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PRISON BREAKS
(^1) THECHRONICLES
OFRIDDICK:ESCAPE
FROMBUTCHERBAY
Riddickis sucha spectacular
escapeartisthesneaksout
ofnotonebutthree
maximum-securitywings.
Shivvingfellowinmates,
sneakingthroughmanholes
in theshowers,andbreaking
outgruffquipsareperksof
thepokey-bustingjob.
(^2) CALLOFDUTY:
MODERNWARFARE 2
MW2’sGulagmakesAlcatraz
looklikea floatingRitz.
Halfway through the
campaign, Task Force 141
infiltrates this grim Russian
slammer to rescue ‘Prisoner
627’. After shooting all the
men, Soap and Roach find
out the inmate is none other
thanCaptainPrice.
(^3) THE LAST
GUARDIAN
Guardian’s tattooed kid
freeing Trico from his well/
cell counts as a prison break
in our books. Though the
beast is none too pleased to
see the sprog, the pair form
an unlikely friendship.
(^4) METALGEARSOLID
ShawshankRedemptionmay
haveitsRitaHayworth-aided
escape,butallSnakeneeds
tobustoutofhisShadow
Mosescellis patienceanda
bottleofketchup.Spillsaid
sauceoverthefloor,thenlie
ontopofit andtheguard
willassumeSnakehasdied
andopenthedoor.
(^5) BATMAN:
ARKHAMCITY
Batsdoesn’tneedthecape,
cowlorcrook-kiboshing
gadgets.Surroundedby
Gotham’s worst felons after
being imprisoned inside
Arkham City, Bruce breaks
out with nothing but karate
kicks, a Penguin-dropping
haymaker, and some
impressiveprisonparkour.
(^6) THE ESCAPISTS
Your block-based felon may
be adorable, yet with training
he can transform into an
escape artist who’d make
Steve McQueen’s Cooler King
turn green. Digging tunnels
and starting riots are two
escape methods; just don’t
get caught or solitary awaits.
(^7) A WAYOUT
Theperfectcrookedcouch
co-optitle,JosefFares’
inventivecaperseesinmates
LeoandVincentbustingout
ofa 1970spenitentiary
thankstoco-ordinated
spine-on-spinewall-crawling.
(^8) SAINTSROW 2
Theprisonbreakin Saints
Row2 involvesa minigun...
becauseofcourseit does.
Afterawakeningfroma
comaandplasticsurgery,
yourleaderofthe3rdStreet
Saintsproceedstotakea lot
of pages out of Arnie’s book
as they lay waste to dozens
of cops while escaping
StilwaterPenitentiary.
(^9) UNCHARTED 4:
A THIEF’S END
If lying were an Olympic
sport Sam Drake would have
more gold medals than Usain
Bolt. After spinning a tale
about his escape from a
Panamanian jail, it’s later
revealed he was released by
Uncharted 4’s Big Bad, Rafe.
Dirty fibs or not, the prison
break flashback is a
humdinger of a mission.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Did we miss your favourite escape? Got a brilliant In The Mood For idea? Show and tell at twitter.com/opm_uk.
Resistance 3
We’d have dearly loved to
include Capelli’s Graterford
Prison escape above but we
couldn’t find a hi-res shot of it.
Prison Break: The
Conspiracy
Sure this tie-in is a bit ropy, but
it’s better than doing a stretch
with T-Bag as a cellmate.
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Various members of The
Sinister Six bust out of the Big
Apple can in one of Spidey’s
most epic set-pieces.
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