Chronos doesn't let you pause

[KericInfinitum]

I hate this, my dog was having a fit barking about something and I couldn't pause during the fight. It's not cute or funny remove this.

[Shredded Coconut]

Controller issues killed because of this. Funny gimmick but very frustrating to lose a run to it.

[Jevmen]

they could just make him do it just once and then just limit him to funny comments acknowledging the situation, cuz yea it can be a massive inconvenience

[Primomac]

If you need to pause, you can Alt+Tab to another window and the game stops entirely until you go back.

[KericInfinitum]

Originally posted by Primomac:

If you need to pause, you can Alt+Tab to another window and the game stops entirely until you go back.

Having to use a work around an annoying "easter egg" that mocks you for having a life outside the game is not a good solution. They need to just remove it. God forbid someone has a real sudden emergency and tried to pause, and then game goes "Haha, don't think so" mocking them for something they can't control. It's not funny, it's not cute.

[PewPew]

I thought it was funny. And ye alt tab but only if you enable it.

[Thrash]

Time cannot be stopped

[Lucallia]

Originally posted by KericInfinitum:

Originally posted by Primomac:

If you need to pause, you can Alt+Tab to another window and the game stops entirely until you go back.

Having to use a work around an annoying "easter egg" that mocks you for having a life outside the game is not a good solution. They need to just remove it. God forbid someone has a real sudden emergency and tried to pause, and then game goes "Haha, don't think so" mocking them for something they can't control. It's not funny, it's not cute.

Look if someone has a real sudden emergency that is important enough to not have the time to alt tab then I think 'losing a run of Hades II' isn't exactly the most pressing issue at hand. alt tabbing is a very real option for anything else that isn't a life or death emergency.

[Former dog owner]

At best this is a mildly amusing gimmick.

At worst this can be a huge frustration and makes the game less accessible.

Little upside and a lot of potential downside to leaving this "feature" in.

When something comes up and you try to pause only for it to not work and the game to start yelling at you, it doesn't make for a fun experience. It's the first truly frustrating thing I've encountered in an otherwise enjoyable game. Remove this please.

[WolfLink0370]

Originally posted by Former dog owner:

At best this is a mildly amusing gimmick.

At worst this can be a huge frustration and makes the game less accessible.

Little upside and a lot of potential downside to leaving this "feature" in.

When something comes up and you try to pause only for it to not work and the game to start yelling at you, it doesn't make for a fun experience. It's the first truly frustrating thing I've encountered in an otherwise enjoyable game. Remove this please.

They aren't going to remove it as it is fully intentional behavior... I mean you're trying to pause time against the Titan of Time, of course he's not gonna allow that.

Another thing that makes this all too apparent that it's intentional... is unfortunately a spoiler... but for those who don't care, read the below field.

After experiencing his power to stop you from pausing, you secretly get the incantation "Power To Pause And Reflect", which will allow you to suppress it, returning your ability to pause against Chronos. However, this incantation requires three doses of his Z-Sand material, so you'll have to deal with it for at least that many times first... but the fact that this incantation exists is proof positive that this was intentional design

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by Lucallia:

Look if someone has a real sudden emergency that is important enough to not have the time to alt tab then I think 'losing a run of Hades II' isn't exactly the most pressing issue at hand. alt tabbing is a very real option for anything else that isn't a life or death emergency.

Pausing a video game shouldn't be limited to "emergencies"

I personally have a job that involves being on call for long stretches of time, where I have significant downtime but need to be available. Most things can be resolved in a phone call that's less than five minutes. It's not an emergency when I need to answer my phone, but I do need to do it.

Similar to OP, I doubt his situation with his dog could really be classified as an emergency, but it's still a pet owner's responsibility to see what's bothering the dog so much.

Needing to pause a video game is just part of having responsibilities in life.

[smiley_face]

Pretty dumb gimmick, found out the hard way. I was on hold for 70 mins...I was next in line to talk to someone at a county office. Tried to pause the game only to find out you couldn't 😭

[Hidebehind]

It's the only game in the world where you have to earn the ability to pause the game! Just think about it!
That's brilliant!

[Honorable Sir Ricard De Milos]

WolfLink0370 can predict the future! Pog!

[Former dog owner]

Originally posted by WolfLink0370:

They aren't going to remove it as it is fully intentional behavior... I mean you're trying to pause time against the Titan of Time, of course he's not gonna allow that.

Yes, obviously it was made that way intentionally, but I would say it's bad design. It's messing with the established game UI and causing player frustration for a minor joke.

I mean, why not just make it so when you lose to Chronos he rolls back progress on your entire save file? Of course the Titan of Time would want that.

[WolfLink0370]

Originally posted by Former dog owner:

Originally posted by WolfLink0370:

They aren't going to remove it as it is fully intentional behavior... I mean you're trying to pause time against the Titan of Time, of course he's not gonna allow that.

Yes, obviously it was made that way intentionally, but I would say it's bad design. It's messing with the established game UI and causing player frustration for a minor joke.

I mean, why not just make it so when you lose to Chronos he rolls back progress on your entire save file? Of course the Titan of Time would want that.

well also keep in mind that this is Early Access so things are subject to change... but I myself find it a fitting extra challenge that I cannot rely on pausing to give myself a moment to think.

Like it's gotten to the point where I've actually decided to NOT do the thing on purpose... at least until I can also do the currently impossible incantation (my reasoning is that I think it'd be more thematically appropriate to let him think his abilities cannot be suppressed until the final moments of the main story), and just annoy him occasionally during the fight instead.

If nothing else... I did discover that you can pause just before the pre-fight banter, so you do have an opportunity to take a moment for important business before you dedicate your time fully into the fight.