Resident Evil 4 Remake: Is Separate Ways Included?

Light spoilers for Resident Evil 4 Remake included.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is a pretty faithful reimagining of survival horror royalty that modernises and tweaks a lot of rougher edges that are to be expected after over fifteen years since the original’s release. However, many fans are probably wondering whether Separate Ways, a side-expansion featuring Ada Wong, has also made the cut for Resident Evil 4’s 2023 version.

Originally released to coincide with the game’s PS2 port, Separate Ways follows Ada Wong across five chapters of gameplay and fills in some of the blanks of where she goes and what she does after she’s separated from Leon in the main game. It’s a fairly sizeable piece of extra content that has a lot of fans, but unfortunately Separate Ways isn’t included with Resident Evil 4’s remake on day one. We asked Capcom directly and they stated that they currently have nothing to announce when it comes to Separate Ways.

The likelihood is that Separate Ways will indeed come to Resident Evil 4 Remake at some point, but whether that’s as free DLC or paid DLC is anyone’s guess. There also doesn’t seem to be anything confirmed for Assignment: Ada, though that it isn’t as much of a loss considering it’s a smaller piece of non-canon content.

Separate Ways offers a unique Resident Evil 4 experience compared to the main one with Leon in the original game, as Ada is faster but more vulnerable and can also use her Hookshot to get around. It also fills in some fairly important narrative blanks. Separate Ways is unlocked by completing the main game in the original versions of Resident Evil 4 (except for GameCube and VR), but if we had to guess, Capcom will likely expand the experience and sell it as paid DLC. Capcom would almost certainly have announced it as free post-launch DLC alongside the already announced Mercenaries update otherwise. This is backed up by regular Resi leaker Dust Golem, who suggests that it will be one part of a lot of DLC, free and otherwise, to come to the remake.

Potentially selling remade side content that came as standard for other versions of the original game might fall in a bit of a grey area for some, but it’s worth remembering that at least you wouldn’t have to rebuy a game to play it like you would if you originally played it on GameCube. It’s really a matter of just how much Separate Ways DLC will cost if Capcom do end up selling it.

Resident Evil 4 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X & S.

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