Assassin’s Creed Shadows: All Difficulty Settings Detailed

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* can indeed be challenging, but the game offers flexible settings to match your preferred play style. Here's a comprehensive guide to understanding and adjusting the difficulty levels in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained

The game features four distinct difficulty settings, each designed to cater to different player experiences:

• Story: Ideal for players who want to focus on the narrative without the pressure of intense combat. Enemies in this mode are less aggressive and slower to react, allowing you to easily overpower them.
• Forgiving: A slight step up from Story mode, where enemies are still not overly aggressive and Naoe performs better in open combat situations.
• Normal: The default setting, where combat requires more strategy. Naoe must rely on stealth, while Yasuke should engage enemies of similar strength.
• Expert: For seasoned players, this mode features tougher enemies who hit harder and are more aggressive. Success here demands high levels of stealth, strategy, and regular gear upgrades.

Difficulty Tuning

Beyond the basic difficulty settings, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* allows for further customization through the Difficulty Tuning option in the Gameplay tab of the settings menu. Here, you can adjust the difficulty for both combat and stealth independently, tailoring the game to your strengths and preferences.

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

How to Change Difficulty

Adjusting the difficulty in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* is straightforward and can be done at any time during gameplay. Simply access the menu, navigate to the settings, and select the Gameplay tab. From there, you can tweak the difficulty to your liking and return to the game with your new settings in place.

That covers all you need to know about managing difficulty settings in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*. For more in-depth guides and tips, including insights on the game's portrayal of relationships and how to claim preorder bonuses, be sure to visit The Escapist.