10 Most Broken Escort Missions In Gaming History

3. Legitimately Every Survivor Mission - Dead Rising

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Dead Rising was a bit of a phenomenon when it came out in 2006 meaning A) you probably played it and B) me mentioning the escort missions may send you into a spiral.

See, the people of Willamette are so stupid they may in fact deserve to be eaten by zombie hordes. Throughout the game Frank comes across humans trapped by the undead who he needs to escort back to the safe room. But trying to save these guys from themselves is an absolute headache.

They run into walls, sprint toward gangs of enemies like they’re meeting old friends, and though they have weapons they’re almost completely incapable of using them.

It’s easily the fastest way to make the zombie apocalypse even less fun.

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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.