As much as escort missions usually suck, there are some good ones. My favorite has got to be escorting minnie in kingdom hearts 2.
Favorite Escort mission
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No escort missions are fun. The person/thing that is being dragged along with you is extra luggage that prefers to scream into the side of your ear every time something looks at her wrong.
LEEOONNNN!!! HAWWWLLLPPPPP!!!
THEY'VE GOT ME LEON!!!
HAWLLLPPPPP!!!
At least that game gave me a break from having to babysit the useless twit throughout the entire game.
LEEOONNNN!!! HAWWWLLLPPPPP!!!
THEY'VE GOT ME LEON!!!
HAWLLLPPPPP!!!
At least that game gave me a break from having to babysit the useless twit throughout the entire game.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Harrison Jones. In an awesome role-reversal, he escorts you out of enemy territory.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP theres a part where you need to protect some guys while they take measurements or something.
Sucky thing is, they die in a couple hits and are oblivious to the monsters swarming around the place.
However when I played the level I brought a bunch of heavily armed guys with me, they were so ridiculously efficent I didn't even need to kill any monsters myself.
Sucky thing is, they die in a couple hits and are oblivious to the monsters swarming around the place.
However when I played the level I brought a bunch of heavily armed guys with me, they were so ridiculously efficent I didn't even need to kill any monsters myself.
My favorite one was the escort mission where you take a reporter around in Mercenaries, the first one for PS2. I always did it in a sports car, and it had the perfect combination of running over people and trying not to kill civilians. I spent days doing that mission over and over
In my experience, there are no "good" escort missions. There are only "tolerable" escort missions.
And the most tolerable escort missions I've ever played were in Dead Rising 2, because:
1. The survivors are rarely essential to the plot, so if they die, it's not that big a deal.
2. They can actually defend themselves, and can even be quite useful to have around when going on certain missions.
3. They can take more than 3 hits before dieing. It's REALLY hard for these guys to die if you're halfway decent at the game, and at least pay fleeting attention to them.
And the most tolerable escort missions I've ever played were in Dead Rising 2, because:
1. The survivors are rarely essential to the plot, so if they die, it's not that big a deal.
2. They can actually defend themselves, and can even be quite useful to have around when going on certain missions.
3. They can take more than 3 hits before dieing. It's REALLY hard for these guys to die if you're halfway decent at the game, and at least pay fleeting attention to them.
At least you don't have to deal with escort missions in flight simula-
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GTA IV- driving a garbage truck with 2 Uzi-toting thugs on the back through Chinatown, attempting to shake some mafiosos. It was pretty badass.
I liked RE4. Even with the babysitting of Ashley. In fact, I enjoyed the babysitting of Ashley.PlasmaFrog said:
Sure, her cries can be annoying, but it would make less sense for her to just simply stand there and say nothing or to put on some bravado. She is just a kid after all.
Really, that babysitting served multiple purposes in the game.
For one, saving her was motivation for Leon's character to continue through to the end on a more human, emotional level (as opposed to ME MAN SAVE AMERICA NOW).
She also does useful things in the game to help you continue the quest.
The commands to have her wait or follow or hide were simple, yet effective. Her AI could have easily been terrible and caused her to run into an enemy and die constantly, but that happened rarely if ever for me in my many playthroughs of the game.
When you are in a tense situation in the game and know you have to not only keep yourself alive but also her, it adds to the tension and fear during gameplay, which is the point of a horror genre game is it not?
Also, to take it further, you even get to play as her at one point, letting you see how difficult things are from her perspective, since she can't attack anyone. This enabled me to relate to her situation.
And even as you aptly put it "at least the game gives you breaks from her". I wouldn't underestimate that point. It is a good point. If you had to babysit her the entire game nonstop you would want to throw her into a ditch after an hour. But you don't have to escort her for the entire game. You do it in sections, which is a brilliant move by the makers.
I've played many games where you do have to escort someone from start to finish, and many of those games have been unbearably frustrating because they don't do all or enough of the things RE4 does, or don't do them well enough.
Anyhow, that's just my opinion. I was a bit surprised by your reaction to the same game because RE4 was my one pick out of everything for having some of the best Escort Missions in gaming.
There was a Special Ops mission in Modern Warfare 2 where one guy in the air "escorts" his team mate on the ground by using airstrikes on all hostiles. I had a lot of fun playing it splitscreen with my friend - and unlike most escort missions, if the escortee is being an idiot the escorter can smack him.
Father Kamaros from World of Warcraft.
He's basically off by himself in this little area, and he wants you to escort him out. Great....But what's this? He's buffing you? And casting a neigh unbreakable shield on you? And he stays back and doesn't drag a dozen enemis into you? AND he doesn't even need you and can dispatch all the enemies by himself? Father Kamaros is the most badass NPC ever!
He's basically off by himself in this little area, and he wants you to escort him out. Great....But what's this? He's buffing you? And casting a neigh unbreakable shield on you? And he stays back and doesn't drag a dozen enemis into you? AND he doesn't even need you and can dispatch all the enemies by himself? Father Kamaros is the most badass NPC ever!
I consider the mission "Death From Above" in Call of Duty 4 an escort mission, and I love it.
The military chatter in the AC-130, combined with the sounds and the realistic view(look up actual AC-130 missions) makes that mission extremely enjoyable for me.
The military chatter in the AC-130, combined with the sounds and the realistic view(look up actual AC-130 missions) makes that mission extremely enjoyable for me.
I believe it's Slippy who says that line. (obviously with his name)Paksenarrion said:
Peppy is at least helpful. Slippy should just go frak off and die
What? Lies! Slippy tells you boss health!BlindMessiah94 said:I believe it's Slippy who says that line. (obviously with his name)Paksenarrion said:
Peppy is at least helpful. Slippy should just go frak off and die
...can't think of an actual answer to OP. I'm sure there's been some I've enjoyed because I remember being amazed by them, but I can't remember which. Not the best sign.
I'm going to go against the common opinion here. I generally enjoy escort missions.
Yeah. I went there.
And I'll go even farther! My favorite was Resident Evil 4, because I enjoyed Ashley.
Yeah. I went there.
And I'll go even farther! My favorite was Resident Evil 4, because I enjoyed Ashley.