A Way Out Reviews

A Way Out is ranked in the 79th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10
Mar 22, 2018

A Way Out is a solid interactive adventure that never overstays its welcome. It is a little short on replay value and lacks content but if we consider the launch price, there is not much to complain here. If you enjoy co-op games, there is no better recommendation than A Way Out.

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Recommended
Mar 22, 2018

A Way Out is a video game that worth of its 30 Dollars price tag. If you are looking for an action-based co-op game that you can play with your friend or family member, A Way Out can be the video game you are looking for.

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ZTGD
Top Critic
6.5 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2018

Ultimately I would say this game would've done better with its tongue in its cheek rather than its heart on its sleeve.

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79 / 100
Mar 22, 2018

Entertaining co-op adventure with great ideas that sacrifices playful claims in favor of an exciting story.

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82 / 100
Mar 22, 2018

From beginning to end A Way Out will have you on the edge of your seat

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Unscored
Mar 22, 2018

'A Way Out' presents a way forward for shared video game experiences

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VGN
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2018

A unique experience that changes in every scene and tells a story about the collaboration between two strangers, that will soon turn into friends. Josef Fares managed to create a simple but fascinating gameplay that forces the two players to keep cooperating in different ways along the whole experience, in a sort of interactive movie that you can live from Leo and Vincent's point of view.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2018

A Way Out is possibly the best cooperative video game ever created.

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ACG
Top Critic
Buy
Mar 23, 2018
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9.5 / 10.0
Mar 23, 2018

I highly recommend this game if you want to have a great coop experience. It’s like watching a movie and playing a game at the same time. The thrills and chills this game gives is like no other. And I can truly say that it provided an entertainment that no other coop game can provide.

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64 / 100
Mar 23, 2018

Messy, varied and inadvertently hilarious: A Way Out is an unusual but uneven tandem ride.

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80 / 100
Mar 23, 2018

A Way Out has a lot of highs and lows but the combination of cooperative elements and cinematic adventure provides enough excitement that you'll stick around until the end.

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Ryan McCaffrey
Top Critic
8.3 / 10.0
Mar 23, 2018

If you go into A Way Out thinking its mandatory two-player co-op is a gimmick, you'll likely come out of it realizing that it couldn't have been done any other way. Vincent and Leo's journey will have you and a friend performing tasks together both mundane and dramatic, and the result is a memorable, variety-packed cinematic adventure that feels like what Telltale's games might've evolved into if they'd leaned into game mechanics instead of phasing them out.

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PowerPyx
PowerPyx
7.8 / 10.0
Mar 23, 2018

A Way Out revives a dying breed of co-op gaming. While on the shorter side (3.5 hours total story length), it keeps things moving with new styles of gameplay at every corner. The ending is particularly good and makes it worth the trip.

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85%
Mar 23, 2018

A Way Out is a very special game that currently doesn't have a real competitor on the market. Although it's a small title, its production values are able to compete with AAA games. It's a pity that the developers didn't focus more on replayability, but even so, this game from Hazelight Studios can only be recommended.

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81 / 100
Mar 24, 2018

If we remove from the game all armed combat and the conclusion of the story that seems to have been created only to raise the dramatic charge at its end, A Way Out is an excellent escape and cooperation game, made to those who love a friendly gameplay session.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 24, 2018

A co-op experience like no other, Hazelight's A Way Out goes all in on its defining concept to deliver a remarkable game. It may be a touch lacking in character development and storytelling, but that seems insignificant given what the game itself can give you.

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8 / 10
Mar 25, 2018

On the heels of Brothers, Josef Fares has given us A Way Out, a rich and thoughtful independent darling that delivers on a story that respects its characters and remains grounded, hardly ever resorting to nonsense action just for the sake of it. Though we predicted the game's ending before it happened, the conclusion hit us like a truck. With its extremely reasonable pricing and share play, A Way Out is a must play from one of the industry's most talented small teams.

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7.8 / 10.0
Mar 25, 2018

A Way Out is a well made Co-Op fun for a great evening on the couch or online with friends that oftens tries to put too much into the game and misses to actually deliver on the gameplay and story telling part. If you can live with tons of flaws in every department you'll still have lots of fun with the game.

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7.8 / 10.0
Mar 26, 2018

A Way Out understands that co-op can be fun and spontaneous in addition to providing another tense moment requiring coordination.

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