Missions themselves are somewhat repetitive and not particularly innovative; you'll be collecting feathers (ala Assassin's Creed) and you'll be completing
escort missions where you protect injured eagles from attacking vultures.
Gone are the pesky
escort missions where you needed to drag helpless survivors to a safe room and hoped they were able to hold their own.
Gone are the pesky
escort missions where you needed to drag helpless survivors to a safe room and hoped they were able to hold their own.
The worst example was
an escort mission where I had to protect an NPC in battle against six wolves, all of which could one - shot the NPC and instantly win the fight at any time if they wanted.
Rolling Thunder is a type of
escort mission where a team must protect a convoy going from point A to point B.
In one section the edges of the screen lead to its opposite end until the correct exit is found, while another offers
an escort mission where your charge will run towards you when you're on the ground but ignore your presence entirely when you're on the ceiling (clearly they come from the Arkham Asylum school of observation).
Not exact matches
The latest video shows a new
escort mission,
where you'll be guiding a ball through a maze, using both your steady stream of ink and various contraptions around the course like a larger than life version of Mouse Trap...
There are three types of
missions: standard dogfights,
escort missions (which amount to easier dogfights), and time trial
missions where you steer your plane through tightly arranged rings while shooting down floating targets.
Several of the story
missions see Rico
escorting allies, whether by land or air, and these have been
where I've found the most fun to be had.
The expected space battles are interspersed with convoy
escort missions (not as annoying as you might expect), capital ship take downs (
where close proximity to the big ships gives a real sense of speed and excitement) and even the occasional speed run.
In an attempt at saving Clarison, Winter and O'Neal accept the
mission and
escort her to the facility,
where they intend to convince surviving personnel to remove the Xenomorph embryo from her body.
The world of Star Wars gaming has been one big flight based shooter
where you go around on
escort missions try to save the world once more in the Star Wars universe.
Road Rage features checkpoint based races, circuit races,
escort missions, races across the city and assassination
missions where you have to attack a specific rider.
Booker and Elizabeth encounter lots of opposition throughout the game and this is
where she becomes more than the focal point of an
escort mission.
The part
where you have to defend the horse - drawn Ordon cart from aggressors while lightning crackles through the night may just be my favourite
escort mission in videogame history (not saying much, but still) and the Bridge of Eldin jousting showdown against the despicable Bulblin King is just near - flawless in its combination of atmosphere and control.
Those
missions consist of either a strike against a few waves of enemies,
escorting four planes as they autopilot across the map, and the most odd duck of the group, a timed ring race
where flying through a ring adds time to the clock.