the worst video game designer in the world: "hey, i have a great idea. let's make this character walk slower than you but stop walking their path if you get too far ahead. so you constantly have to walk forward a bit, wait for them, and then walk forward again, and so on, hope you don't get too far"
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Looking at you, FF14.
https://docseuss.medium.com/lore-is-a-trap-and-will-kill-your-story-if-you-let-it-so-what-can-we-do-about-it-9f84850980e3
props to dead rising for the NPCs at least trying to fight, and half points to Bethesda for half their escort quests acting like a companion
Let the devs still control the pace of the scene but without any movement annoyances for the player
When you fall behind they pop up like "where the hell is you goin" and resume the escorting
Much more fun imo
thank you team ico
Yes you look daft, but it works