Roots
Roots noun - The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
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A necessary side-effect of the game returning to RE's horror roots, since the series regulars have taken enough levels in badass by now that it would strain plausibility to put any of them back into the role of an overwhelmed Action Survivor.
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