4. GoldenEye - Natalya Simonova
RareYou're the world's most feared secret agent. You shoot first and ask questions later and nobody is going to get between you and your mission - except for a really annoying woman who has the artificial intelligence of a gnat. James Bond could - quite rightly - be described as a misogynist in his earlier incarnations, but in Rare's historic GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Natalya was a misandrist for the way that she treats him. As you make your way through the game, you'll eventually be incarcerated by the Servernaya satellite security - staff tasked with guarding the titular GoldenEye superweapon. When you regain consciousness, you'll notice the not-so-friendly face of Natalya Simonova in the cell adjacent, waiting for you to help the two of you escape your jail sentence. What seems like an easy task instantly becomes one of pure frustration, because as soon as you pull that cell door ajar, Natalya will follow you blindly, regardless of any danger you're in. That's all fine and dandy if you were on a leisurely stroll through some idyllic corn field, but you're not - you're trying to escape a heavily fortified military installation. Enemy AI in GoldenEye may be laughable by today's standards, but escorting a defenceless Natalya through the facility was akin to something like pulling teeth. If soldiers were to attack you from behind it would mean Natalya would instantly fall victim to crossfire, and in an age where cover mechanics were non-existent, her fate would instantly be sealed. If that wasn't bad enough, you would constantly have to backtrack to find the wayward hindrance, because she had a knack for not bothering to follow you and getting lost in a dark corner of the maze-like facility when you weren't looking.