One Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways Feature Might Solve Its Own Ladder Controversy

The release of Resident Evil 4‘s latest DLC has reignited discourse around developers’ holding players’ hands through immersion-breaking game design, but this controversy could have potentially been avoided had Capcom capitalized on Ada Wong’s I.R.I.S. lens introduced in Separate Ways. In early October, shortly after Separate Ways was released, a stir was caused within the gaming community across social media after a Twitter post went viral regarding Resident Evil 4‘s overuse of yellow paint on a ladder. However, though this design trope was also seen and scrutinized in the base game, many felt the Separate Ways’ ladder incident went too far and ultimately undermined the gameplay experience.