10 Most Broken Escort Missions In Gaming History

6. The Alchemist - Spyro 2

Now this one is actually pretty easy... once you’ve played it through so many times you’ve committed his precise pathing to memory. Walk in the park.

Much like the dog that goes evil when he gets hit, in Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, you’ll need to protect the Alchemist as he persistently puts himself in harm's way by sidling right up to Earthshapers who want to kill him and you, instead of doing literally anything else. The Alchemist is delivering a potion to Hunter to cure his stone-encased feet, but you’d assume he must have some kind of problem with the Cheetah since he’s doing his darndest to take the worst possible route.

To add insult to maddening pathing injury, he pretty much dies after one hit, so chances are if you played Spyro 2 as a kid, this mission is not a favourite memory.