*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* can be a challenging adventure, but fear not—customizing the difficulty settings allows you to tailor your experience to your skill level. Here’s a comprehensive guide to understanding and adjusting the difficulty levels in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained
In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you have four distinct difficulty settings to choose from:
- Story: Ideal for players who want to immerse themselves in the narrative without the stress of combat. Enemies in this mode are slow and rarely attack simultaneously, making it easy to progress through the game.
- Forgiving: A slight step up from Story, this mode keeps the enemies from ganging up on you, and Naoe is more effective in open combat situations.
- Normal: The default setting, where combat requires a strategic approach. Naoe must rely on stealth, while Yasuke should engage enemies of similar strength.
- Expert: For seasoned players, this setting makes enemies more aggressive and damaging. Stealth and strategy become paramount, along with keeping your gear up to date.
Difficulty Tuning
Beyond the basic difficulty settings, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* offers fine-tuning options. Navigate to the Gameplay tab in the settings menu and select Difficulty Tuning. Here, you can adjust combat and stealth difficulties independently, allowing you to, for example, enjoy challenging combat while easing the stealth aspect.
Additionally, you can enable Guaranteed Assassination, ensuring Naoe can take down any enemy with a single hit, bypassing the need to upgrade her Assassin Mastery tree.
How to Change Difficulty
Adjusting the difficulty in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* is straightforward. At any point in the game, access the menu, head to settings, and select Gameplay. From there, you can modify the difficulty to suit your preference and seamlessly return to your adventure.
That covers everything you need to know about navigating the difficulty settings in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*. For more insights and tips, including details on the game's approach to diverse relationships and how to claim preorder bonuses, be sure to visit The Escapist.
