History VideoGame / AWayOut

* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Vincent is an undercover police working with Harvey to get to Leo.]]

* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Vincent is an undercover police working with Leo to get to Harvey.]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:No matter who loses the duel between Vincent and Leo, neither side seems to hold it against the other. Vincent asks Leo to give his wife the apology letter as he's dying, while Leo just calmly and wordlessly accepts his fate and passes away quietly]].

* BadassBaritone: Vincent sounds like he gargles glass, while Leo has a lighter yet huskier voice. Both men are very good at what they do and perform impossible feats when working together.

''A Way Out'' is an action-adventure video game by Hazelight and published by Creator/ElectronicArts under their EA Originals label. It is directed and written by Creator/JosefFares, who was responsible for ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons''. It was released on March 23, 2018.

* MiniGame: The world is populated with small mini-games Vincent and Leo can play, such as baseball, darts, horseshoes, and Connect Four, for starters.

* SidetrackedByTheGoldenSaucer: At several points, the two protagonists can take a break from their quest for revenge to engage in simple minigames like horseshoe-throwing, baseball, darts, or Connect Four. It's not unusual for the players to get engrossed in these minigames and momentarily forget the main plot.

''A Way Out'' is an action-adventure video game by Hazelight and published by Creator/ElectronicArts, as the first game under their "EA Originals" label. It is directed and written by Creator/JosefFares, who was responsible for ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons''. It was released on March 23, 2018.

''A Way Out'' is an action-adventure video game by Hazelight and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. It is directed and written by Creator/JosefFares, who was responsible for ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons''. It was released on March 23, 2018.

** Later, the same henchman tries stabbing Leo in the back in the prison cafeteria, which Leo barely avoids ([[PressXToNotDie the player has to mash buttons to ensure this]]). Vincent intervenes again, which leads to a fight in the kitchens and the henchman arming both himself and another inmate with [[KnifeNut knives]]. Both Leo and Vincent resort to backing away and throwing things at their attackers until prison guards intervene, after which it gets worse...

* KnifeNut: Harvey's henchman in the beginning of the game tries stabbing Leo in the back with a knife during the prison cafeteria fight. When that fails thanks to Vincent's intervention, he and a fellow inmate arm themselves with kitchen knives, forcing Leo and Vincent to back away while throwing stuff at their attackers. Prison guards rush in to try break up the fight, but the henchman refuses to go down and even stabs one of the guards, which gets him beaten to death.

* MeleeATrois: How Leo and Vincent first met; the first time, shortly after Vincent arrives at the prison, it was Leo vs. one of Harvey's goons with his two cronies vs. poor Vincent (who got pushed into the fight by inmates eager for action). The second time, Vincent and Leo end up participating in a prison cafeteria brawl after the same goon tries to kill Leo and later [[KnifeNut pulls a knife]]. It's after the second fight that Vincent and Leo's partnership starts, while recovering from their injuries in the prison hospital together.

** A secret room in the old couples' house hides a chest and a wooden sword inside it. Opening it results in the player character doing an ItemGet animation before Lampshading it, a reference to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series.

* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler:If the player chooses to shoot Leo, Vincent decides to stay by Leo's side during his last moments out of respect towards the bond they once shared, holding Leo's hand until he dies]].

* AdultFear:
** Knowing that you have a family waiting for you, but you can't go to them because of the crimes you committed, and the only way to get back to your family is breaking out of prison and hence breaking more laws.
** In a harrowing scene, a heavily pregnant Carol goes into labor while Vincent is away. When Vincent gets the news and Leo finds out, Leo immediately puts aside tracking down Harvey so he could help Vincent see his newborn child. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:that's when Harvey's assassin comes in...]]
** [[spoiler:Being betrayed by the very person they love and trust the most. When Leo finds out that [[UndercoverCopReveal Vincent]] used him the entire time, his expression is a mix of heartbreak and fury before he decides to take Vincent hostage]].

* NotSoDifferent: Part of why Leo understands Vincent on some level is because they're both married men. When Vincent learns that Carol went into labor in his absence, Leo decides to help Vincent see his wife and newborn child. And after hearing how Vincent's marriage is deteriorating, Leo suggests writing an apology letter to set things straight, because that's what he did with Linda when they went through a similar problem.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Leo is afraid of heights. Anytime he is near any heights or climbing anything, Leo's view will be shaking because of his vertigo.

** Vincent [[spoiler:is an undercover cop using Leo to go after Vincent and will put him back in prison at the end of the game, and his backstory and reasons for coming to prison are entirely a lie to get Leo to work with him. But he does warm up to Leo and makes his amends with him, and his ending is him following on Leo's advice to spend more time with his family]].

* YourCheatingHeart: In the trailer park level, Leo and Vincent encounter a woman whose husband is cheating on her; she's infuriated by this, and she wants to know where her husband went off to so she could [[BatterUp use her baseball bat]]. Leo knows where the husband is because the trailer he's in has a woman moaning and screaming, so he plays the snitch, allowing the woman to have her revenge.