Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways DLC Review - Where Does She Get Those Wonderful Toys?

Resident Evil is one of the key pillar franchises for Capcom. This series has spanned across several console generations at this point. We’ve seen mainline installments continue to come out into the marketplace alongside spinoffs. However, as of late, we’ve started to see Capcom embrace the older games. A few remakes have managed to make their way out into the marketplace for modern platforms. The question some fans have now is if we’ll see this trend continue and if a remake for Resident Evil 5 is in the works. 

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In the Separate Ways DLC for the , Ada Wong gets a fair share of weapons to find and choose from throughout the seven chapters. There are twelve weapons throughout the DLC, with Ada starting with a basic pistol, a submachine gun, and a tactical knife similar to her main story counterpart. The weapons are always a key part of any game, so understanding the options and where to find them are essential.

The for is a nice reason to return to one of 2023's best remakes, but it isn't really worth buying unless you're just really, really invested in what Ada was doing the whole time. It's more, and if the prospect of that excites you then there is absolutely no reason not to check it out. Weird that it costs $9.99 now when it originally came for free with every copy of though (barring the original GameCube release, which didn't get it at all).

As fantastic as Resident Evil 4’s remake is, one of the most conspicuous absences from its original release was Ada Wong’s side story – it was such a key part of the HD version of the original game, after all. Thankfully, in this age of delays and over-hype, we haven’t had to wait too long for Capcom to complete the story, and the quality and replayability of this version of Separate Ways has been well worth the wait.

Resident Evil 4 Remake finally has the Separate Ways expansion, launched earlier this week. As well as letting players take the role of Ada and follow her own story, it also gives dataminers a bunch of new files to glean over - and one discovery and piqued the fanbase's interest.

Resident Evil fans are shocked at the many brutal ways that Ada Wong can be killed in the Separate Ways DLC for Resident Evil 4's remake, with one even being a reference to the laser room from the 2002 movie.

Resident Evil 4's Separate Ways DLC has brought back the infamous Ganado who stole Leon Kennedy's jacket during the events of the main game.

The Resident Evil 4 remake is my Game of the Year so far; no question about it. Even then, I was worried that the Separate Ways DLC wouldn’t quite deliver.

Capcom has been on a killer streak with Resident Evil in recent years, releasing one banger after another, but if there’s one weakness in their game, it’s DLC. Granted, games like Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village got some fun story add-ons, but they were pretty lightweight. Meanwhile, some games, like the Resident Evil 3 remake, haven’t received any DLC at all. That said, Capcom may have changed their ways with the just-released Resident Evil 4 “Separate Ways” DLC.

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Resident Evil 4 sure knows how to set the tone: the remake’s intro sees Leon slowly advancing through creepy woods and rotting, ominous houses, culminating in the horrifying crescendo that is the infamous village attack. But with that groundwork already laid, The Separate Ways DLC has no need for such a slow build-up, and smartly wastes very little time shifting into high gear: we’re put up against an extremely imposing boss mere minutes after taking control of Ada Wong, the star of this show. In fact, though it only took me just over four hours to complete this side story’s seven chapters, Separate Ways rarely wastes a moment of your time, and proves to be a highly entertaining roller coaster that includes some very satisfying new takes on ideas from its original 2005 inspiration.