Indie Nation #7: Black Shades

On this week’s Podtoid, we discussed how much escort missions suck. You know what I’m talking about; when a game suddenly puts a blind, half-retarded friendly NPC in your care and forces you to protect them at all costs while they do seemingly everything in their power to get themselves killed. More often than not, these sorts of missions are unnecessary, lazy, and totally frustrating.
That’s why this week’s Indie Nation game is made up of nothing but escort missions.
It sounds impossible, but Black Shades actually manages to turn the generally plodding, infuriating task of the escort mission into something challenging, fun, and strangely replayable. And before you say anything, yes: the graphics do suck, and no, it isn’t a big deal.
Hit the jump to find out why this little game is worth your time. 

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back