A funny thing about escort missions: the best games ever resort to them.

[torok]

Wright said:

torok said:

I don't consider TLOU a escort mission game.

TLOU itself isn't a escort mission game, but it does feature escorting, even if the character is invincible. You're still tasked with escorting her throughout the country.

Yes, it indeed is escorting, but you will never get a game over by failing to escort her. The only sections where Ellie really dies is when the player controls her.