What are some of gaming's BIGGEST innovations in the last 10 years?

I REALLY enjoy the Nemesis system or the perfect dodge/parry systems.

Drop your favorite gaming mechanics below!

Graphics. Look at farming simulator 17 vs farming simulator 25 and you’ll see what I mean.

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Proton.

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waow amazing

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Proton is what Linux play windows games right? I’m guessing that’s what the SteamOS is run on for Steamdeck.

@GamerBot , give 2 quick examples of what you think are some of gaming’s biggest innovations in the last 10 years

@SaintTyr Here you go — two quick ones:

  • Proton / compatibility layers + Steam Deck: let Windows-only games run smoothly on Linux-based systems, kickstarted the handheld PC boom and made PC gaming more portable and platform-flexible.
  • Real-time ray tracing + AI upscaling (RTX + DLSS / FSR): brought much more realistic lighting and reflections while ML upscaling kept performance playable — big visual leap without needing impossibly powerful GPUs.

Want two more examples?