Melting Majini's/Ganado's

[The Ekamp]

Instead of the Janitor we had in the past games, we now have a time-bending Janitor. From the future.

[Stars1356]

I would just tell him that the bodies are decomposing and it happens fast because of the virus.

[TheSelfishGene]

Didn't the cleaners in Gun Survivor disolve too?

It's the same virus!!!!!11!!!1

[Stars_g36]

oh noes!!! The Cleaners!

[Vector]

I always thought they 'bubbled' rather than 'melted.'

Or maybe they bubbled WHILE they melted. Hm.

[Alzaire]

I think they should have mixed a bit of old and new in the idea of what happens to a body upon death, unless they do come up with some kind of in-game explanation.

I don't see why it would have been too difficult to let enemies you kill stay on screen for either a certain amount of time, or once you've gone a certain distance and/or they are also out of view then they disappear. Similar to something like Dead Space, where the enemy corpses stick around for a little bit, long enough to really get into the horror of the dead things around you. But of course when you come back later, they aren't there anymore.

It would go along with the idea that you're surrounded by death and horror, and at least you'd be able to have some kind of awareness of the results of your actions. As it is now, you kill stuff and the only corpses around you are the boss enemies (I think I remember the executioner and chainsaw guy's body's stay down) and any corpses that are a part of the environment. If the idea of the horror is overwhelming numbers of majini and action, the enemies just kind melt while you're fighting and when you're done and the action dies down, what are you left with? An empty field of battle.

[Yzak]

I'm pretty sure it's just like ... just about every game ever like that, where they just disappear. Even in RPGs. You win, monster goes poof. I don't think there needs to be an explanation for something like that. XD;

[missvalentine]

They've done this since the first RE, hunters, zombies, they disappear after leaving the room; theres no explination for that, so why would they give one for this?
As the rooms in the latest RE's are way more bigger than RE1-CV, they have to maintain a big map with loads of enemies, while more respawn, so they melt away, as above said, a gameplay mechanic.

yeah but that was after you left the room, so you could assume they just got eaten or revied and walked of somewhere else, but the ganados melting is painfully obvious and looks like there could be a story behind it, and more than a gameplay mechanic.

and besides, in Remake, the zombies didn't disapear.

I think wanting to know why enemies melt in RE4 and 5 is reasonable. In past RE games they just disappeared and it was a more subtle way to to save processing power and avoid straining the console. But now since Capcom have included a rather... extravagant method of streamlining the game's processes, I think an explanation is in order.

yeah, my point exactly, i think in canon, the zombies probably didn't disapear, it was just in gameplay, like in canon you never got bitten, but with the melting. is it canon even, or is it non canon, whats the story behind it, RE has alwasy had a scientific reason behind things, and i want this explained. and also, why do regular majini's melt and bubble, but mini boss's like chainsaw man don't melt away?

I think they should have mixed a bit of old and new in the idea of what happens to a body upon death, unless they do come up with some kind of in-game explanation.

I don't see why it would have been too difficult to let enemies you kill stay on screen for either a certain amount of time, or once you've gone a certain distance and/or they are also out of view then they disappear. Similar to something like Dead Space, where the enemy corpses stick around for a little bit, long enough to really get into the horror of the dead things around you. But of course when you come back later, they aren't there anymore.

It would go along with the idea that you're surrounded by death and horror, and at least you'd be able to have some kind of awareness of the results of your actions. As it is now, you kill stuff and the only corpses around you are the boss enemies (I think I remember the executioner and chainsaw guy's body's stay down) and any corpses that are a part of the environment. If the idea of the horror is overwhelming numbers of majini and action, the enemies just kind melt while you're fighting and when you're done and the action dies down, what are you left with? An empty field of battle.

i agree, i think it takes away if the enemies disappear like that before your eyes, i think thye should just stay there for a few moments like in Dead Space then disapeared when you went away.

i mean in assassins creed you could have the ground just covered in thousands of body's that never disappeared, why can't capcom have that, so there must be an explanation as to why they melt.

I'm pretty sure it's just like ... just about every game ever like that, where they just disappear. Even in RPGs. You win, monster goes poof. I don't think there needs to be an explanation for something like that. XD;

yeah but they don't just disappear, they melt, and bubble, and since RE alwasy has scientific explanations for things like this, i think capcom should explain it.

[nemesiswontdie]

RE alwasy has scientific explanations for things like this, i think capcom should explain it.

u read my mind missvalentine

[CODE_umb87]

^ Hey thats pretty good.

[Vector]

I decided to make up a RE5 file explaining why this happens.
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Tricell Researcher's Memo

The observation team has made an incredible discovery today.

It has been two weeks to this date that the team began their investigation into what happens to the host after the death of the "plaga" parasite. Upon death, the host body seemed to disintegrate and disappear.

The scientific team studied subject after subject, but were unable to find the cause of the rapid deterioration. The reaction upon parasite death occurred all too quickly for the team to obtain valid data. That was....until today.

One of our chief biologists suggested observing the reaction in extreme freezing conditions. To our surprise, it worked. It slowed the reaction, allowing a clear observation to be made.

Upon death, the "plaga" tries to sustain itself by consuming the host. Using all resources available, the parasite uses its own biological enzymes to break down the physical host in a bout to stay alive. This process can be likened to how the human body begins to break down its own tissues for survival, when faced with starvation. This process is much accelerated and occurs in mere seconds. The process is of course useless given that the parasite will run out of physical substance and die.

Some special individuals infected with the "plaga" strain seem to be the anomaly in this situation, retaining their physical forms upon death. A study into why they defy the basic principles that their brethren live by is currently being investigated.

Canon. Please.

...if for nothing else than to quiet down these silly questions.

[missvalentine]

I decided to make up a RE5 file explaining why this happens.
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Tricell Researcher's Memo

The observation team has made an incredible discovery today.

It has been two weeks to this date that the team began their investigation into what happens to the host after the death of the "plaga" parasite. Upon death, the host body seemed to disintegrate and disappear.

The scientific team studied subject after subject, but were unable to find the cause of the rapid deterioration. The reaction upon parasite death occurred all too quickly for the team to obtain valid data. That was....until today.

One of our chief biologists suggested observing the reaction in extreme freezing conditions. To our surprise, it worked. It slowed the reaction, allowing a clear observation to be made.

Upon death, the "plaga" tries to sustain itself by consuming the host. Using all resources available, the parasite uses its own biological enzymes to break down the physical host in a bout to stay alive. This process can be likened to how the human body begins to break down its own tissues for survival, when faced with starvation. This process is much accelerated and occurs in mere seconds. The process is of course useless given that the parasite will run out of physical substance and die.

Some special individuals infected with the "plaga" strain seem to be the anomaly in this situation, retaining their physical forms upon death. A study into why they defy the basic principles that their brethren live by is currently being investigated.

wow, that's great, that's probably better than any crappy explaination capcom can give us.

i wish that were made canon CubanOlive.

[Alexia_Ashford]

I don't think they will ever offer us an explanation as to why. They should though. In the original Resident Evil games, the enemies used to just stay there until you left the room. I think it should be the same in these new games, where the enemies stay there until you enter a new area. However, with the sheer number of enemies in this game compared to RE4, regarding the feasibility of doing that, I'm not sure.

[Archelon]

The fact that this actually bothers people enough to ask about it boggles my mind. You might as well ask Capcom how the item boxes are able to share the same items despite being in completely different areas.

It's just a gameplay mechanic. Sheesh.

[Alzaire]

The fact that this actually bothers people enough to ask about it boggles my mind. You might as well ask Capcom how the item boxes are able to share the same items despite being in completely different areas.

It's just a gameplay mechanic. Sheesh.

Yeah, in general it's no big deal. But at least with the case of missing enemy corpses it can detract from immediate atmosphere when after a battle you are left with an empty space. Sure in the earlier games the corpses do disappear after you exit a room and return, but at least if you just finished dealing with a group of zombies, or a couple of pesky hunters that the bodies are to leave a bloody mess for your satisfaction. I know I love to gun down a nice room full of zombies and take a moment to feel the horror of a half dozen bloody bodies around me. It gives me a brief moment to remind me that, in the case of zombies, that what I just killed used to be a normal person at some point. Other mutant bodies are just nice for good measure.

But yeah, it really isn't a big deal. Just seems strange that other games can keep bodies on screen at least for a short time until you leave the general area, but not BH5.