Summary
While Capcom has yet to confirm it, it has been assumed that at some pointResident Evil 5will be remade. TheResident Evil 4remakedid very wellfor the company as did the remakes ofResident Evil 2andResident Evil 3. The original fifth main entry of the franchise was unfortunately one of the more controversial entries and there is a lot a remake could improve upon, but there is one element from theRE4remake that a remake ofRE5should take notes from.
From an early stage, it was clear that the remake ofResident Evil 4was going to be a bit more seriousthan the original. If a remake ofResident Evil 5wants to succeed, it would do well to treat the Majini with the same level of horror as theRE4remake’s Ganados, who are a substantial step up from their campy mobs in the original.
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What Are the Majini and Ganados in Resident Evil 4 and 5?
TheGanados inResident Evil 4could easily be described as the game’s zombie stand-in. The Granados can be described as people who were infected by Las Plagas and slowly began to lose control of themselves and became violent. The parasite in question had effectively taken over their nervous system and made them slaves to the more dominant creatures found throughout the game.
The Majini inResident Evil 5filled a similar role. Like the Granados, the Majini were people who had been infected by Las Plagas. Specifically, they were infected by the Plaga Type 2 and Type 3 developed byTricell, who some have argued is worse than Umbrella. This version of the parasite was able to infect people far faster due to the alterations and spread a lot quicker because of it.
What Lessons a Resident Evil 5 Remake Should Take From RE4’s Ganados
There are two lessons that aResident Evil 5remake can learn from theResident Evil 4remakewhen it comes to its main antagonists. The first would be to improve the AI. While the enemies in the originalRE4weren’t horribly designed, they had a tendency to walk very slowly in a straight line toward Leon which allowed him to pick enemies off from a distance. The remake, on the other hand, greatly improved the enemy AI and made them far more challenging opponents for players.
The other lesson that aResident Evil 5remake could learn from the remake ofRE4would be to lean more into the horror aspect. While both the Majini and the Ganados were fairly creepy at face value, they mostly function as cannon fodder for the player in the originals. The remake ofResident Evil 4upped the creepy factor with its enemies and leaned more into the horror in its presentation, atmosphere, and actions. This is also something a remake of RE5 should do in order to find new ways to scare players.
Currently, there is no way to know what direction the remake will take. It’s been suggested that a remake ofResident Evil 5would be more akin to theResident Evil 3remakethan any other installment. Given how close the narratives and enemies of bothRE4andRE5were, this assumption isn’t much of a stretch to see the Ganados influence the Majini this time around. AnRE5remake will hopefully make the Majini smarter and give players something to fear in an entry that isn’t otherwise considered scary.
AResident Evil 5remake is rumored to be in development.
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