ACTIVITY BREAK

At times, it seems as if Hazelight has taken its cues from that curious sequence from A Way Out in which Leo and Vincent arrive at a hospital, ostensibly to visit the latter’s wife after she’s given birth, only to spend their time larking about in wheelchairs and playing Connect Four. As such, there are a great many disposable asides here, including more than two dozen competitive minigames that range from snail racing to volleyball, with a fully functional chess board besides. Besides that, you’ll find plenty of Easter eggs: Leo and Vincent show up as action figures, while climbing high during one level lets you tune into a variety of radio frequencies, one of which plays a snippet of Fares’s infamous diatribe at 2017’s Game Awards.