10 Most Broken Escort Missions In Gaming History

5. Every Eileen Mission - Silent Hill 4: The Room

Silent Hill 4
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Plenty of horror game fans actually liked Silent Hill 4: The Room. What most of them didn’t like was every Eileen escort mission.

It’s at about the game’s midpoint when Henry Townshend’s neighbor Eileen is nearly beaten to death by Walter Sullivan. Now, that’s awful, but I’m betting you’ll feel less and less sorry for her as for the rest of the game her broken limbs become your problem.

The fact that Eileen can’t die sounds like it should take a load off your stress level, but the endings of the game change based on how injured she becomes.

Much like many of the other escortees on this list, Eileen is a dummy, or she’s programmed to be a dummy. Either way you end up babysitting a companion who, if you decide to give her a weapon, pointlessly tries to beat up on ghosts, brings a handbag to a shotgun fight, complains constantly, and is slow as hell.

She fights slowly and poorly if she fights at all, cuts your speed in half, and she can’t be healed so… I hope you had fun in the first half of the game.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.