The Final Showdown

Complete A Way Out's final showdown with this walkthrough. Learn strategies for the 1v1 deathmatch, QTEs, and how to achieve different endings.

Note: this section contains spoilers. Read at your own risk!

After the cutscenes and the big plot twist, Leo should walk toward the cop car in front of him. In the car, Leo must steer while Vincent has a few dialogue choices. The choices only affect dialogue and not gameplay, and eventually, both Leo and Vincent will be fighting over the gun. The player who mashes the prompted button faster "wins" this QTE but the car crashes either way. With the car in the water, swim up to the surface as both characters.

In the water, Leo takes the boat after the swinging dot QTE and Vincent takes the skies with the helicopter. Vincent needs to shoot at the boat's engine while Leo should try to drive as far away from the helicopter as possible. To proceed in the game, Vincent must completely destroy the durability of the boat. When that happens, there is a long scene which ends in both characters at a big warehouse.

This is it: the final showdown. Both Leo and Vincent have health bars here. This is basically a 1v1 player versus player deathmatch. Whichever player has lower health at the end will ultimately lose in a button mashing QTE. If this is your first time playing the game, I recommend going all-out against your opponent and trying to win. That is, after all, the point of the game! However, do note that there are two endings in the game depending on who lives, so you might want to let the other character win if you've already seen your own ending.

The length of this sequence depends on how good you and your partner are at third person shooter deathmatches. To begin, you will both need go through halls and then you will both reach a large center area. Here, it is recommended to take the high ground as it affords the best cover. In addition, note that the covers are the rails are destructible and will get blown away if you fire at them. Most of the time, one character can catch the other completely off-guard because of the terrain, so it is important to look at the other character's screen to see what they are up to.

When one player's health is significantly lowered, there is a cutscene and both players must battle each other in a very similar setting. Just as before, the panels on the rails will blow off. When one player reaches half health, both Leo and Vincent go outside to the rooftops. Here, use the walls and other objects on the rooftop as cover as you try to lower the health of your partner. Just as before, this sequence lasts as long as you can PvP with your friend.

After one character reaches extremely low health, both Vincent and Leo throw off their bullet proof vests and start punching each other. For this part, simply hold the prompted button. After some powerful flashback scenes, there is the final sequence of the game. Here, you must both button mash, which controls how fast each character goes for the gun in the center of them. The character who is at low health will go slower, and whoever grabs the gun first determines the ending of the game.

Congratulations on completing A Way Out!