio's uncle, Mario.

The Masked Mufti · Mar 14, 2018

DmC's "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" thing.
I despise the word "tryhard" but that scene fits it perfectly.

Deleted member 35077 · Mar 14, 2018

enkaisu · Mar 14, 2018

Castile said:

This one makes me so mad. I couldn't believe what just happened when I first came across it.

The Masked Mufti · Mar 14, 2018

Castile said:

Jesus. I love Fire Emblem but god damn, I didn't the translations can be that bad.

Freddo · Mar 14, 2018

I have very little patience for "funny" characters that aren't funny at all, like Tatsu in XCX or Bienfu in Tales of Berseria. Hearing boring food jokes or "BIEEEEEEEEN" over and over and over is so tiresome.

I also have little patience listening to otaku losers talking about how much they like 2D girls more than real girls, creepy pop idol comments and stuff like that, like in the beginning of Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE. It's just ewwwww.

Meme stuff usually annoys me too, but it can be done rather well, like in Super Paper Mario or Guacamelee!

Deleted member 8197 · Mar 14, 2018

I love every SMT game I've ever played but I fucking hate some of the demon dialogue - not everyone has to act like a Divine class with their formal grandiose dialogue, but I don't need want to see characters say things like 'Yo, I'm Koppa Tengu'.

KujoJosuke · Mar 14, 2018

The Masked Mufti said:
DmC's "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" thing.
I despise the word "tryhard" but that scene fits it perfectly.

I didn't hate the gameplay too much (just a major step down from DMC3 and 4), but any cutscene/dialog in that game was atrocious.

Let's not forget the sniper rifle abortion.

dragonlife · Mar 14, 2018

Freddo said:
I have very little patience for "funny" characters that aren't funny at all, like Tatsu in XCX or Bienfu in Tales of Berseria. Hearing boring food jokes or "BIEEEEEEEEN" over and over and over is so tiresome.

I also have little patience listening to otaku losers talking about how much they like 2D girls more than real girls, creepy pop idol comments and stuff like that, like in the beginning of Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE. It's just ewwwww.

Meme stuff usually annoys me too, but it can be done rather well, like in Super Paper Mario or Guacamelee!

I loved hearing Bienfu's "BIIIIIEEEEEEEEE-HEHEHEEEEEN." Cute voice and it was overall adorable for me :P.

It stood out like a sore thumb in RE7, but when I heard Marguerite say "faggot," it kind of soured me on the game's writing a bit. To my knowledge, RE has never used slurs like that and it definitely made me "=/" because it just felt so sudden and WTF for me as a gay dude in one of my favorite franchises.

The Masked Mufti · Mar 14, 2018

KujoJosuke said:
I didn't hate the gameplay too much (just a major step down from DMC3 and 4), but any cutscene/dialog in that game was atrocious.

Let's not forget the sniper rifle abortion.

I enjoyed the gameplay (though it's nowhere near 3 and 4, but if you told me if it was by Platinum I'd believe it) but everything else really fell flat. I don't remember the sniper rifle abortion and a part of me is telling me not to YouTube it.

Rayman not Ray · Mar 14, 2018

MudoSkills said:
I love every SMT game I've ever played but I fucking hate some of the demon dialogue - not everyone has to act like a Divine class with their formal grandiose dialogue, but I don't need want to see characters say things like 'Yo, I'm Koppa Tengu'.

Eh I kind of love how irreverent it is. It's a goofy contrast, and it lightens the mood a bit.

Deleted member 18407 · Mar 14, 2018

Any reference to "Say hello to my little friend!" from Scarface makes me cringe so hard. Any sort of popular meme instantly dates the game too, so those always lower a game in my mind too.

Oh, and any time the word "feces" is used in a joke just makes my skin crawl. The game Manual Samuel used that as a "punchline" so many times I just wanted to scream.

Darth Finky Spunky · Mar 14, 2018

Most basketball games, it's usually just players shouting random shit like "mismatch" or "oh I got it!".

edgefusion · Mar 14, 2018

Jessie said:

Yep! Saw this, turned the game off and uninstalled. Disgraceful.

PSqueak · Mar 14, 2018

In the original PSX version of Final Fantasy Tactics I rolled my eyes hard when Wiegraf lectures you about atheism and the IMMEDIATEDLY uses a holy relic to turn into a demon from the church's mythology he was swearing does not exist one second ago.

They somewhat improved his speech in the War of the Lions version.

That bit is also pretty much when the story in general goes to shit (shifting into the whole thousand year evil thing and away from the political intrigue) but i still love that game so damn much.

Deleted member 10629 · Mar 14, 2018

The Masked Mufti said:
I enjoyed the gameplay (though it's nowhere near 3 and 4, but if you told me if it was by Platinum I'd believe it) but everything else really fell flat. I don't remember the sniper rifle abortion and a part of me is telling me not to YouTube it.

I think they were going to trade Kat with the woman who carried Mundus' child and Vergil shoots her, killing her and the unborn child.

Deleted member 7450 · Mar 14, 2018

Didn't have a good opinion about the game to begin with, but after hearing the line "I've got two balls here and none of them are crystal" in Hydrophobia: Prophecy, it made me scream "GAAAAAAAAAAAARBAAAAAAGEEEEEE".

NSESN · Mar 14, 2018

Castile said:

Let's not act like the original script is any good with Corrin drugging Soleil to like him.

Bigg · Mar 14, 2018

I generally really liked Va11-Hall-A but this weird "SJW" joke felt out of place and put a bad taste in my mouth

In a game that is otherwise really progressive and inclusive, it seemed like a really weird bit of commentary that didn't fit.

Rendering... · Mar 14, 2018

I don't like bad jokes, lazy references, or homophobic garbage. All of that had been covered in this thread already, I see.

The Masked Mufti said:
DmC's "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" thing.
I despise the word "tryhard" but that scene fits it perfectly.

This.

One of the many awful lines that comes to mind is, "The world is your bitch, as am I."

The game is full of bad dialogue.

Jazzkokehead · Mar 14, 2018

The meme references in Guacamelee. Completely unnecessary in an otherwise decent game. Like, the game is good enough on it's own that they add absolutely nothing to it - they only serve to detract.

fauxcalin · Mar 14, 2018

Jazzkokehead said:
The meme references in Guacamelee. Completely unnecessary in an otherwise decent game. Like, the game is good enough on it's own that they add absolutely nothing to it - they only serve to detract.

Yeah someone above said they are done well and I was hoping someone would point them out cause they ruin the game for me

dock · Mar 15, 2018

dragonlife said:
It stood out like a sore thumb in RE7, but when I heard Marguerite say "faggot," it kind of soured me on the game's writing a bit. To my knowledge, RE has never used slurs like that and it definitely made me "=/" because it just felt so sudden and WTF for me as a gay dude in one of my favorite franchises.

Urgh. This is awful. Games that use slurs to feign mature scriptwriting need to check themselves.

osnameless · Mar 15, 2018

I never understood why video games can't have good dialogue. Even games that are highly critically acclaimed lack in this area.
This is why I, honestly, appreciate Telltale games. I think they one of the best dialogue writers in video games.
Also, this is one of the reasons I appreciate Arkham Origins. It had way more mature dialogue than City and Asylum.

dock · Mar 15, 2018

Jazzkokehead said:
The meme references in Guacamelee. Completely unnecessary in an otherwise decent game. Like, the game is good enough on it's own that they add absolutely nothing to it - they only serve to detract.

I dropped Guacamelee after 20-30 minutes because I found the memes and arbitrary references unbearable.

Don Fluffles · Mar 15, 2018

Postal 2's very pro-GamerGate reference.
Not touching it ever.

Deleted member 35077 · Mar 15, 2018

NSESN said:
Let's not act like the original script is any good with Corrin drugging Soleil to like him.

Won't deny that, I even agree with you that some of the original supports are bad, the story as a whole is horrible. Still, the localization leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I would rather prefer it to have a more literal translation, and maybe keep the remove content.

Dreamboum · Mar 15, 2018

dragonlife said:
I loved hearing Bienfu's "BIIIIIEEEEEEEEE-HEHEHEEEEEN." Cute voice and it was overall adorable for me :P.

It stood out like a sore thumb in RE7, but when I heard Marguerite say "faggot," it kind of soured me on the game's writing a bit. To my knowledge, RE has never used slurs like that and it definitely made me "=/" because it just felt so sudden and WTF for me as a gay dude in one of my favorite franchises.

She says that ?

dock · Mar 15, 2018

Bigg said:
I generally really liked Va11-Hall-A but this weird "SJW" joke felt out of place and put a bad taste in my mouth

I have no idea who they thought this joke was for. I remembered when this launched and the SJW jokes, 'white knight' and 4chan references made me want nothing to do with the game.

Any developer so glib about people facing abuse deserves giving a wide berth.

Rotobit · Mar 15, 2018

All of the writing in Paper Mario: Color Splash was off-putting to me. It just seems way too mean spirited, reference-laden or overly irreverent for a Mario game. It's like it actively wanted me to think there were no stakes and nothing mattered. Here's an example, but it's more of a thing that builds up over time rather than specific lines.

dragonlife · Mar 15, 2018

Dreamboum said:
She says that ?

I went to go check, and she doesn't say faggot, but cocksucker... which isn't any better. It's easy to miss if you interrupt her dialogue during the fight because it cuts her off if you shoot, but I screencapped this:

SnakeyHips · Mar 15, 2018

KRBM said:
I'd be turned off if I wasn't playing the European version

Haha this is terrible!

Stuart Gipp · Mar 15, 2018

The Masked Mufti said:
DmC's "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" thing.
I despise the word "tryhard" but that scene fits it perfectly.

I laugh so hard at this scene. "I'm your prom date, you ugly sack of SHIT"

So fucking silly.

Deleted member 7450 · Mar 15, 2018

Oh, another one.

Two Worlds

Intro cutscene, moody, mysterious, second line of dialogue: "it's just a flesh wound"

Uninstaled.

TheFireman · Mar 15, 2018

Jazzkokehead said:
The meme references in Guacamelee. Completely unnecessary in an otherwise decent game. Like, the game is good enough on it's own that they add absolutely nothing to it - they only serve to detract.

I don't dislike the memes in Guacamelee since the story wasn't meant to be at all taken seriously. That being said, I wouldn't mind the sequel cutting them because I think Drinkbox deserves better than to be thought of as only doing memes. Severed had an incredibly good narrative, and some of the jokes in Guacamelee that weren't memes managed to get a chuckle out of me.

ClickyCal' · Mar 15, 2018

Rotobit said:
All of the writing in Paper Mario: Color Splash was off-putting to me. It just seems way too mean spirited, reference-laden or overly irreverent for a Mario game. It's like it actively wanted me to think there were no stakes and nothing mattered. Here's an example, but it's more of a thing that builds up over time rather than specific lines.

Because the game has no original characters, so the jokes can't actually gave to do with characters and the story.

lordlad · Mar 15, 2018

"That Wizard came from the moon" in the 1st destiny alpha made me contain my excitement that this is going to be a persistent online FPS with mass effect qualities of dialogue.

mindsale · Mar 15, 2018

Thing about these memes -
1: Game development and platform licensing takes time and they're probably already old by the time it releases.
2: They're not funny in the first place.
3: They REALLLLLY date the game or become irrelevant for future players.

Skyzar · Mar 15, 2018

Constant generic light vs dark statements in the plot for Final Fantasy III DS had me return the game very quickly.

Auctopus · Mar 15, 2018

- Any sort of meme reference.
- Unnecessary swearing, especially just for dramatic effect.
- Unnecessary ellipsis. "People... just don't... talk like this."

hotcyder · Mar 15, 2018

dragonlife said:
I went to go check, and she doesn't say faggot, but cocksucker... which isn't any better. It's easy to miss if you interrupt her dialogue during the fight because it cuts her off if you shoot, but I screencapped this:

Not gonna lie, Margaritte's Sass makes RE7 for me (and Jack's for that matter)

Deleted member 29682 · Mar 15, 2018

Pretty much any time a character's only contribution to a dialogue is to just say the other character's name with some ellipses.

Who even talks like that? They're better off just saying nothing.

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