A Way Out must be played with a partner in crime, creating cooperation, antagonism, and communication between the game's two characters, Leo and Vincent. Fugitives on the run, the pair confront a wide gamut of experiences, bringing them together both in the shared purpose of revenge and even in...

The first choice you face in A Way Out is an expected one: choosing your character. You're in an airplane, flying to some unknown destination, when you get the option to choose which character you're controlling. This is before you even really know them.

If you want to play A Way Out, you're going to have to bring a friend along for the ride, because Hazelight's debut game is a co-op only adventure designed for two players to tackle in tandem.

A Way Out is an ambitious co-op only, split-screen only adventure game with a compelling story, interactive environments and fun ideas that's a little messy in execution but fun with a friend.

The creator of Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons presents a new game that can only be played with another person in co-op.

The whole prison break scenario works perfectly in terms of gameplay and atmosphere; Characters are more three-dimensional than they first appear; Clever use of splitscreen

The gameplay gets progressively less interesting as it goes on and the story is only saved by the ending; Some weak dialogue, strange tonal shifts, and awful third person shooting

"A Way Out" is incredible becuase of the cooperative action it presents. If you have a pal that you would even consider playing through this with, make the jump. It is a fun journey.

A Way Out takes some of the very best ideas from action adventure gaming and mixes them with the story telling of a great film. It's near perfect in pace and progression, while offering the player plenty of variety across the course of this five hour experience.

I hear the train a comin'.

Fantastic twist; Emotional ending; Gameplay mechanics work well

Takes a while to get going

Without venturing far from the concept of his previous directorial effort, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the filmmaking adept Josef Fares leans heavily on his strengths by crafting A Way Out, his sophomore release, which is a wonderfully cinematic tale of revenge.

A Way Out director Josef Fares doesn't appear to be a man who is encumbered by restraint. During his now-infamous speech during The Game Awards, Fares flipped the bird at the camera before pronouncing: "Fuck the Oscars!