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There are multiple difficulty levels in Modern Warfare 2 that let you decide how easy or how challenging the campaign will be.

Call of Duty is notorious for its multiplayer aspects, but it often provides action-packed campaigns. Modern Warfare 2 delivers on that front with a variety of difficulty settings to choose from. There are four total to start with an unlockable fifth setting. That fact might require you to play through it a couple of times if you’re one tonail down every achievement. With Recruit, Regular, Hardened, Veteran, and Realism as the difficulty settings, you have plenty of options for a challenge.

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All difficulty levels in the Modern Warfare 2 campaign

Here is every Modern Warfare 2 campaign difficulty level and a brief overview of what you can expect from each:

They are all available from the start, except for Realism. You will need to unlock the Realism difficulty level before gaining access to it.

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How to unlock Realism difficulty in Modern Warfare 2

All it takes to unlock Realism in Modern Warfare 2 is to finish the campaign for the first time. You’ll unlock it through beating any difficulty level. If you want to dive into the Realism difficulty quickly, speed through the campaign on Recruit mode.

If you want a bit of a primer before taking on Realism, then you should try Hardened or Veteran. It will take a bit longer to unlock the mode, but you’ll have much more experience with the harder parts of the campaign.

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The in-game view of selecting the Hardened difficulty setting. (Screenshot via Esports.gg)

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