Difficulty

Difficulty settings influence various statistics and alter the gameplay experience of Rebel Inc. significantly.

Common factors regarding upscaling difficulties

• Locals are tougher to satisfy and will have more unconventional concerns
• Insurgents have better strength, capability, more camps, and take less time to prepare, all while being more aggressive.
• Starting reputation drops
• Newly trained units must walk their way to the target from HQ
• Inflation escalates faster
• Corruption increments will match their risk with fewer turns (on Mega Brutal, it matches to Corruption Risk near-instantly). Corruption's penalties are higher, and Anti-Corruption Initiatives are generally less effective.
• Intel acquisition is slower
• Logistics Costs are drastically increased
• Support Level becomes more vulnerable to government actions
• National Soldiers' training duration increases. (~14 month for Casual and Normal, ~16 month (95 turns) for Brutal and Mega Brutal).
• Reputation loss by lack of stability escalates, with fewer turns and higher decrements.
• Peace deal will slower; denying peace too many times can catastrophically decrease support level.
• Annual Budget is damaged more by Reputation Loss

Difficulties

Note that the default difficulty is Normal; all difficulties either upscale or downscale from default values.

"For new players or those wanting a quick game"

• Easy to engage locals
• Corruption slowed by positive thinking
• Insurgents struggle to cooperate
• Reputation starts at 90. (+10 from default)
• Newly trained units teleport to the target.

"For experienced counter-insurgency strategists"

• Challenging to engage locals
• Corruption opportunities everywhere
• Insurgent morale high
• Reputation starts at 80 (+0, default)
• Newly trained units teleport to the target.

"For strategic geniuses living in concrete bunkers"

• Extremely difficult to engage locals
• Corruption impossible to stamp out
• Insurgents backed by powerful sponsors
• Reputation starts at 73. (-7)
• Newly trained units now must walk from your HQ to the target.

"For players who thought Brutal was Casual!"

• Exceptionally demanding locals
• Rampant Corruption and Inflation
• Relentless Insurgent onslaught
• Local has additional concerns like Road and Security.
• Reputation starts at 70. (-10)
• Newly trained units now must walk from your HQ to the target.
• Refusing to negotiate with insurgents can now catastrophically reduce support levels.
• Insurgents are able to do one last desperate attack if they are surrounded.

Achievements

Persistent Person

Beat the first five maps with every governor on Casual difficulty

Successful Strategist

Beat the first five maps with every governor on Normal difficulty

Glorious Genius

Beat the first five maps with every governor on Brutal difficulty

Mission Improbable

Complete the campaign on Brutal difficulty

Tanks very much!

Win a game with the Tank Commander on Brutal difficulty

Seventh heaven

Beat seven different maps on Mega-Brutal difficulty

Mission Impossible

Complete the campaign on Mega Brutal difficulty

Hell is for heroes

Win with seven different Governors on Mega-Brutal difficulty

See also

• Governors
• Maps
• Advisors