Assassin’s Creed Shadows: All Difficulty Settings Explained

Diving into *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* can feel daunting due to its challenging gameplay, but fear not! The game offers customizable difficulty settings to suit your playstyle. Here’s a comprehensive guide on the difficulty levels in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* provides four distinct difficulty settings, each tailored to different player preferences:

• Story: Ideal for those who want to focus on the narrative without the stress of combat. Enemies are slow and less coordinated, allowing you to breeze through the game.
• Forgiving: A slight step up from Story mode. Enemies still don’t gang up on you, and Naoe excels in open combat, making it easier yet engaging.
• Normal: This default setting requires careful combat strategies. Naoe thrives in stealth, while Yasuke should tackle enemies of similar strength.
• Expert: For seasoned players, this mode ramps up the challenge. Enemies are more aggressive and hit harder, demanding meticulous stealth and strategic planning, as well as regular gear upgrades.

Difficulty Tuning

Beyond the main difficulty settings, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* allows further customization through Difficulty Tuning. Navigate to the Gameplay tab in the settings menu and select Difficulty Tuning. Here, you can adjust combat and stealth difficulty separately to match your preferred challenge level. If you enjoy combat but struggle with stealth, you can tweak these settings to your advantage.

Additionally, you can enable Guaranteed Assassination, which ensures Naoe can take down any enemy with a single hit, bypassing the need to advance her Assassin Mastery tree for enhanced assassination capabilities.

How to Change Difficulty

Adjusting the difficulty is straightforward and can be done at any time. Just open the menu, head to settings, and select the Gameplay tab. From there, you can modify the difficulty to your liking and jump back into the action seamlessly.

Now that you're equipped with all the knowledge about the difficulty settings in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you can tailor your experience to maximize enjoyment. For more insights and tips, including information on the game's approach to diversity and how to claim preorder bonuses, be sure to visit The Escapist.