Difficulty Level (DXIW)

In Deus Ex: Invisible War, the difficulty level is a game setting that is selected at the start of a new game. Difficulty level determines how deadly in-game combat will be. The player may select from four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Realistic.

Effects
Difficulty level affects multipliers associated with four aspects of gameplay: damage taken by the player character, damage taken by enemies, enemy accuracy, and ammo per clip. As shown above, enemies on realistic take more damage and have lower accuracy as compared to enemies on hard. Therefore, realistic is more challenging than hard only with respect to two out of the four gameplay parameters.