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    Lightbulb Walking/Running with NPCs in Games

    WTF? that is what I say every time I have to do this, I have to follow an NPC somewhere, but when I walk I'm too slow, and I loose ground and when I run I'm to fast and leave it behind! I have found this in almost very game that requires this sometime or other?
    (ironically I found in Batman AA your walk is a bit too fast)

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    Yes, I concur... in MMO's you find this quest type often... "Escort Virgin so-and-so to the Pools of Bliss for the Cleansing drops of BadaBingBadaBoom" ... but does she want to walk fast so we can make sexy?

    Hell no!
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    I've only had one escort quest in WoW where the NPC actually ran...

    Otherwise it pisses me off endlessly

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    Heres a few names:

    Alex in HL2.
    Sydney in C&C renegade.
    Mercs in Diablo 2.
    Fara in PoP: Sands of Time.
    Any of the escorts in Manhunt.
    Meryl in MGS.
    Emma in MGS2.
    Who ever is on your team in Star Trek: Elite Force.
    Escort missions in Assassins Creed.

    GRAH! It's infuriating! But it does have it's practical reason. It's so that you can't leave them behind or that they can't outrun you.

    Also in a semi related topic. In H.A.W.X. How the FUCK does a sub sonic harrier out run a hypersonic SR-71 by a margin of 5000% !?!?!?!? Seriously. I have my Jet super cruising at 4000km/h, than I see my teammate's harries blasting past me like I was standing still.

    The singularity is about to explode! Weapons are at maximum.

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    Agreed, Most annoying part of quests in most games =/

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    I hate escort missions in ANY game.

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    This also makes the game sorta buggy at times. If you dont follow the NPC and try and do your own stuff in game theirs often bugs. I had this problem in HL2.

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    Clive Barkers Jericho has the worst NPCs of any game - they're huge, they're friggin stupid and the worst part is you're totally dependant on them. So naturally they run into the line of fire and just stand there.

    Oh and I've had to shoot the dog in Fallout 3 twice because it constantly got in my way.

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    Other games:
    Infamous (But you can control your speed with the analogue stick.)
    Fable 2
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    Majesty 2 got an irritating one as you have to motivate your heroes to escort a cart... and they botch up the job at least a few times before they get it right.

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