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Easy Info
Easy difficulty is Ghost Babel with training wheels.
- More resources spawn
- Some bosses become easier
- Snake is built like a tank, needing a ration is fairly unlikely.
- Fewer guards and cameras
- One of the awkward aspects of Easy is that Alerts and Evasions clear faster than other difficulties.
- Guards without body armor die in 1 bullet, 2 bullets with body armor.
- Guards will die if you triple punch them.
Stage 01
- Differences are irrelevant compared to Normal.
Stage 02
- Do a one punch buffer to get past the guard in the first screen of the fortress, like on Very Hard.
- There is no guard after the Chris codec.
- There is no guard before the ID card truck.
- You'll need to equip the ID card due to the lack of alert opportunities.
Stage 03
- First screen's margin for error is gone due to the top guard being absent.
Stage 04
- There is one fewer turret before the chaff, but isn't worth the trouble picking up.
- Oddly enough, the screen after the first dogs screen has more guards than Normal difficulty.
- If you are confident in your play, skip the rations near the end and pick up the ration in the first screen of Stage 09.
Stage 05
- There is no camera at the end of the first drop, meaning the margin of error or need for a camshot as a back up is gone.
- There is no guard in the room after the ID card upgrade.
- There is no guard after the blue box drop.
- It takes multiple grenades to bring yourself near death before the death abuse. This is where Snake being a tank becomes a liability.
- There are no guards after the double camera screen during the C4 run.
Stage 06
- There is no guard at the basement elevator, so use a stun to open the doors.
- Marionette Owl does not speed up after being shot the first time, requiring a different approach compared to higher difficulties.
Stage 08
- There is no guard after the vent crawl.
- There is no guard in the ID card room.
- You still want to camshot to avoid getting shot by the one turret after Nikita skip.
- The fast alert clearing makes the second Nikita skip awkward.
- Pyro Bison has less HP.
Stage 09
- There is no guard in the gas room.
- There is C4 in the topleft corner of the Bison room.
- There is no guard in the East wing of 1F.
Stage 10
- Havoc helicopter does not shoot for long when on the West or East sides.
Stage 11
- Kill the guard after the Nikita, remember they take two shots.
- Pick up the R5 ammo after blowing up the wall.
- There is no guard in the west area by the door from the entrance.
- There is no camera in the floor 50 laser room.
- There is no guard around the noisy floors on floor 50.
- There is no guard after the elevator on floor 98.