Zero Punctuation: A Way Out

[ErrrorWayz]

Eh I liked this game, also am I the only person who always thought Shawshank was an immensely overrated film?

I don't think it's possible to overrate something? It's possible to not like something that is widely rated personally I guess.

 

[Bindal]

But when Yathzee mentioned that the pure Coop game ends up with a PvP fight with both players against each other, that was the first thing I was thinking of, too: The Coop campaign of Conviction.

Like much of 'A Way Out' the PvP fight is largely a false choice though. You do have the third person shootout, with a couple of cutscenes interrupting to change the scene. But it just leads to a button mashing QTE that ignores any part of the previous scene where both players tap E to try and struggle towards a gun and the winner shoots the other.

Actually, Conviction is just a straight 1on1 deathmatch - no QTEs, no cutscenes outside of beginning and ending, and with a more logical inclusion of a justification.

 

[ToastyMozart]

Guess Yahtzee thinks middle-aged bank office workers all just come stock with a comprehensive knowledge of firearms handling and ability to calmly and efficiently rob a gas station. Come on man, with how much the story cribs from/homages these sorts of films how did you not see something like that coming.

The way it's revealed is a bit logically suspect sure (good job, boss) but it's kinda obvious that SOMETHING about the guy's not on the level if you've seen at least two crime movies ever.

Like much of 'A Way Out' the PvP fight is largely a false choice though. You do have the third person shootout, with a couple of cutscenes interrupting to change the scene. But it just leads to a button mashing QTE that ignores any part of the previous scene where both players tap E to try and struggle towards a gun and the winner shoots the other.

Not at all, the E-tapping difficulty gets scaled by how much remaining health your character has. So if Vincent absolutely trashed Leo during the big gunfight and has a 60% HP lead their player can just lazily tap the button while Leo's mashes like crazy and still win.

Why the cops don't just nab Harvey instead of sending two guys in alone.
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Why wouldn't Vincent (in my playthrough) just "accidentally" let Leo go if he's that invested.

Mostly because Leo's flipping his shit at the time and letting him go would almost certainly result in him coming back for revenge. Also pretty much all of Vincent's plans involve minimizing panic and damage caused, he's willing to let some bad stuff slide for revenge-boner reasons, but he's still been trying to keep collateral to a minimum the whole time.

Also the FBI can't just send guys to go deal with someone in Mexico, it's outside their jurisdiction and presumably the local government wasn't being cooperative extradition-wise.