Separate Ways is a side-story DLC for Resident Evil 4 which is included in the base PC version available on steam. It is canon (which is why I played it!)and stars Ada Wong - Leon's Catwoman to his Batman from Resi 2. I quite liked this pair in the 2nd game (the remake, the original was awful haha) so I was curious to see more of them and see things from Ada's perspective, when we pretty much only get Leon's normally.
Gameplay wise, this is basically just Resi 4 repurposed (there's a couple new areas I think, but its at least 70%+ recycled) and with 1 new gun. The main draw here is the story bits I think, and it's a more condensed R4 experience if that's what you're interested in. It was fun to get a bit more time in this world and it made me more excited to play through the main game again at least. The shooting still feels good, and contrasted with 5 I do think I prefer 4? It's definitely rougher around the edges but it just feels more in depth. I'll admit I did just start sprinting through bad guys rather than fighting them near the end because I kind of just wanted to finish? I'm rushing a bit too much in this 52 game challenge!
I appreciated the extra bits to Ada's character and the confirmation that Wesker is the Big Bad of the setting, which 5 payed off on just a short time ago for me. We get to see that she really does very clearly care about Leon and sorta doing the right thing, barring whatever deal she has with Wesker (that will get cleared up in 6 right?!?!)
Unfortunately there's just not a whole lot to say about this, the gameplay is good but exactly like Resident Evil 4 the main game, story is solid but there's not a whole lot of it. Overall not a bad use of time I'd say!
Gameplay wise, this is basically just Resi 4 repurposed (there's a couple new areas I think, but its at least 70%+ recycled) and with 1 new gun. The main draw here is the story bits I think, and it's a more condensed R4 experience if that's what you're interested in. It was fun to get a bit more time in this world and it made me more excited to play through the main game again at least. The shooting still feels good, and contrasted with 5 I do think I prefer 4? It's definitely rougher around the edges but it just feels more in depth. I'll admit I did just start sprinting through bad guys rather than fighting them near the end because I kind of just wanted to finish? I'm rushing a bit too much in this 52 game challenge!
I appreciated the extra bits to Ada's character and the confirmation that Wesker is the Big Bad of the setting, which 5 payed off on just a short time ago for me. We get to see that she really does very clearly care about Leon and sorta doing the right thing, barring whatever deal she has with Wesker (that will get cleared up in 6 right?!?!)
Unfortunately there's just not a whole lot to say about this, the gameplay is good but exactly like Resident Evil 4 the main game, story is solid but there's not a whole lot of it. Overall not a bad use of time I'd say!