History YMMV / AWayOut

** "YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" and “SHUT THE FUCK UP! DON’T YOU MENTION HIS NAME! YOU DON’T GET TO MENTION HIS NAME!” [[labelnote: Explanation]] Spoken by Leo to Vincent during [[spoiler: the final shootout]]. Very popular in [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YTP's]]. [[/labelnote]]

* {{Narm}}: Although ''A Way Out'' is full of [[{{Tearjerker}} sad moments]], the wooden voice-acting and the stiff animations bordering into the UncannyValley tend to ruin the general atmosphere of the game.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** The police captain in the final chapter [[spoiler:outs Vincent as an undercover cop while the police have the duo surrounded, and even gives him a loaded gun. Leo proceeds to steal Vincent's gun and takes him hostage, resulting in the climax and, ultimately, either Leo or Vincent dying. If the captain had waited a few seconds more and held off until Leo was handcuffed, or better yet, if the police had arrested them both and separated them before congratulating and freeing Vincent, no one needed to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Once Vincent figured out where Harvey was he should've let the Mexican authorities arrest him. Not only would they have a better shot at arresting Harvey but Mexico was not Vincent's jurisdiction so going into Mexican soil and extra-judicially killing Harvey was illegal. This is likely because Vincent himself was out for Harvey's blood due to the murder of his brother, in addition to the fact that the rest of the force seems to endorse this course of action.]]
** [[spoiler: It never occurs to Leo how Vincent knows so many useful skills despite being a banker. He also doesn't care that Vincent is able to secure a trustworthy pilot out of nowhere despite having no prior criminal background.]]

* RonTheDeathEater: Some players put [[spoiler: [[UndercoverCopReveal Vincent]] in a negative light for turning on Leo and are less sad about his death, despite the fact that Vincent was trying to get justice for his brother, stop a dangerous criminal, and is much less violent and aggressive than Leo.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: The game frequently suffers from stilted animation. In particular, the fail cutscene for the rowboat sequence [[https://youtu.be/tuSED1DAu14?t=4920 looks especially absurd]].

* BrokenBase: The lack of an ending where [[spoiler: both characters live. Some people think that such and ending would miss the point of the game, while others think that without it, the game is too much of a downer.]]

** [[spoiler: Another way to interpret Vincent's vigilante action is that he knows Harvey's compound is too heavily-defended for the Mexican authority to pacify without massive casualties. Real-life Mexican cartels can often go toes to toes with the military itself, so it's not unreasonable to assume that Vincent wants to save as many lives as possible by going alone with an escaped convict.]]

** [[spoiler: It never occurs to Leo how Vincent has so many useful skills despite being a banker.]]

** [[spoiler:Once Vincent figured out where Harvey was he should've let the Mexican authorities arrest him. Not only would they have a better shot at arresting Harvey but Mexico was not Vincent's jurisdiction so going into Mexican soil and extra-judicially killing Harvey was illegal. This is likely because Vincent himself was out for Harvey's blood due to the murder of his brother, in addition to the fact that the rest of the force seems to endorse this course of action.]]

** “SHUT THE FUCK UP! DON’T YOU MENTION HIS NAME! YOU DON’T GET TO MENTION HIS NAME!”

* AwesomeMusic: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIz_PXu9gw Farewell]],'' the song that plays during the climax. [[spoiler:It fills you with an emotion you can barely describe, that gets right down to your bones. Like a hole inside that can't be filled because you're not sure what filled it in the first place. It's chilling, and melancholy, and fucking ''awesome.'']]

* HeartwarmingMoments: Leo is very adamant about following his plan and not taking any detours. When Vincent tells him that his wife just gave birth, Leo immediately changes his mind and helps Vincent go see his newborn child.

* WhatAnIdiot: The police captain in the final chapter [[spoiler:outs Vincent as an undercover cop while the police have the duo surrounded, and even gives him a loaded gun. Leo proceeds to steal Vincent's gun and takes him hostage, resulting in the climax and, ultimately, either Leo or Vincent dying. If the captain had waited a few seconds more and held off until Leo was handcuffed, or better yet, if the police had arrested them both and separated them before congratulating and freeing Vincent, no one needed to die.]]