A Way Out
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Not to be confused with Way Out or WayOut.
Developers | |
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Hazelight Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 23, 2018 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
OpenCritic | 79 |
IGDB | 75 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Humble Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. | |||
Steam | Included with EA Play (Steam). |
- All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Way Out\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Haze1\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222700/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Way Out\Saves\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222700/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay, primarily windowboxed and occasionally letterboxed cutscenes.[2] The Windows Magnifier tool can be used to zoom in during the cutscenes.[3] |
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4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Controlled by post-processing quality. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See High dynamic range (HDR). |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
High dynamic range (HDR)
Enable HDR output[4] |
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[SystemSettings] r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1 r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | One player can play on keyboard and mouse, the second on gamepad |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op Splitscreen |
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LAN play | 2 | |||
Online play | 2 | Co-op Splitscreen. Joining a friend is possible without owning the game.[5] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: A Way Out (DX11). |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100T 2.5 GHz AMD FX-6100 |
Intel Core i5-3570K AMD Ryzen 3 1300X |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7750 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 290 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1222700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ A.Way.Out-CPY - NFO file - xREL.v3 - Release & NFO Source #1 - last accessed on 2019-02-17
- "PROTECTION: Denuvo x64 + Origin"
- ↑ A Way Out 21:9 Info - last accessed on March 18, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-03-19
- Playing borderless, centering the mouse cursor in the menu, then zooming in with the hotkeys with increments of 5% produces good results.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fpsrad on 2020-04-04
- ↑ Play A Way Out with a Friend, Even if They Don’t Own the Game - last accessed on 2019-07-24