Portal and Portal 2.
GLaDOS’ constant mockery of your person, your ability to navigate tests, and general spite pretty much make both games. It all even manages to provide a lot of world-building without lore-dumping. 10/10, would get roasted again.
What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you?
Submitted 4 months ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
In Disco Elysium the game straight up called me out for apologising so much. It hit me so hard I stopped apologising as much irl. 10/10 game would be ashamed again.
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Far Cry Blood Dragon’s tutorial section. The game is very aware of how impatient gamers are to get to the killing, and milks it for all the time it can while the PC grumbles about annoying tutorial sections. They throw in a ton of extra dialog boxes like accompanying reading recommendations, obvious tips,etc.
The whole game is meta and corny on purpose. If you like '80s action movies and sci-fi, they packed just about every trope possible into this thing. Heavily recommend if you haven’t played it.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Seconded.
I have more fond memories of blood dragon than I do of farcry 3, despite blood dragon being like a 20 hour standalone dlc
fdrc_lm@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Baba is you
TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
In Drake of The 99 Dragons, each time you die, (which happens often), you get roasted and humiliated by some gods in the after life for 10 seconds before they allow you to revive again. This has absolutely no reason to be here, except for doubling the loading screen time.
Could also mention, in the 6th installment of Touhou Project, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, if you play on easy, the game won’t even let you fight the final boss, mocking your pride on such simple level, and this game mode is usually commented as child play by the games in the whole franchise.
PacMan@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
scratchee@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Outer wilds, if you manage to
Tap for spoiler
Break the universe
You get the end credits but with a kazoo rendition.
Like, “well done dipshit, I guess this is the end”.
Skua@kbin.earth 4 months ago
I thought I was being so clever making the connections of what I could do with that and it turns out I would actually have been
spoiler
that one nomai who was way too excited to explode the sun
Acklavidian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
DigDoug@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The worst part is, in Super Mario 3D Land, at least, if you even see the invincible leaf, it locks you out of getting all the stars on your save file. The game doesn’t even have the courtesy to tell you.
Quazatron@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Portal and Portal 2 are packed with passive aggressive remarks. One of my favorites:
Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I’m serious, that’s what it says: “A horrible person.” We weren’t even testing for that. Don’t let that horrible-person thing discourage you. It’s just a data point. If it makes you feel any better, science has now validated your birth mother’s decision to abandon you on a doorstep.
cmhe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you like sassy AI, take a look at ADA from satisfactory. She is insulting the player ins some way on every upgrade.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In one of the Leisure Suit Larry games, you get called out for saving the game too often during a particularly difficult section.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I like the simple messages you get in Quantum Conundrum every time you die. They’re not super serious things, but just things that the main character will never get to experience as they grow older, ranging from mundane things like not getting a drivers license to more realistic teen/immature young adult fantasy of eating a whole can of whipped cream as a meal.
Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Really love the moonman talking to you on every boot up. I always find myself looking forward to seeing what he says.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Marathon (1994) has several call outs to the player when the AI giving you mission briefing calls the PC out for not caring and just wanting to shoot things. There’s a lot of meta commentary in that series.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
This isn’t quite in line with your question but it’s adjacently meta:
the first time you fall to your death in Bastion the (amazing) narrator says “…and then he fell to his death. … Ahh, I’m just foolin’.” and then you respawn on the platform because videogame.Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 months ago
Quit messages in old shooters like Doom, Heretic, Quake, and Duke3d.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Classic Doom even razzes you a little bit on the difficulty selection screen, with “I’m too young to die” as the easiest one.
I don’t recall Heretic or Hexen giving you guff for quitting, but I could be wrong.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 months ago
Wolfenstein 3D (and the newer ones, too) with “Can I play, daddy?” with BJ in a baby bonnet and pacifier as the easiest option.
JamonBear@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
silverchase@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
The Soul Urn in Deadlock is very chatty and will constantly sass you while you’re trying to pick it up for your team.
I was beginning to feel abandoned.
You do know where you’re supposed to take me, right?
You’re dropping me?!
ebolapie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Risk of Rain 2’s death messages crack me up.
That was definitely not your fault
That was absolutely your fault
Come back soon!
ur dead lol get rekt
And so on
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In Wasteland 2 there is a museum of pre-war artifacts. One item is an undetonated nuclear bomb. If you monkey around with it you can find a big red button. It is obviously a terrible idea to push the button. If you still decide to push it you get a special game over screen.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In the original Warcraft games (not World Of Warcraft), repeatedly clicking units would initiate irritation voice lines.
Humans would say something like, “why do you keep touching me?”
An elf said something like, “you never touch other elves like that!”
zerofk@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
The best part was: this was even in the installer! When setting up your sound card, there was a test button. If it worked, you heard “your sound card works perfectly”. But if you kept pressing it, eventually it would say “enjoying yourself?” And if you kept going after that, in an angry voice, “it doesn’t get any better than this!”
Ah old Blizzard, when even the installers had character.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
W-w, w-w, what do you want?
W-w, w-w, what do you want?
Why do you keep touching me?
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Holy fucking shit, I totally forgot about this!
I award you, stranger! 🏅
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think all Blizzard games have that. IIRC WoW does too.
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Sure does.
missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Starcraft had some great lines like that too.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
“Stop poking me!”
“What do I look like, an orc?”
“This is not Warcraft in space!”
“It’s much more sophisticated!”
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 4 months ago
The old point-n-click flash game Johnny Rocketfingers had a bunch. There was a part where you had to find a way out of a jail cell or something, and if you used the hand tool on a crack in the wall, your character just says “feels cracktacular.”
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
In an old version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” for the computer, if you take too long before starting a game, Regis gets pissed at you and starts yelling at you. If you take a bit longer. He closes the game.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I remember playing “you don’t know jack” and someone accidently hit the buzzer before the question was even on the screen. The host said “okay smart guy, think you know the answer before the question is read? Go ahead.” And the game gave them a blank screen to type their answer into.
catalyst@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I would have swore there was a moment in Disco Elysium where a character makes fun of you for talking like you are trying to exhaust all the options in a dialog tree. But now I can’t find it. Anyone know?
Famko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That was during the dream sequence at the end, no? You can even correct the character saying that they’re not lists, but trees or something like that.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Don’t remember that dialogue, but the OP made me think of the Jamrock Shuffle (constantly running around town like a crazy person).
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Also a certain obsession with containers, if I recall correctly.
catalyst@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yesss that was so good lol.
It’s possible I’m thinking of another game entirely on the other thing. Haha
Nima@leminal.space 4 months ago
I always talk to Hypnos in Hades when I die. he always talks shit about how you died and it makes me laugh.
I love the sass.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The sheer genius of both Hades games is that dying is absolutely one of the best parts, since the hub-world is full of fun things like this.
Hypnos: My list says you got killed by a
REDACTED. What’s that even mean?A few deaths later…
Hypnos:
REDACTEDgot you again, huh.nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 4 months ago
[deleted]Nima@leminal.space 4 months ago
I wished your attempt at spoilering that worked, as I didn’t know that and now I do. 😂
Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
There is nothing I want more than to romance Hypnos. He’s my favorite character in a game that’s filled to the brim with outstanding competitors.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 months ago
My favorite will always be the ‘Spent 15 Hours at the Alien Strip Club’ achievement in High On Life.
:::spoiler Dialog “How are you doing? Need some motivation to keep going? How about an award? Here, take this one that says you spent all your in-game playtime in an alien strip club. Oh, that’s permanent, by the way. Everyone on your friends list can see that forever.” :::
RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 months ago
In Postal 2 there's a platforming section and, because I suck at platformers, let alone in first person, so I was saving a lot. After a few very short and successive saves, the dude made fun of me for saving so much.
Also in Portal 2, just a lot of GlaDOS lines in general.
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
“Look at you: Sailing through the air majestically. Like an eagle. Piloting a blimp.”
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
There’s that bit in Baldur’s gate 2 where some NPCs decide they can take you on, die, and then reload the game.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I love that, I’m going to have to look that up
Acamon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I enjoyed Wolfenstein 3D’s quitting messages, “Chickening out already?” or “Press N for more carnage. Press Y to be a weenie.” and the like.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Bards Tale. That game was full of shit actively taunting or tricking the player. Best ps2 game.