Everyone who thinks escort missions are good please youtube "spyro 2 escort mission" and then re-evaluate whether you like escort missions.

It's boring, especially when the characters AI is dumber than a rock, constantly getting stuck or dying. You make it through barely, and now the nimrod has to make it somehow.

I notice some games do it to try and make things harder. You can get by just fine on your own, but suddenly they throw people in to protect and its the longest level in the game because of it.

Only thing more boring is when a character goes "follow me" and walks slower than hell all the way across the map. If you walk faster he gets mad and stops, or you still have to wait for him to get there to "open the door" All the while you don't do anything at all, you just follow

Nope. Worst mission type.

Bioshock's protecting the little sisters can be obnoxious. Bioshock 2 is worse withe big sister battles. I found them unecessary in their abundance. I agree with this article though. Die and try again escort missions, suck! I don't mind them when they are scripted or streamlined. It's the long, drawn out, no checkpoint escort missions that should be banned.

X-Com escort missions are fine.

Guild Wars 2 players LOVE escort missions. They're good for XP and usually part of a chain of events.

I am also tired of the follow them but don't them see you routine..

I always complain bout escort n defend missions. Sigh. And the new one in FPS's is go climb on a mounted gun- yes I'm pointing at COD. Try playing soap, price n yuri african mission on veteran

In those games where I can I generally start those missions by shooting the people I have to protect. I hate them. With every little fiber in my body I hate those people.