Some games still even use DX9 and DX10. Sometimes it isn’t about the pretties, and more about just making a good game. I hate this hardware based approach to game design where developers get a new gimmick and it’s like, “Hey, we have bloom now, let’s use it on EVERYTHING.”
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You are right. This hardware approach is a bad idea. And ruins some games. (Also, I would like it if microsoft would stop forcing us to pay for the new Directx’s. It probably would run on win98 if given the chance!)