15 Most Memorable Quotes In Video Game History

12. Half-Life 2

"Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine..."
The above quote marks the first words you hear spoken in Half-life 2, in the bumbling slightly off-kilter voice of the mysterious G-man. But he doesn't say them in the way your girlfriend would when delivering you breakfast in bed for your birthday. No, he says them with an alien whirring sound in the background, and with a dark smugness suggesting he knows a lot that you don't. Who knows if we'll ever find out the true motives of the enigmatic G-man, but in a way the uncertainty about the future of Half-life imbues everything he says with even more mystique. Monumental opening words to a monumental game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HBwxbWVb-M
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