escort mission these two words have the
ability to strike fear in the hearts of
many a gamer Hey all right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game escort missions Sen
John job thanks for this list we’re
looking at what we considered to be the
most painful and range inducing escort
missions in video games we’re looking at
any specific mission or a section of a
campaign which involves escorting an NPC
number 10 Ashley Resident Evil 4 Leon
what’s gonna happen to us don’t remember
that there’s no denying that Resident
Evil 4 is a masterpiece of a game which
influenced countless others and spurred
a host of copycats it’s both fun and
suspenseful and then you get to the
Ashley sections hey take it easy No get
away while you do have the ability to
hide her away in a dumpster which is why
she isn’t placed higher on the list
she is extremely annoying when she’s by
your side her whiny voice is grating and
she insists on complaining about
everything and don’t even get us started
on her inability to defend herself yes
Ashley we hear you screaming
unfortunately I’m surrounded by things
that want to eat my face right now so
you’re gonna have to give me a second
number nine little sister Bioshock here
we have another fantastic game marred by
an infuriating escort section in this
part you’re equipped in a big daddy suit
and must protect a little sister as she
harvests Adam from corpses littered
around rapture at least you have the
suit because this part would be nearly
impossible without it the little sister
is extremely weak and she insists on
simply sitting there collecting the Adam
as you fend off waves of enemies that
want to kill her the repeated lines of
c’mon mr. B and an angel only fanned the
fire for your irritation making for one
hair ripping experience we don’t know
how the real Big Daddy’s even put up
with it number eight a TPT’s Star Wars
Rogue Squadron watch for enemy fighter
I’m on it in the mission escaped from
fast the Rogue Squadron is tasked with
escorting and defending captured a TPT’s
or all-terrain personnel transports from
Imperial soldiers and holy hell is it
hard not only are the a TPT’s poorly
armored and slower than molasses but you
have to defend them from a wave of
formidable enemies including Imperial
1880s and tank droids which are the bane
of every player’s existence
just when you think it’s over tie
bombers make one last effort to stop you
forcing you to defend the ATP tease from
one final attack it’s nothing but a
constant onslaught from vicious and
persistent enemies and it’s annoying
faith is easy that reach the landing
zone repeat safety beatings have reached
the landing zone number seven the great
Fox Star Fox zero the gray fox requires
your assistance don’t hesitate they
navigate this shortcut with a name like
the great Fox you think the battleship
would be able to defend itself a little
better but no as usual you have to play
the babysitter in the missions asteroid
field and great Fox you’re tasked with
escorting the ship through an asteroid
field which is every bit as daunting as
it sounds you are forced to shoot
asteroids before they collide with the
ship and to make matters worse drones
will attach themselves to the gray fox
forcing you to deal with dam and
oncoming asteroids at the same time
there’s nothing more frustrating than
chaotic double tasking and video games
and this mission is determined to make
your experience as irritating as
possible all drones have been destroyed
the great pox is safe
number six hover limousine MechWarrior
to 21st century combat velvet hammer are
two words sure to make any MechWarrior
fan shiver in horror and disgust this
mission sees you escorting a limousine
as it makes its way to the Opera because
that should be Priority One in time of
war am i right there are numerous mechs
that you have to dispatch up who are all
trying to blow up the limo which can be
accomplished with only one direct hit
making your job that much more difficult
the limo can also explode simply by
bumping into things
adding to the easily failed and
frustrating mission it is also possible
to accidentally destroy the limo
yourself effectively ending the mission
in a rage of fury hey here’s an idea
why didn’t they send that VIP to the
Opera in a mech proceed to make shutdown
mission successful number five The
Alchemist spyro two riptos rage could
you kindly offer me an escort why are we
exposing children to such severe and
brutal forms of torture in this mission
spyro is forced to escort the alchemist
to hunter as he has a potion to cure
hunter of his stone encased feet keep
those earth shapers away from me and
I’ll take this potion to Hunter along
the way you’re forced to defend him from
earth shapers like many NPCs on this
list The Alchemist has an extremely
small threshold for damage and often
dies after only one hit but what makes
this mission and the character so
infuriating is the AI he will often run
straight into enemies like he has a
death wish and take the longest most
non-linear route possible to reach his
destination a stupid damage prone NPC is
a gamers worst nightmare
and my feet feel better number for every
single one Dead Rising follow me
speaking of accident-prone stupid NPCs
dead rising is the holy grail of
nightmare escort missions ok throughout
the game Frank comes across various
survivors throughout the mall and must
escort them back to the safe room it
sounds easy enough except for the fact
that these are the dumbest people on
earth follow me
they’re absolutely useless with weapons
often failing to kill anything and often
hitting you instead of zombie they also
have a penchant for walking straight
into massive crowds of the app were
mentioned undead after a while you begin
to just let them die and watching
psychotic Glee as they’re devoured
hey man you had it coming what in the
hell is going on here I mean does this
have anything to do with that
announcement earlier number 3 Amy Amy
you did it Bravo I’m in a twist on the
old escort mission trope you actually
become the powerless one throughout this
admittedly pretty terrible game
I’m so proud of you Amy you did you play
as a helpless woman while your
accomplice an autistic child named aim
he can destroy zombies with her
superpowers unfortunately this twist
doesn’t make things any better in case
you didn’t guess it actually makes it
worse
you’re helpless nature only serves to
make things infuriating as you have to
constantly rely on Amy to save your skin
else you become a zombie for some
contrived reason forcing you to match
her snail’s pace throughout the game
which can quickly get on your nerves
while it’s an intriguing concept the
execution is more than a bit spotty I
know they’re scary but I’m going to get
you to the hospital you’ll be safe there
I promise
number two Emma Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons
of Liberty
we’re kind of convinced that Hideo
Kojima is nothing but a massive troll
for this section Kojima decided to
combine two of the worst mission types
into one terrible hole in this
underwater escort mission yeah you heard
that right
you have to carry along Emma Emmerich
and my Kari we mean literally because
she’s afraid of water of course give me
a signal if you think you’re running out
of breath what will you do then I’ll
swim faster
she also cries every time she sees a bug
and wails every time that she is spotted
which gets annoying really really fast
trying to be different from the other
girls no it’s not like that
the developers must have taken pity on
us as there is an option to knock her
lights out and simply drag her the whole
way to her destination it’s quieter but
it’s still frustrating what can we say
before we take a look at our top pick
here a few honorable mentions
number one natalia goldeneye
double-oh-seven if there is one glaring
flaw in this otherwise pretty perfect
game it’s Natalia damn you Natalia damn
you and your blocky ish hands on
multiple occassions bond is forced to
protect Natalia as she hacks into well
whatever MacGuffin is currently near
fine unfortunately she’s so painfully
slow that your hair probably turns gray
by the time she finishes
not only that but she’s incredibly
stupid often walking directly into your
line of fire as you tried to defend her
from the myriad of enemies that are
converging on your position
we cannot count how many times we were
forced to start this one over because
Natalia’s big stupid head got in the way
of a bullet oh do you agree with our
list
fire what harrowing a score mission did
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ability to strike fear in the hearts of
many a gamer Hey all right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game escort missions Sen
John job thanks for this list we’re
looking at what we considered to be the
most painful and range inducing escort
missions in video games we’re looking at
any specific mission or a section of a
campaign which involves escorting an NPC
number 10 Ashley Resident Evil 4 Leon
what’s gonna happen to us don’t remember
that there’s no denying that Resident
Evil 4 is a masterpiece of a game which
influenced countless others and spurred
a host of copycats it’s both fun and
suspenseful and then you get to the
Ashley sections hey take it easy No get
away while you do have the ability to
hide her away in a dumpster which is why
she isn’t placed higher on the list
she is extremely annoying when she’s by
your side her whiny voice is grating and
she insists on complaining about
everything and don’t even get us started
on her inability to defend herself yes
Ashley we hear you screaming
unfortunately I’m surrounded by things
that want to eat my face right now so
you’re gonna have to give me a second
number nine little sister Bioshock here
we have another fantastic game marred by
an infuriating escort section in this
part you’re equipped in a big daddy suit
and must protect a little sister as she
harvests Adam from corpses littered
around rapture at least you have the
suit because this part would be nearly
impossible without it the little sister
is extremely weak and she insists on
simply sitting there collecting the Adam
as you fend off waves of enemies that
want to kill her the repeated lines of
c’mon mr. B and an angel only fanned the
fire for your irritation making for one
hair ripping experience we don’t know
how the real Big Daddy’s even put up
with it number eight a TPT’s Star Wars
Rogue Squadron watch for enemy fighter
I’m on it in the mission escaped from
fast the Rogue Squadron is tasked with
escorting and defending captured a TPT’s
or all-terrain personnel transports from
Imperial soldiers and holy hell is it
hard not only are the a TPT’s poorly
armored and slower than molasses but you
have to defend them from a wave of
formidable enemies including Imperial
1880s and tank droids which are the bane
of every player’s existence
just when you think it’s over tie
bombers make one last effort to stop you
forcing you to defend the ATP tease from
one final attack it’s nothing but a
constant onslaught from vicious and
persistent enemies and it’s annoying
faith is easy that reach the landing
zone repeat safety beatings have reached
the landing zone number seven the great
Fox Star Fox zero the gray fox requires
your assistance don’t hesitate they
navigate this shortcut with a name like
the great Fox you think the battleship
would be able to defend itself a little
better but no as usual you have to play
the babysitter in the missions asteroid
field and great Fox you’re tasked with
escorting the ship through an asteroid
field which is every bit as daunting as
it sounds you are forced to shoot
asteroids before they collide with the
ship and to make matters worse drones
will attach themselves to the gray fox
forcing you to deal with dam and
oncoming asteroids at the same time
there’s nothing more frustrating than
chaotic double tasking and video games
and this mission is determined to make
your experience as irritating as
possible all drones have been destroyed
the great pox is safe
number six hover limousine MechWarrior
to 21st century combat velvet hammer are
two words sure to make any MechWarrior
fan shiver in horror and disgust this
mission sees you escorting a limousine
as it makes its way to the Opera because
that should be Priority One in time of
war am i right there are numerous mechs
that you have to dispatch up who are all
trying to blow up the limo which can be
accomplished with only one direct hit
making your job that much more difficult
the limo can also explode simply by
bumping into things
adding to the easily failed and
frustrating mission it is also possible
to accidentally destroy the limo
yourself effectively ending the mission
in a rage of fury hey here’s an idea
why didn’t they send that VIP to the
Opera in a mech proceed to make shutdown
mission successful number five The
Alchemist spyro two riptos rage could
you kindly offer me an escort why are we
exposing children to such severe and
brutal forms of torture in this mission
spyro is forced to escort the alchemist
to hunter as he has a potion to cure
hunter of his stone encased feet keep
those earth shapers away from me and
I’ll take this potion to Hunter along
the way you’re forced to defend him from
earth shapers like many NPCs on this
list The Alchemist has an extremely
small threshold for damage and often
dies after only one hit but what makes
this mission and the character so
infuriating is the AI he will often run
straight into enemies like he has a
death wish and take the longest most
non-linear route possible to reach his
destination a stupid damage prone NPC is
a gamers worst nightmare
and my feet feel better number for every
single one Dead Rising follow me
speaking of accident-prone stupid NPCs
dead rising is the holy grail of
nightmare escort missions ok throughout
the game Frank comes across various
survivors throughout the mall and must
escort them back to the safe room it
sounds easy enough except for the fact
that these are the dumbest people on
earth follow me
they’re absolutely useless with weapons
often failing to kill anything and often
hitting you instead of zombie they also
have a penchant for walking straight
into massive crowds of the app were
mentioned undead after a while you begin
to just let them die and watching
psychotic Glee as they’re devoured
hey man you had it coming what in the
hell is going on here I mean does this
have anything to do with that
announcement earlier number 3 Amy Amy
you did it Bravo I’m in a twist on the
old escort mission trope you actually
become the powerless one throughout this
admittedly pretty terrible game
I’m so proud of you Amy you did you play
as a helpless woman while your
accomplice an autistic child named aim
he can destroy zombies with her
superpowers unfortunately this twist
doesn’t make things any better in case
you didn’t guess it actually makes it
worse
you’re helpless nature only serves to
make things infuriating as you have to
constantly rely on Amy to save your skin
else you become a zombie for some
contrived reason forcing you to match
her snail’s pace throughout the game
which can quickly get on your nerves
while it’s an intriguing concept the
execution is more than a bit spotty I
know they’re scary but I’m going to get
you to the hospital you’ll be safe there
I promise
number two Emma Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons
of Liberty
we’re kind of convinced that Hideo
Kojima is nothing but a massive troll
for this section Kojima decided to
combine two of the worst mission types
into one terrible hole in this
underwater escort mission yeah you heard
that right
you have to carry along Emma Emmerich
and my Kari we mean literally because
she’s afraid of water of course give me
a signal if you think you’re running out
of breath what will you do then I’ll
swim faster
she also cries every time she sees a bug
and wails every time that she is spotted
which gets annoying really really fast
trying to be different from the other
girls no it’s not like that
the developers must have taken pity on
us as there is an option to knock her
lights out and simply drag her the whole
way to her destination it’s quieter but
it’s still frustrating what can we say
before we take a look at our top pick
here a few honorable mentions
number one natalia goldeneye
double-oh-seven if there is one glaring
flaw in this otherwise pretty perfect
game it’s Natalia damn you Natalia damn
you and your blocky ish hands on
multiple occassions bond is forced to
protect Natalia as she hacks into well
whatever MacGuffin is currently near
fine unfortunately she’s so painfully
slow that your hair probably turns gray
by the time she finishes
not only that but she’s incredibly
stupid often walking directly into your
line of fire as you tried to defend her
from the myriad of enemies that are
converging on your position
we cannot count how many times we were
forced to start this one over because
Natalia’s big stupid head got in the way
of a bullet oh do you agree with our
list
fire what harrowing a score mission did
we leave out for more agreeable top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com let me take off my
glasses you know you should wear
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