8. Escorting Anyone, Anywhere, For Any Amount Of Time
Have you ever completed an escort mission and thought "That was actually a really enjoyable use of my time"? Of course not, as the more common response is to grind your teeth and speak only in consonants, the A.I. you were supposed to be protecting either getting blown to pieces, running off or getting stuck in the environment. Yes, for all the different mission designs or quest setups developers have perfected over the years, the escort mission has forever remained under the banner of impossible. The 2000s got the worst of it too, with Metal Gear Solid 2's Emma Emmerich needing to be led everywhere by the hand, Resident Evil 4's Ashley Graham getting mauled if you left her alone for a second, and Dead Rising's moronic A.I. attempting to stave off a zombie horde with a CD case, rather than walk towards the door of freedom you were waiting next to. Thankfully - and let this spate of downtime go on for a lifetime - I can't think of one escort mission from the last few years, hopefully indicating that the industry has learned from its many, many missteps, and can continue giving us what we want - which is absolutely anything else.
