13 Terrible Levels In Otherwise Awesome Video Games

11. Escorting Natalya - GoldenEye 007

Goldeneye 007 Natalya
Rare

Escort missions are the bane of most gamers' lives, and as brilliant and iconic as Rare's James Bond video game is, it needlessly suffers an horrendous, extended escort sequence on players, as they must protect Natalya Simonova across a series of levels.

The main problem here is that Natalya has zero survival instinct and has been programmed to be as mind-meltingly stupid as possible, gleefully running headlong into your bullets and likely sending you to the Game Over screen many, many times.

She also takes ages to do anything and basically derails an excellent game for a substantial amount of play-time. Even the most accommodating escort missions are typically irritating, but this? This felt like the fine folks at Rare actively chastising their own customers.

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