A Way Out review — a jailbreak that doesn’t f*** the Oscars … but comes close

I’ve finished playing the new two-player co-op game A Way Out from Electronic Arts and development studio Hazelight. Josef Fares, the writer director of the game, comically told me that “you can break my legs” if I didn’t like the game. This story about two convicts who escape from prison together turned out to be an enjoyable tale that was worth the long wait. I’m glad I won’t have to break his legs.

As it was a two-player game, I played it on a PlayStation 4 with my friend Gary Roberts, who took a vow of silence not to talk about it until this review appeared. He kept his promise and I won’t have to break his legs either (though he kind of did that to himself). We played it on my couch in one seven-hour sitting. The game comes out as an EA Originals title on consoles and PC for $30 on March 23.