Oh, and I wasn't...silly me.

Okay, so when you said "best parts" it had nothing to do with what I was
saying. You've got some reading comprehension problems, then. What you
meant was "best moments". The entire second HALF of the preview version was
bad. A few good moments won't make up for that. If it didn't represet a
significant portion of the game, why would they make it a significant
portion of the preview version?

First, you say "very -best- aspects", then you say "best parts", and refer
to the climax of a scene. They are two totally different things. An
"aspect" of the game would be a fundamental portion.

Exactly. Meaning the escort missions are necessary to give people an idea
of the the final version will be like.

What brilliant marketing! Make everyone think it will suck! It's genius!
Again, you change what you said. First, you wouldn't want bad press, "not
at all". Then, the press is "2-bit" and they shouldn't bother trying to
impress people. Do you care about the press or not? Or are you just full of
crap?

Yes, you're called fanboys. And you're not to be bothered with.

 Actually, movie trailers are a very bad example to call for that
particular argument.  Movie trailers for years have been blasted for
giving away the movies, yet it doesn't actually hurt movie sales.
Actually, it is believed to help movies to give away not only the
best parts, but the bulk of the movie as a whole, because people
pretty much forget the old style of unrevealing short teaser trailers
unless it is already a movie that they wanted to see.

 So you have things like Castaway, where the trailer shows that Tom
Hanks not only gets off the island, but also tells you the various
things that he has to deal with once he does return.  And Castaway
is far from the only movie.  Most movies these days give you some of
the biggest scenes, and often enough key plot points as well as key
scene endings.

 And at the extreme, you have the increasingly popular 10-minute
promotionals, like the The Village special promotional that ABC ran
when they aired Unbreakable.

 Some TV shows do similar as well.  Enterprise promos are notorious
for giving away everything about the next episode, including things
that were supposed to be secrets or surprises.  Worse, they are run
before even the current episode is over, so you know for a fact that
whatever character is currently in danger will be back next week.  24
has a similar problem with its promos giving away major plot twists
and advancements a week in advance.  But the companies also figure
people won't watch without such promos.  24, despite critical acclaim,
barely scraped through its first season (and then only because of
extra money for the FX channel repeats).  Enterprise got renewed for
next year only because the price per episode was cut to less than
half ($1.7mil down to $800,000).  And in the case of Resident Evil,
Capcom has contantly complained that the GC versions haven't sold as
well as they've wanted.  (But then again, half the GC games were straight
ports of old games, and the other half is still cursed by Capcom
just not liking the Cube and not liking being forced by Mikami to
make RE on the Cube.)

 Capcom is the one that has made a big issue about the escort-aspect
of the woman.  So Capcom sees it as important and is promoting it, and
has described it as a major part of the game.

 If it weren't a factor for at least some decent portion of the game,
then why would they be the ones emphasizing it and its impact on
gameplay?

 That would be like Konami focusing on the Psycho Mantis button mash
torture scene in all of their pre-MGS promos.

 And considering the general dislike of escort missions, it would be
silly to promote the game by building up a disliked factor that wasn't
even really a big part of the actual game.