# Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - latecomer and newbie thoughts

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witcher-3-wild-hunt-latecomer-and-newbie-thoughts/914415 "2020-07-05T21:50:09Z")\
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There are technologies that Microsoft added to Windows 11 such as DirectStorage and AutoHDR, and I’m guessing some games have been optimized to use those technologies and aren’t compatible with other versions of Windows.

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