Vincent Moretti

**Vincent Moretti** is one of two main protagonists in *A Way Out*.

## Biography

### In-game Description

After earning a college degree in financing and marrying his high school sweetheart, Vincent settled on a job in banking.

Promises of easy money ended up shattering his whole life when he got drawn into the world of organized crime.

### Background and Early Life

Vincent was born in 1929. His brother, Gary Moretti, was likely born after him.

Vincent worked as a police officer at the bureau. Vincent has problems with his wife, Carol, driven by his split attention between his work and his love.

At some point, Vincent and his brother Gary take part in a sting operation to apprehend two criminals, Leo Caruso and Harvey, after they had stolen a diamond known as the Black Orlov. Gary, under the guise of a buyer for the Black Orlov, talks with Harvey and Leo while Vincent, the police chief, James, secretly listen to the deal from within a van outside.

Everything appeared to be going according to plan. That is, until Harvey betrays Leo and shoots Gary in the head, taking the Black Orlov and escaping the scene. Vincent and the two officers hear the gunshot and rush into the area where Vincent finds his brother's corpse and an unconscious Leo. Sometime later, while Leo is in interrogation, Vincent determines that Leo will never confess to anything and convinces James to put him undercover in the prison Leo is to be sent to.

### Events of *A Way Out*

Vincent is seen in a plane with Leo in the opening credits, then flashbacks to seeing him on the prison bus entering prison.

While in prison, he saves Leo multiple times from a hitman and convinces Leo to work with him. He follows Leo’s escape plan as instructed, and they eventually break out with the power of cooperation and friendship.

They run all through the night, coming across a barebones camp the next day. They catch fish and Vincent tells Leo his cover story as to why he’s in prison.

They find a farm, get some stylish new clothes, and goof around for a while before discovering and fixing up and old truck. The old couple who own the farm find them and chose them off, but not before calling the cops.

The ensuing chase leads them down the mountainside and to a river, where Vincent nearly falls to his death at the edge of a waterfall..

When they enter the city they confront one of Harvey's henchmen, Ray, a foreman at a local construction site. They torture him and get information about Harvey's whereabouts, leading them to Mexico.

Before they could go to Mexico, they rob a gas station for money to buy guns from one of Leo's contacts. Vincent has them stop for a payphone near a movie theatre so that Vincent could call his contact. As he did so, he learnt from his contact that his wife, Carol had just gone into labor and gave birth to a baby girl. After killing a hitman sent by Harvey, they quickly go to the hospital so that Vincent could meet his daughter for the first time before they fly to Mexico.

They fly south to Harvey’s compound, kill the man, and get chased back by Harvey’s remaining goons. They arrive back in the states to a set-up, a sting operation waiting on the ground. Vincent and Emily are revealed to be undercover.

In Leo's rampage, he takes the gun out of Vincent's hand and takes him hostage. While Leo makes a run for it, in a nearby police car, with Vincent in the car with him, they start to yell at each other. The car chase ends in a crash, and they drive over a bridge and into the river, and Leo tries to get away from it all. While Leo tries to start a nearby boat, Vincent hits the water and tries to swim to Leo, but he got the boat starting, and sails away from Vincent.

Vincent gets picked up by Emily. Emily flies by in a helicopter, and they chase Leo in the boat. They end up destroying Leo's boat, and he then jumps out of the burning boat, which then sails into explosive containers and causes a huge explosion. Vincent and Emily spot Leo trying to run away into a factory. Emily confronts Leo but Leo takes her gun and tells Emily its between him and Vincent and asks her to leave. Emily refuses and ends up nearly getting shot by Leo until she makes up her mind to leave.

Vincent and Leo now have a huge shootout scene in the large factory, which ends up with either one of them dead.

### Endings

There are two ways it can end for Vincent, the player can either choose to keep Vincent alive but this, however, results in the death of Leo. Or the player can decide that Vincent dies instead.

The First ending, where Vincent lives, shows Vincent shooting Leo in the chest, killing him. He then travels to Leo’s wife, Linda, and kid, Alex, where he explains the situation. Stricken with grief, Linda forces Vincent out. Vincent is then seen going back home to see his wife and newborn baby, telling his wife he quit the police and likes his daughter's name, Julie before Carol invites Vincent inside.

The second ending is where Leo shoots Vincent and kills him which leads to Leo going to Vincent's family to deliver his letter to his wife. He reaches for the doorbell but hesitates. As he was about to walk away, he turns around and leaves the letter on the doormat, then rings the doorbell. Leo quickly leaves as Carol answers the door. Leo then drives away to meet with his family at a motel, and they ride off into the horizon as Vincent's funeral was on the same day.

## *It Takes Two*

Dolls of Vincent and Leo can be found on stands as part of an Easter Egg in the co-op adventure game *It Takes Two*. May wonders what the dolls are, to which Cody will explain that they are from his favorite video game and that he bought them as a gift for their daughter Rose. Buttons will be next to both of the dolls and by pressing them, either of them will say recorded phrases from their game. If both buttons are pressed at the same time, a cutscene will be triggered that reveals the dolls are apparently alive and aware of what they are.

During the cutscene, the Leo doll will express how he is still mad at Vincent for betraying him and seemingly not feeling sorry, Vincent will ask Leo what he will do about it. Leo claims that he will "Kick [Vincent's] ass" but Vincent will remind Leo that he cannot since he is a doll and is revealed to be firmly stuck to his stand, much to Leo's frustration.

## Death (Determinant)

### Killed By

* Leo Caruso

After revealing to be working with the Five Lakes Police Department, this set Leo off and attempted to kidnap him, only for their car to crash off a bridge, where Vincent chases Leo until arriving at a portside warehouse. From there, the two engage in a violent shootout, where it continues from room to room until the rooftop after one or the other tackle each other out a window. They eventually grow tired and after taking off their bulletproof vests, begin brutally beating each other until they notice a gun sitting near the edge of the rooftop. The two then desperately crawl for it. If Leo reaches it first, he will shoot Vincent in the chest, where as he sits dying, asks for Leo to deliver his message to Carol, which Leo silently agrees and takes the letter along with a firm handshake before Vincent peacefully succumbs to his gunshot wound. His body was later retrieved and was given an honorary funeral while Leo and his family fled town.

## Trivia

* There are many subtle hints to Vincent's identity as a police officer.
	+ Vincent mentions his brother and how he died, which is being killed by Harvey. Funny enough, the diamond buyer dies in a similar manner, which also resulted in Leo's arrest. This slightly hints towards Vincent's identity.
	+ Vincent is determined in earning Leo's trust during his time in prison, showing that Vincent is trying to recruit his help, despite just arriving in prison. This may foreshadow the future events where his identity is revealed.
	+ Vincent prefers pacifistic choices in situations where he does not hurt people, unlike Leo, who prefers to be ruthless. Since police officers have rules about harming civilians, this slightly adds on to the future.
	+ The police chasing him usually does not attempt to attack him in any way, unlike the police chasing Leo, further foreshadowing the future betrayal.
	+ Vincent prefers to keep his information about things secretive, like when Leo asks Vincent who Emily really is, in which Vincent hesitates in revealing any information.