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 5 days 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
bravesirrbn@lemmy.world 4 days ago
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 4 days 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”.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 days 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.
maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Yeah, or you can pause the game by opening the menu, but not when you’re in dialogue, when it matters most.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Long cutscene that you’ve tried so hard to reach. Will pressing start pause the game or skip it forever?