Absolutely. I agree with you. Dynamic shadows are not always needed.

Concerning the Bloom / contrast problem: Maybe it could be solved with lighting. When you switch on the bloom then you could darken the whole scene via sun light properties and so it could be a cheap solution, not artistically perfect but it could work.

Modern games mostly have the ability to switch on Bloom or HDR. So it can be solved.

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