Assassin’s Creed Shadows offers a challenging experience, but the game allows players to customize the difficulty to suit their personal playstyle and skill level. Here's a comprehensive guide to understanding and adjusting the difficulty settings in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained
The game features four primary difficulty levels:
- Story
- Forgiving
- Normal
- Expert
Story Mode is designed for players who want to focus on narrative and exploration without intense combat pressure. Enemies react slowly and rarely attack simultaneously, allowing you to easily overpower them without fear of death.
Forgiving increases the challenge slightly. While enemies still won't gang up on you, Naoe performs better in open combat situations compared to Story mode.
Normal is the default setting and offers a balanced gameplay experience. Combat becomes more strategic—Naoe benefits from staying stealthy, while Yasuke should engage only enemies he can handle directly.
Expert presents the greatest challenge. Enemies hit harder, act more aggressively, and require precise tactics to defeat. Players must rely heavily on stealth, positioning, and gear upgrades to survive.
Difficulty Tuning
Beyond the four preset modes, Assassin’s Creed Shadows gives you the option to fine-tune your experience through Difficulty Tuning, found under the Gameplay tab in the Settings menu.
Here, you can independently adjust:
- Combat difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert)
- Stealth difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert)
This system lets you tailor the experience—for example, you might keep combat on Normal while lowering stealth difficulty if stealth mechanics are less appealing or challenging for you.
Additionally, there's an option called Guaranteed Assassination, which enables Naoe to instantly eliminate any enemy with a single assassination attempt. This removes the need to upgrade her Assassin Mastery tree to unlock higher-tier takedowns, making stealth gameplay more accessible.
How to Change Difficulty
Changing the difficulty is simple and can be done at any time during gameplay:
- Open the Pause Menu.
- Navigate to Settings > Gameplay Tab.
- Adjust the difficulty settings as desired using the Difficulty Tuning options.
- Exit the menu and continue playing.
There’s no penalty for changing difficulty, so feel free to experiment until you find the perfect balance for your style.
Whether you're looking to breeze through the story or test your skills on Expert, Assassin’s Creed Shadows gives you full control over how tough—or easy—the journey should be. For more tips and guides, visit [ttpp] for the latest updates and walkthroughs.
