If you do 2D via Direct3D, then you have to deal with the 3D API, setting up your pipeline and whatnot, but everything simplifies when you drop the z-axis from your game logic/rendering (even if you still use it to z-order sprites, etc), and you can hide all the details in a wrapper class just once if you like, and never have to look at it again.

If you do 2D via Direct3D, then you have to deal with the 3D API, setting up your pipeline and whatnot, but everything simplifies when you drop the z-axis from your game logic/rendering (even if you still use it to z-order sprites, etc), and you can hide all the details in a wrapper class just once if you like, and never have to look at it again.