Companion Combat AI is enabled by default. The normal difficulty requires strategy efficiency, but forgives a few mistakes in combat. Companion Combat AI is enabled by default and party members do not recieve wounds until they are knocked out. The story mode difficulty setting requires minimal micromanagement and easily forgives mistakes in combat. In addtion to that, you can also select Expert Mode or Trial of Iron. The first step to start a new game is to select the difficulty level, there are four difficulty levels in this game. Before your epic journey in Tyranny begins, you need to create your main character first.