This review contains spoilers
in a way this is everything bad about the kind of "cinematic" game design that was everywhere in 2018; most of the gameplay is press the button onscreen and you get to watch this pretty boring movie we made. Extremely linear and basic. I think this had a ton of potential though, a co-op prison break game where one of you turns out to be an undercover cop is a creative idea, and the last act of this game was completely wild and very fun to play through. Some of the use of splitscreen was also great, like the chase scene where you can see what the hitman is doing, or the way the game will let one player do stupid bullshit in the background while story cutscenes are happening. I won't lie I had a great time playing it with a friend, but that happens even in the shittest of co-op games. Idk, I'm glad I bought and played this but I'm also glad I bought it at a heavy discount, it was that kind of game. And I'm also glad we killed the cop at the end.
This review contains spoilers
Played this through Xbox game pass. I played it with my brother quite a while back so I don't remember all the things exactly how they were. But it was a really nice co-op game with a solid story. Game mechanics were pretty simple if I remember correctly. The game would just show what button to press etc.
However im not sure if there are multiple endings to the game. I only got one. There was a fight between both the main characters in the end and the character my brother played(the one with a family) died. The other guy was actually an undercover cop
However im not sure if there are multiple endings to the game. I only got one. There was a fight between both the main characters in the end and the character my brother played(the one with a family) died. The other guy was actually an undercover cop
I finished this game in one sitting with a friend. It took us about six hours. Good value for the money spent, especially considering that only one of us had to buy the game and could share it online. A Way Out is 100% focused on coop-gameplay. There is no way to play this game alone or with a computer controlled partner. This leads to some bonding moments between the players and a real team-work feeling over the course of the whole game because every level is fully committed to being a coop-experience. The gameplay itself is kinda mid though. It’s mostly generic third-person-action adventure gameplay with some climbing, jumping and light puzzle solving. The crime story and characters are pretty good and there is a really well done twist towards the end which makes the whole experience worthwhile. And there just aren’t any other games like this which makes it a unique experience.