Summary
Resident Evil 4 Remakewas released earlier this year, offering fans a complete reimagining of the 2005 classic and its Mercenaries mode. Despite the original being considered one of the best survival-horror titles of all time, the remake managed to exceed expectations, delivering an experience that sawResident Evil 4 Remakenominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards. In September, Separate Ways was released forRE4 Remake, again surpassing expectations. While the combination ofRE4’s story mode, Mercenaries, and Separate WaysDLCdelivers an exceptional survival-horror package, veteran fans know that one piece of the puzzle is still missing, as another popular side mode was featured in the 2005 original.
Resident Evil 4 Remake’s main campaign follows Leon Kennedy as he seeks to rescue the President’s Daughter, Ashley, and escape. On his adventure, Leon crosses paths withResident Evil 2’s Ada Wong, who aids him to satisfy her own secret motives. The Separate Ways DLC explores these motives in greater detail, allowing fans to experience her side of the story in a unique campaign. However, another mode featuring the character was featured in the original GameCube title.
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Resident Evil 4’s Assignment: Ada Explained
Inthe originalResident Evil 4, completing the main campaign unlocked a variety of post-game features. Chief among these was a non-canon minigame titled Assignment: Ada, which featured the mysterious heroine on a mission of her own. Players were tasked with navigating Ada fromRE4’s Wharf A to the Communications Tower while collecting multiple Plaga samples for Albert Wesker along the way. Ada encounters a variety of enemies as she obtains the samples, with the most notable being a final boss encounter with Jack Krauser. Defeating Krauser results in Ada obtaining the final sample and making her escape.
WhileAssignment: Ada is a non-canon adventure, its events and final cutscene offered the best allusion to the future of the series, as Wesker reveals that significant changes are coming to the world at large. However, later ports ofResident Evil 4added a second mission for Ada, Separate Ways, which provided a canonical explanation for Ada’s action throughout the main story and made concrete links to Wesker’s involvement in securing a sample of the Plagas.
Resident Evil 4 Remake is Incomplete Without Assignment: Ada
Resident Evil’s modern remakes offer exceptional survival-horror experiences on the first playthrough, but their post-game challenges and unlockables are what keep players engaged once the credits roll.TheResident Evilfranchise is a mainstay in the speed-running community, with fans battling to complete each entry’s campaign and challenge modes as efficiently as possible.
Assignment: Ada fits perfectly into this puzzle, as it offers one of the franchise’s best combinations of both elements. The mode effectively tasks players with completing a heist, before escaping the island, and with the modern systems features inResident Evil 4 Remake, the mode can be expanded to include a myriad of additional objectives and difficulty settings.
It remains to be seen whether Assignment: Ada will ever come toRE4 Remake.Still,Resident Evil 4 Remakeis due to receive at least one more major update,a PSVR2 mode, and Capcom could use the update to add additional modes to the title. While it may not be the most popular mode, Assignment: Ada is an important part of the originalResident Evil 4and until the mode arrives inRE4 Remakea piece of the puzzle will always be missing.
Resident Evil 4
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Survival is just the beginning.Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City.Agent Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors of the incident, has been sent to rescue the president’s kidnapped daughter. He tracks her to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.And the curtain rises on this story of daring rescue and grueling horror where life and death, terror and catharsis intersect.Featuring modernized gameplay, a reimagined storyline, and vividly detailed graphics, Resident Evil 4 marks the rebirth of an industry juggernaut.Relive the nightmare that revolutionized survival horror.
