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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode 1'' is noteworthy for its "Lowlife" chapter, [[BlackoutBasement a dark, underground level]] [[DroughtLevelOfDoom with (at least to begin with) very little ammunition for Gordon to use]]. You're being escorted by Alyx, who [[BottomlessMagazines needs no ammo]], which means that you spend the first half of the level illuminating enemies with your TenSecondFlashlight so Alyx can shoot them.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' downplays this. In certain areas [[spoiler:(Eterna Forest, Iron Island and Stark Mountain)]], you get another trainer following you, helping you through what would otherwise be a hard dungeon and healing your Pokémon after every battle. However, one could possibly clear these areas without help, they're just there to [[AntiFrustrationFeatures make life easier for you]].

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: The finale of the ''Honest Hearts'' DLC has you "escorting" [[ImplacableMan Joshua Graham]] to deal with the White Legs tribe once and for all. While by the point you do this quest you should be plenty powerful, you can easily leave Joshua to do all the fighting as he's a better OneManArmy than even a max-level player.

* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' has the final assault on Truth's sanctum, where the Master Chief is being protected and escorted by [[spoiler:wave after wave of Flood. Unfortunaly, those bastards will attack you after killing Truth, and they're numerous]].

* Sentry Bots in ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'' will escort you to a certain point of the map, and in one instance unlocking doors in the way that you can't open yourself. They chew Hell's forces up and spit them out to such a degree that you don't have to lift a finger[[note]]except for making sure no ExplosiveBarrels detonate near your bot buddy, as realistically they're the only things that can destroy it[[/note]] in the core game when a fight happens and one's with you. The same doesn't quite go for the ''Resurrection of Evil'' ExpansionPack's campaign, though, where you're set up against higher tier enemies like Revenants and Commandos in Sentry Bot sections, so you ''need'' to get your own pound of flesh to make sure the bot survives to the end. Thankfully it provides a handy distraction for you to get in close with the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Super Shotgun]].

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** Similar scenario and even in the same location happens in ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsReCoded'', where [[spoiler:Maleficent breaks Sora's keyblade at the end of previous level]]. This time however your companions stay and the gameplay shifts towards you issuing them orders when advancing through the world. [[spoiler:Sadly, this time you get the keyblade only before the final BossRush of the Hollow Bastion]].
** Around the quarter point of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sora must escort Queen Minnie to the throne of Disney Castle. The throne sits in a '''massive''' audience chamber flooded with Heartless that can seize Sora with bolts of electricity. [[RunningGag Fortunately]], Queen Minnie has a Reaction Command activated just by getting close to her, and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' fans already know their job got a lot easier when they learn that Reaction Command is called [[HolyHandGrenade Faith]]. Getting across the audience chamber in the period between the end of the escort mission and the cessation of Heartless in Disney Castle is actually '''harder''' than getting Minnie there.

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', there is a sequence during the SuicideMission where you have to take a path full of seeker swarms. In order to not be attacked and captured by them, you have to pick a squadmate to keep a biotic barrier surrounding you and two other squadmates. If you pick the wrong escort, however, one of your team is taken by the swarms.

** Near the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', Sora loses the Keyblade, and Donald and Goofy are [[FaceHeelTurn forced to join]] the RivalTurnedEvil, leaving him with only a wooden sword that doesn't even deal any damage. Sora now must completely[[note]]Your magic is still as effective as before.[[/note]] rely on the world-specific companion for survival. Fortunately, that world-specific companion just so happens to be [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the Beast.]] [[spoiler:His Keyblade and friends come back at the first boss battle of that world, but Beast sits the battle out]].

Instead of [[EscortMission you escorting the NPC]], [[RussianReversal the NPC escorts you]]. The bad news is: This usually means that ''YOU'' are the squishy bullet magnet in need of protection.

* You may want to keep one of your earlier saved games in ''VideoGame/InfiniteUndiscovery'' around, because there's an {{inverted|Trope}} Escort Mission near the beginning of the game, where you are rendered completely unable to attack due to carrying an injured companion, and the AI must escort you to your destination. Too bad they only escort you halfway to your destination. Then they all leave and you're stuck having to run through the last area totally helpless...with a dragon shooting fireballs at you.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]],'' you go up against [[ClimaxBoss Jarod]] and two cronies, with [[MessianicArchetype Micaiah]] [[SquishyWizard alone.]] However, immediately after the battle begins, the [[MightyGlacier Black]] [[BlackKnight Knight]] appears, and proceeds to wreck the shit out of the enemy reinforcements; your task is to use the Black Knight to protect Micaiah. Unfortunately the enemies who have ranged weapons will prioritize attacking Micaiah if they can reach her, and unlike most FireEmblem {{escort mission}}s, you can't simply have the Black Knight carry Micaiah through the mission.

Instead of [[EscortMission you escorting the NPC]], the NPC escorts you. The bad news is: This usually means that ''YOU'' are the squishy bullet magnet in need of protection.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'''s tutorial has the first two protagonists escorted by their fathers, the protagonists of the first game. They can, and will, one-shot anything they face, but are under AI control.

* The first real mission of ''VideoGame/{{Gun}}'' has you defending a steamer from an army of renegades and ''would'' be difficult, since all you have is a weak six-shooter, rifle, and bowie knife. Thankfully BadassGrandpa Ned White, who happens to be equipped with the ''strongest rifle available in the game'', is leading the way and covering your back. He never misses and can one-shot enemies. Unfortunately he's TooCoolToLive.

* Most of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' is an EscortMission proper (and one of the few done properly to boot), but for one period of the game ''Leon'' is being escorted by Mike piloting a ''UH-1N Twin Huey gunship'' armed with twin Gatling Guns and Hellfire Missiles. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Yes it is frigging awesome]].

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* You may want to keep one of your earlier saved games in ''InfiniteUndiscovery'' around, because there's an {{inverted|Trope}} Escort Mission near the beginning of the game, where you are rendered completely unable to attack due to carrying an injured companion, and the AI must escort you to your destination. Too bad they only escort you halfway to your destination. Then they all leave and you're stuck having to run through the last area totally helpless...with a dragon shooting fireballs at you.