Knock out the Nazis' garish decorations in Sniper Elite: Resistance.

Sniper Elite: Resistancehas incredibly robust tweaks, allowing you to change just about every facet of gameplay.

you’re able to have as difficult or easy an experience as you’d like.

A small stone tower sits dilapidated in the foreground, with a man looking through binoculars into the distance in Sniper Elite: Resistance.

All Difficulty Modes

There arefive difficulty presetsin Sniper Elite: Resistance, which are detailed below.

Difficulty

Details

Civilian/Very Easy

This is theeasiest difficulty.

This optionturns bullet drop onbut still leaveswind effects off.

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Sniper Elite/Hard

This makeshealth regeneration slow and reduces player resilience, with thebiggest differencebeingincreased enemy efficacy.

It alsoreduces information displayedon theradar.

However, by selecting ‘Advanced Difficulty Customization,’ you canchange every individual setting at will.

The difficulty presets in Sniper Elite Resistance.

To access Advanced Difficulty Customization, select ‘Difficulty’ from the ‘Mission Preparation’ page in ‘Mission Select’.

Every Difficulty Setting And What It Does

Here’s an explanation forevery difficulty setting.

Setting

Explanation

Combat

Thischanges the preset of most parameters underneath it.

The Advanced Options menu in Sniper Elite Resistance.

Friendly Fire

When playingCo-Op,this controls whether friendly playerscandeal damage to each other.

That damage can be set to ‘Reduced’ or ‘Full’.

Co-Op Respawning

This sets whetherCo-Op teammatescanrespawn or not.

Harry Wounded Waiting For Revive In Sniper Elite: Resistance.

In Survival or Axis Invasion, players will still respawn at the end of a wave or round.

Health Regeneration

This changeshow much health regenerates automatically, if any.

It alsochanges the speed at whichthathealth regenerates.

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Revival

Thiscontrols how much healtha player will haveafter being revivedandwhat will be required torevive them.

Ammo And Searching

This changeshow many itemsandhow much ammo will be presenton the map to find.

Automatic Swapping

If toggled ‘On,’ this setting willautomatically swap your weaponoritemwhenyour current oneisempty.

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Player Resilience

This controlshow much damage your character takes.

Enemy Resilience

This controlshow much damage enemies take.

Enemy Aggression

This controlshow aggressive enemieswill be intracking you down.

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Enemy Accuracy

This controlshow accurate enemy shots aregoing to be.

(This does not affect enemy snipers.)

Enemy Skill

This controlshow intelligently enemies will act.

(This does not affect enemy snipers.)

Enemy Sniper Skill

This affectsbothanenemy sniper’s accuracyandintelligence.

Enemy Perceptiveness

This controlshow likelyit is that anenemy is going to seeorhear you.

Enemy Responsiveness

This controlshow quickly an enemyis going tospot and reacttoseeingorhearing you.

Damage Ends Empty Lung

When toggled ‘On’,taking damagewillforceyou outof ‘Empty Lung’.

Damage Ends Focus

When toggled ‘On’,taking damagewillforce you outof ‘Focus’.

Focus

When toggled ‘On’, you’ll be able toenter focustosee unseen enemiesaround you.

Sniping

This is a preset of different configs related to the difficulty ofsniping.

Bullet Drop

This changes whetherbullets will dropdue to the effects ofgravity.

Wind

This changes whether thewind will affect a bullet’s trajectory.

Empty Lung Assist

This changeshow severetheEmpty Lung mechanicis.

Tactical

This is a preset of different prefs related to the game’stacticalmechanics.

Radar

This changeshow much informationisdisplayedon yourradar.

Tagging

This changeshow tagsonenemiesaredisplayed, including how long they’re kept.

Authentic Zoom

This changesyour abilitytozoom pastyourscope’s zoom level.

Extra Information

This changeshow much extra informationis shown on yourHUD, including alarms.

Defusal Radius

Thischangestheinteractable areaforexplosives.

Awareness Audio

This sets whether anaudio cueis played whenan enemy discovers you.

Skills

This sets whetherskill pointsthat you earn and applyare usable or not.

Don’t let poor Harry bleed out!

On top of that, it makesenemy snipersa slightlybigger threatthan they were before.

A new protagonist might not be enough to make Sniper Elite: Resistance feel fresh.