When you start the game you can pick a difficulty level, which can be easy, normal, or hard.
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[*] [b]Hard[/b] is the original difficulty with several additional threats added.
[*] [b]Normal[/b] has additional support platforms.
[*] [b]Easy[/b] has additional respawn points, which look like green checkpoints. Just to let you know, they are not checkpoints, to save your progress you need to reach a blue checkpoint.
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