70%Xbox Series X/S

Still fun, but definitely Hazelight's weakest game and you can tell it was their freshman effort. You can also tell it ran out of budget near the end, with the multiple chapters of terrible, bland combat encounters. Also still had an awful ending. But still great, shorter co-op fun!

80%PC

Fun, kind of short co-op experience. Not the best from the studio but it's entertaining.

60%PC

The game was aight. I already knew the ending and so because of that all of the lines made more sense to me. Nothing is particularly flushed out or hard for that matter. Its a neat little game but 30$ for something that took me less than 5 hours to beat and with no real replay value? yeah im glad i didnt have to actaully buy this.

100%PC

A great story to be enjoyed with a close friend.

85%PlayStation 4

An impressive interactive movie with an unexpected, tragic ending. It was enjoyable to play together, and the mechanics are designed in a way that requires cooperation to progress. A plus for the ability to explore locations a bit and play mini-games. The cutscenes and dialogues are well done. It's a pity there's no Russian voiceover, and the graphics are somewhat underwhelming.

100%PC

A Way Out is easily one of the most memorable co-op experiences I’ve ever played.

The game is built entirely around two players, and I had the privilege of completing it with a friend—unlocking every single achievement along the way. From start to finish, I loved every bit of it. The co-op design is flawless; whether you’re breaking out of prison, sneaking past guards, or simply passing time with mini-games, every moment feels meaningful because it requires teamwork.

The split-screen mechanic is brilliantly implemented, adding a cinematic feel while keeping both players engaged at all times. The narrative, centered on Vincent and Leo, is gripping and full of twists. Their evolving bond kept us hooked, and by the time we reached the finale, the emotional weight of the story left a lasting impression that few games manage to achieve.

What stood out the most was the variety—stealth missions, car chases, shootouts, puzzles, and even lighthearted activities like darts or baseball. It never felt repetitive, and the pacing was perfect.

Finishing the game with all achievements was more than just a completionist’s badge—it was proof of how engaging and enjoyable every part of the journey was. Even after seeing everything the game has to offer, I can confidently say the experience was worth every moment.

70%PC

Storywise brilliant, mechanically imperfect, lots of empty chatter with background NPCs to fill hours of gameplay.

75%PlayStation 5

aprox 5h

90%PlayStation 4

Great game with a friend

85%PC

Had fun with a buddy. Completed it in one sitting.

90%PC

4.5/5 stars

XQC and a random white guy get naked and escape prison together.

80%PC

Gameplay: 8.5
História: 6.5
Gráfico: 8
Música: 9
Replay: 8
TOTAL: 8

45%PC

Um jogo bem mediano que joguei com meu irmão. Jogabilidade é legal e combina bem com o fato de jogar de dois. Gráficos ok, música de boa, história normal, legazinho.

80%PC

It was fun, I wish there were more games like this.

80%PC

В далеком 2013 году, группа разработчиков из Starbreeze Studios создают великую Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Уже тогда бросался в глаза подход разработчиков к созданию уникального игрового опыта. В той игре каждый стик джойстика отвечал за управление разных братьев. Игроку предстояло решать головоломки, где один брат не мог обойтись без другого. Игра имела большой успех, основной костяк разработчиков уходит в Hazelight Studios, где продолжили экспериментировать в жанре кооперативных игр.

A Way Out - уже полноценная кооперативная игра, требующая наличия двух игроков. История повествует о двух заключенных, которые пытаются сбежать из тюрьмы и отомстить обидчику. Изначально герои не знают друг друга, и, вместе с игроками, постепенно знакомятся с характером. Повествование подаётся в кинематографичном стиле, флэшбеки, прыжки во времени, описание одной ситуации с нескольких точек зрения. За сюжетом очень интересно следить, жанр побега из тюрьмы очень часто разбирался в фильмах и сериалах, но для игр - качественных примеров очень мало.

Немного опечалила концовка, остались вопросы к разработчикам. И нет, это не касается самой истории, она вполне понятна, запутаться сложно. Больше вопросов именно к решениям сценаристов по поводу поступков героев.

За разработчиков стоит порадоваться, в дальнейшем они продолжили создавать кооперативные игры с опорой на качественный сюжет. Их творение It Takes Two также была очень тепло встречена критиками и полюбилась игрокам. Вроде бы даже Game of The Year взяла. В общем, у разработчиков все хорошо. Желаю им успехов в будущем, а вас прошу ознакомиться с любой из этих перечисленных игр, если ещё не успели.

70%Xbox Series X/S

Legal por ser co-op, mas nem é tão explorado esse potencial. Mas é curto e não achei a história tão legal quanto dizem.

85%PC

peak experience
incredible story, did not feel bored at any point at all.
cinematic masterpiece, the cinematic aspect of ts is so peak.
peak peak ending, absolute masterclass
graphics are pretty damn good for how less demanding the game is
voice acting is very well done, u really connect with leo and vincent.
being played it takes 2 as well, it feels a little, just a little underwhelming in terms of actual activity and game interactions.it2 was packed with stuff to do. but its not that big of a deal.
overall a very fun and cool game to play with ur buddy

75%PC

Great experience with frinds . took about 5 months to finish . i was leo and i got killed.

40%PC

The gameplay twist at the end ruined an otherwise rather enjoyable experience for my friend and me.

75%PC

enjoyed playing with my gf a lot i recommend she beat my ass in the end and she won and she is the best gamer ive evrr met shes better than ive ever been 10/10 - my gf

80%Xbox One

A Way Out gets a bump up for its rating in my book just because it's a story driven co-op that works well. Not nearly enough co-op games in this fashion lately. Ultimately though, this is really all A Way Out has going for it - co-op. Everything else just seems a bit generic: graphics, story, etc. It's a game that is easily forgettable, but a hoot while you are playing it with a friend.

85%PC

Gölgemle oynadık

65%PC

Oh it's kinda fun with another player, I mean I'm not thinking a great big game, budget limitations are visible but it's still fun, we experiance a story and get to play with ourself, win win. +65%

It's a cute game, yeah. +5%

There isn't really much to say, it's just a simple experience I'm glad it exists, but you know, I wish it was harder, I'd rather dominate my playing partner.

I'm so pissed off I didn't win... good game. +5%

In retrospect, I don't care for it, it wasalright, nothing exceptional. -5%

In further retrospect...-5%

75%PC

Loved what they did at the end. Traumatized us fr

80%PC

An engaging thrill ride, doesn’t overstay its welcome, my wife and I loved it and the ending was crazy!

65%PlayStation 4

I ended up playing this after It Takes Two and that is definitely a much better game than this. However you can definitely see where the building blocks for It Takes Two come from. It’s a good game but it’s more an interactive movie than anything. The story is interesting and if you’ve got a spare few hours and a willing companion, then go for it.

65%Xbox Series X/S

Probably because my brother and I played It Takes Two and Split Fiction BEFORE this (both peak), it made me like this one a bit less and give it less credit. If I played this when it released, I probably would've been more blown away, however it makes me see its faults a bit more clearer now. It's a great stepping stone to those two following games, and shows that Hazelight is an amazing studio that is willing to improve themselves with every game.
I think the beginning and middle of the game have some bits of exciting parts, but then there's some parts that aren't super interesting where's mostly just walking or picking up things or stealth-based tasks. I think it doesn't get super exciting until the last hour or so, then it gets really fun. The ending is obviously the standout part and was easily the part that will stick with me the most. I wasn't super interested in the story, but it might be because I didn't really click with it.
Overall, I'm really glad there's an online co-op I could play with my brother, and we did have fun with it.

70%PC

solid game, played twice, enjoyed both play-throughs.

70%PC

w/ marmon
hella good plot twist and fking sad at the end holy shit

80%PC

if only ea servers were stable with my ahh internet it would be 100

80%PC

the game was good, I waited so many years for a game a single player option, but they didn't. In 2023, I thought they added that feature, but after purchasing the game on Steam and installing it. It was disappointing game has no single-player mode.
After two years of begging my friend at university and getting rejected each time, or getting some nonsense like "oh I played that game, sorry i dont have time " , "sure but my pc is broken sorry " or many exceuses .

AFTER TWO YEARS, I TOLD MYSELF I MUST DO THIS!
4/26/2025
And yeah,h I installed this game today.
not as hard as I thought, except few driving sections. The last motorcycle scene was the most difficult part.
I'm an alone gamer, but I did it and I'm proud of myself.
Iranians have pa roverb "کس نخوارد پشت من جز ناخن انگشت من" i belive that this is pretty much true .

The game was good. Great experience with a few issues I give an 8/10 score for a unique style of gameplay.
Great soundtrack.
vibrant graphic, but (not that powerful like Mafia 2 )
action scenes.
and showing betrayal.

worth my time and effort.

70%PlayStation 4

Un inizio acerbo per Hazelight, che segna i primi passi verso il tentativo di riscatto del genere coop, fino a poco tempo fa considerato un format rischioso su cui puntare.
Da qui però si nota un interessante approccio alla cooperazione che rende il gioco abbastanza piacevole, gettando le basi per ciò che sarà il marchio di fabbrica della casa di sviluppo, culminato con It Takes Two, e più recentemente Split Fiction.

A Way Out ha una premessa interessante, essendo ambientato in un carcere e avente come protagonisti due detenuti, in un contesto che ricorda molto Fuga da Alcatraz.
Si rivela in breve tempo un'esperienza lineare, in cui la prossima azione da compiere è evidente, rasentando talvolta la scontatezza.
Sono frustranti, per certi versi, le limitate possibilità di interazione dei protagonisti con il mondo circostante: il gioco offre qualche dialogo con i personaggi non giocanti all'interno del mondo di gioco, ma spesso e volentieri sono ripetitivi e inutili, dato che non aggiungono mai informazioni circostanziali alla trama.
Le uniche interazioni degne di nota sono i minigiochi, divertenti per sfidarsi in due.

La storia è molto al rallenty all'inizio, riprendendosi solo verso la fine, quando alcuni colpi di scena la rendono un pelo più avvincente. Durante la narrazione ci sono molte parti a mio avviso unicamente sceniche, e non essenziali per lo svolgimento della trama.

Tutto sommato è un esperienza gradevole, anche se molti difetti ne intaccano immersività. La consiglio comunque in quanto esperienza cooperativa, anche propedeutica ai successivi lavori di Hazelight, che limeranno queste criticità con successo.

80%PC

Quase uma obra-prima! Jogaço pra curtir em dupla, dar risada, passar raiva e se divertir de verdade. Já zerei com dois amigos diferentes e com certeza quero zerar mais vezes no futuro. Coop de respeito!

Hoje já esta um pouco datado, e foi superado pelo It Takes Two, mas ainda vale muito a pena!

75%PC

Zerado com o Carlos via Remote Play Together

O jogo é muito bom mas extremamente curto.
A história é boa, tem algumas escolhas mas elas só impactam pequenas partes da história, como ir em stealth em um lugar ou porra louca. Podiam ter explorado mais opções de escolhas que comprometem o resto do jogo. Mas ele é bom do começo ao fim, não achei nenhuma parte chata.

No geral, é um jogo muito legal de jogar com um amigo sem ficar muito tempo enrolando pra zerar

35%PC

Vaya pedazo de mierda de final LEO > VINCENT

95%Xbox Series X/S

Played with a friend on series X had a lot of fun

85%PC

Name of Game: A Way Out
Release Date: March 18
Time Started Playing: March 25
Singleplayer: No
Multiplayer: Yes
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==[Audience]===
☐ Kids
☐ Everyone
☑ Casual players
☐ Pro players
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===[Worth]===
☐ Free
☑ Full price
☐ Wait for a sale
☐ Average
☐ Refund it if you can
☐ Don't do it
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===[Specs Needed on Computer]===
☐ 90' PC
☑ Minimum
☐ Medium
☐ Fast
☐ High end
☐ NASA computer
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===[Graphics]===
☐ Potato
☐ Really bad
☐ Bad
☐ OK
☐ Good
☑ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece
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===[Difficulty]===
☐ You just need 2 arms
☑ Ez
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Hard (first couple hours)
☐ Impossible
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===[Length]===
☐ Really short ( 0 - 2 hours)
☑ Short ( 2 - 8 hours)
☐ Few hours ( 8 - 12 hours)
☐ Long ( 12+ hours)
☐ Endless
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===[Storyline] ===
☐ It doesn't have one
☐ Make your own
☐ Bad
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Fantastic
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===[Buggyness]===
☐ The game itself is one big BUG
☐ Bugs destroying the game
☐ Lot of bugs
☐ Some bugs
☑ A couple of bugs
☐ Nothing
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===[Pros]===
+ Fun to play with a friend
+ Beautiful storyline.
===[Cons]===
- The split-screen ruined some of the experience.
- A few bugs that had us restart from the nearest checkpoint.
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===[Summery]===
A duo game to play with a friend with a great storyline to come with it. Everything was on point - the music, the graphics, even the little easter-egg near the game's ending.
The game did feel repetitive at some point, with the puzzles being too obvious, too easy, or just recycled. Add to that a few bugs that made us refresh the checkpoint, and you have the lowered score I've given the game.
Nonetheless, still loved playing the game with a friend and experiencing the story with him.

65%PlayStation 4

Una experiencia cooperativa divertida por momentos que acaba cayendo en un cliché narrativo y jugable destinado a todos los públicos que no para aquellos más exigentes.
Experiencia única la que da A Way Out (como todas las que ofrecen la desarrolladora Hazelight) donde la necesidad de jugar con alguien es necesaria para poder avanzar en la historia. El contexto es muy atractivo, encerrado en una cárcel de máxima seguridad, dos prisioneros han de intentar escapar. Para ello, deberán ayudarse mutuamente para poder salir vivos y coleando. No obstante, ya desde un principio se observa que el target del juego es uno casual, no requiriendo grandes esfuerzos jugables y solo pidiendo una sincronización perfecta en muy pocos momentos. Acaba desinflándose también en el sentido narrativo y, aunque con algún momento cinemático, se convierte en una experiencia algo pasajera.

70%PC

I played through couch co-op and it was a really enjoyable experience for pretty much that reason.

The "gameplay" is pretty bare, mostly QTEs and simpler puzzles until there's more shooting towards the end, but it's there. Visuals are pretty good and it ran well for me. The story is serviceable for most of the game but kind of takes a nosedive at the end and feels like it becomes really forced.

That being said, it didn't overstay its welcome and I got a solid playthrough out of it. +20%, knocked a bit because of the ending.

45%PC

Fechei jogando com o Raphael em duas jogatinas, bêbados e chapados. Foi divertido jogar e falar mal do jogo kkkkk

70%PC

Nice game for CO-OP completion

80%PC

Solid story, gameplay was meh

80%PlayStation 4

Cried. Hideous.

80%PC

A Way out 8/10:
- Great Story
- Mechanics are great too
- Puzzles if you can name it like that are easy too
- Combat mechanics suck tho
- And sprinting animation is shit too

70%PC

The twist punches a truck-sized hole in the plot, but gameplay-wise, this is a grand old time.

Go buy it.

80%PlayStation 4

Story/Characters
We play (and it has to be we – it is an ONLY 2 player game) as Vincent and Leo – two convicts who are introduced to us in present day in a plane (?) who we then flashback to their arrival to jail. They end up next to each other and have a tentative friendship/alliance to break out of prison together. Their past eventually unfolds how they got there, and how they both have a vendetta against a man named Harvey for different reasons.. and the ending was crazy! So, it is revealed that Vincent is an undercover FBI agent placed in jail to befriend Leo to find out Harvey’s whereabouts to “take down” the kingpin. It isn’t really known what Harvey is into besides grand theft of diamond(s)? Perhaps drugs.. but Leo loses it once he finds this out. This eventually leads to a death match where Vincent or Leo must die – and the ensuing endings play out.

Gameplay (controls, battles/combat, menus, worldmap/navigation, puzzles)
3rd person split screen co-op. Similar to It Takes Two (same developer) where one player has to perform actions to then make way for player 2, sort of a “leap frog” type fashion most of the time. The puzzles aren’t too difficult, but it is definitely immersive.

Music/SFX/Voice acting
The “music” is more atmospheric/movie score-esque, but well done. The voice acting is incredible, particularly Leo.

Graphics
Just fine

Difficulty
Not difficult at all, even the action/shooting parts aren’t too tough.

Customization/sidequests/end game content/replay value/trophy set
No real end game content, aside from getting the other ending. The trophies are very easy (you don’t even have to technically finish the game for the platinum).

Is it fun to play? Grindy?
Brilliant playthrough! Lot of fun to play and great story.

Overall
80% - a bit short and definitely have to suspend some disbelief for some of what happens, but overall a great story and playthrough.

80%Xbox One

An amazing co-op game that uses one of the most basic premises in the history of story-telling.. and it works for the most part. Def a bit rough around the edges in some areas (shooting combat is rough) and it's focus is 1st and foremost on the narrative and telling a good story.. combat is very limited. The devs have come a long way since this game, I would love for them to revisit the type of storyline with what they've learned and provide a more balanced approach.

65%PlayStation 4

A good time and short game to do with your partner