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fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not being able to pause or save at any point.

I’m a “grown-up” these days, but I grew up with games and they’re part of my life, and I love them - but in the larger scale of things, they’re still toys. The requirements of a pet/partner/child/phone call/doorbell will ~~always~~ nearly always outrank them.

“We don’t let you pause because it’s a simulation and and you can’t pause real life so it means the game is more realistic” = piss off

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maltasoron@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah, or you can pause the game by opening the menu, but not when you’re in dialogue, when it matters most.

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- yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Long cutscene that you’ve tried so hard to reach. Will pressing start pause the game or skip it forever?
  
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bravesirrbn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
One thing I love about the Nintendo Switch, you can suspend any game at any time (except online multiplayer ofc) with a single button press

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- fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, the Steam Deck is actually pretty good for this on most games.
  
  On a computer, you can, I suppose, set up a keyboard shortcut to pause the process, but you still think “this should just be part of the game in the first place”.
  
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EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The simulation part tbh makes little sense to me, at least if I pause by going on the menu. Unless it’s multiplayer there’s little reason for you to prevent me to pause on menu, even if your aim is to be as realistic as possible.

At the end of the day it’s still a game and if I feel overwhelmed or the need to pause for whatever reason give me the option to. The people who want absolutely 0 pause can simply not go on the menu or if you really want you can put an option to disable pause on menu IG. Or yk they could do whatever they’re simulating IRL, within reason.

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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
During EA for Hades 2 if you paused while fighting the god of time he would say “I control time here!” And unpause the game. It was funny, but if I need to answer my door I don’t want to lose my run. Thankfully that has been changed.

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