1.Visuals & performance2.Story & characters3.Gameplay & content4.Accessibility5.Final thoughts
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Separate Ways has you revisit familiar locations, and they’re just as gorgeous and moody as ever.
Ada embarks on a highly secretive mission under the employ of the cold and calculated Albert Wesker.
Ada’s mission, though, is far less noble.
Ada’s expanded story fills the gaps in Leon’s, but there’s a lot of shared information.
Of course, you’re also replaying a sizeable amount of the story you’ve already seen.
Ada also has the IRIS, a complicated acronym that I honestly can’t remember.
Beyond that, Ada plays very similar to Leon.
When it comes to content, there are also a lot of similarities.
you might rush through the game in around four hours, probably, but you’ll be missing content.
If you’re returning to the game because of Separate Ways, it’s not likely to bother you.
If you were able to play RE4, you should be able to play Separate Ways without any issues.
This also applies to approachability.
Controls are relatively intuitive, too.
RE4: Separate Ways Should you play it?
If you love the RE4 remake, you’ll love this.
This is the same story as before, it’s just from a new perspective.
Separate Ways has you revisit familiar locations, and they’re just as gorgeous and moody as ever.
For 99% of players, that’s absolutely perfect.
It’s great to see more of Ada, even if her outfit is highly impractical for her job.
Ada’s added gameplay mechanics sometimes don’t feel like they play a big enough role, either.
None of this stopped me from having a blast, though.
It’s a fantastic, well-priced DLC expansion for any RE4 fan.
In typical Resident Evil fashion, Separate Ways starts out a little goofy with Ada and Luis, but it quickly becomes serious.
Leon is here in all his glorious sassiness, totally unaware that Ada just saved his life.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Ada knows, of course.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Albert Wesker is a mysterious force behind Ada’s actions.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Ada and Luis have a complicated working relationship, but she ends up helping him.(Image credit: Windows Central)
You can go up to the window of the church here for a little bit of a secret.(Image credit: Windows Central)
The grappling gun opens up a lot of avenues for traversal and combat.
There are lots of places where you can use your grappling hook, but you are still limited to set places.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Ada can use all the same skills Leon can, but with way more verticality.(Image credit: Windows Central)
It’s not always dark and gloomy in RE4, but it’s certainly never cheerful.(Image credit: Windows Central)
The Black Robe is a gruesome enemy specific to Ada, and it has quite the presence.(Image credit: Windows Central)
You’re introduced to the Black Robe early on, when Ada is “mildly” injured by it.(Image credit: Windows Central)
From then on, the Black Robe is a powerful enemy that hunts Ada down relentlessly.(Image credit: Windows Central)
Playing as Ada is just as easy as play as Leon, with all the same options and settings.
Ada’s story is tightly woven into Leon’s, and being able to see that half makes RE4 feel complete.
