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[LordOfLore]

Link.

 

[KZXcellent]

Pause was needed and much appreciated.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

That's unne

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Nice.

 

[ianpm31]

Good update. Will try out the new missions

 

[Aselith]

I beat it before we got the coward button #smug

 

[hydrophilic attack]

cessary

 

[Acquiescence]

Nioh does what Souls don't.

 

[JGCD]

Wow they actually patched in a pause function

 

[KHlover]

Souls should follow.

Spoiler

popcorn.gif

 

[RadarScope1]

Had to laugh at the thread title. Pause! What concept.

 

[WheelHoss1]

Sword of Execution nerf? Nooooo!

 

[JP]

It's on sale as well at the moment.

 

[Art Vandilay]

That's unne

cessary

I see what you did there.

 

[Gator86]

Pause was needed and much appreciated.

But a pause button will break the game and ruin everything, I've heard.

 

[Sangetsu-II]

Now if I could just deactivate my living weapon so I could only use what I need instead of wasting it all.

 

[KZXcellent]

But a pause button will break the game and ruin everything, I've heard.

Thankfully it's only an option. Everyone wins.

 

[Dmonzy]

But a pause button will break the game and ruin everything, I've heard.

Both extremes are wrong. It definitely wasn't needed, but it won't ruin everything either. It'll be interesting to see how it does affect the gameplay down the line if at all.

 

[Eumi]

So the game is now literally unplayable?

Can the souls community confirm?

 

[Hazu]

No pause option is the only reason I don't play Souls games.

 

[Snkfanatic]

But a pause button will break the game and ruin everything, I've heard.

Wait...do people actually feel this way? What in the world

 

[BigEmil]

This patch was only like 50mb impressive lol

Now if I could just deactivate my living weapon so I could only use what I need instead of wasting it all.

That would make it too OP and useful already more than it already is

 

[Tohsaka]

Of course they added this after I already finished the game. Still good of them to do, though.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

I didnt know there was no pause but I think it's ridiculous that some people will act like the Souls Series is tougher because of no pausing. You just stand somewhere where there are no enemies, or kill the enemies first. And then you leave your guy standing there and go do what you have to do.

 

[Veritigo_X]

No pause in Souls makes sense because of the multiplayer aspect, but Nioh doesn't really have that? It wasn't really necessary.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

But a pause button will break the game and ruin everything, I've heard.

Umm.....dont pause it then?

 

[Merchandise]

I don't particularly need pause, but it's definitely a nice addition for those times when someone in my house is screaming my name while I'm in the middle of a boss fight. Anyone offended by pause is just acting weird.

 

[adamsapple]

Add easy mode for peasants like me next plox.

 

[shiyrley]

Souls should follow

Spoiler

I mean it

 

[Mister Zimbu]

Wait...do people actually feel this way? What in the world

Yep.

The second you can stop the game to go to the bathroom or answer the phone or door the game becomes casual ezmode git gud scrubs

 

[BigEmil]

No pause in Souls makes sense because of the multiplayer aspect, but Nioh doesn't really have that? It wasn't really necessary.

Souls don't have pause even in offline mode

 

[Cartho]

Wait...do people actually feel this way? What in the world

There are some scary people out there who feel like, if you get an urgent phone call or a knock at the door you deserve to die for having a life.

Great feature and well done for adding it. Obvs not in MP, but there is 100% zero reason why there should not be a pause button when playing offline.

 

[Gator86]

Wait...do people actually feel this way? What in the world

Never go into a souls thread, for your own good.

 

[JimPanzer]

came to make a joke about how it's now objectively better than souls. already covered, good job GAF.

Spoiler

souls is still superior

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Glad to have finished this before they added the panic button

Amazing game

 

[CommandThrower]

Well, I will one day play this now that a pause feature has been added.

 

[TI82]

Not really a needed feature, you have bonfires or whatever Nioh's equivalent is for a safe break.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Apart from having a house and bills and all that, this is one reason why I don't buy many games on day 1 anymore because if I had already finished the game, I probably wouldn't have much time to go back to it, so would have missed this extra content. Will pick it up once I've finished with Horizon.

 

[Shambalakan]

No pause option is my biggest complaint about Soulsborne and hope to see this in next From Software games too.

 

[brawly]

No pause in Souls makes sense because of the multiplayer aspect, but Nioh doesn't really have that? It wasn't really necessary.

Why bring logic into this? Let people have their snarky minute.

 

[Izuna]

Nioh is fucking incredible

 

[BigEmil]

All these comments just about the pause out of the whole patch lol like people just read the title and that's it
Maybe title should've been "adds pause and more"

 

[Snkfanatic]

Never go into a souls thread, for your own good.

I adore the Souls games but I guess I have yet to see the comment said. Wow lol.....

That is an asinine belief if i have ever heard one.

Glad to have finished this before they added the panic button

Amazing game

What? Do you feel more proud of yourself for it or something? This is really strange....you do realize people might have real world things to deal with right? "Panic button"? Wtf

 

[UrbanRats]

Cool.
Vindicated.

 

[Zaventem]

Dark Souls is a synchronous game, i mean i'm sure dark souls can work with a pause function offline though but this goes to show how developers approach their core styles differently.

 

[Rodin]

About time. Now the Souls games please.

 

[Goldboy]

I didnt know there was no pause but I think it's ridiculous that some people will act like the Souls Series is tougher because of no pausing. You just stand somewhere where there are no enemies, or kill the enemies first. And then you leave your guy standing there and go do what you have to do.

Not tougher but it definitely makes some battles more tense. Oftentimes when I'm in a really intense combat situation in another game, I'll pause for a second to cool down. Souls games not letting you do that makes the combat encounters far more memorable and engaging, for me at least.

Haven't played Nioh yet so I can't comment on whether or not it's different there.

 

[hao chi]

I didnt know there was no pause but I think it's ridiculous that some people will act like the Souls Series is tougher because of no pausing. You just stand somewhere where there are no enemies, or kill the enemies first. And then you leave your guy standing there and go do what you have to do.

It does make them tougher at times when you realize you don't have the right weapons or armor equipped for a fight, or you don't have something like Sedatives equipped to a quick item slot and you run across a Winter Lantern (just an example, since I know you can hear them singing from far away).

With that being said, I'm glad pausing is optional, since I'll be playing without it whenever I get Nioh later this year.

 

[Mass Effect]

lol at all the

Spoiler

deserved

Souls shade ITT

 

[SephLuis]

I didnt know there was no pause but I think it's ridiculous that some people will act like the Souls Series is tougher because of no pausing. You just stand somewhere where there are no enemies, or kill the enemies first. And then you leave your guy standing there and go do what you have to do.

I always thought it was to prevent people from use pause to see enemies animation and make dodge easier.