I really wanted to try
Concerto Gate. I even sat yesterday and claimed (and registered!) a beta key, sat through the 400-odd MB download, installed it, and... well, now I just get this when I try to run it.
That's a reasonable requirement, I suppose. Except you'd think if I didn't have DirectX 9c, then any of the other games I regularly play (World of Warcraft, Team Fortress 2, Civilization IV, Portal, Half-Life 2, Painkiller) would bitch about my lack of DX9c as well. So I think to myself, "hey self, maybe those games just don't care. Let's go see what version of DX we're running!"
Start > Run > dxdiag > Enter --
Bwuh?!
So I guess I won't be trying Concerto Gate after all.
AND THEY STILL ARE.