Menu Pause

[Spaghettacus]

Ok so the Souls games have never had pause buttons. I suggest adding pause in an update FOR OFFLINE ONLY. Would that change the game too much?

[Shicki]

drastically.

[SMilEY]

A pause button is something this game doesn't need, even for offline, having the ability to just hit pause when youre having a tough fight, to give yourself time to breathe, take the pressure off would change the dark souls formula...but it would make it easier when you need to pee, or get up and do something lol

[zault]

no

[Vanra]

https://github.com/ryanries/UniversalPauseButton/releases/tag/v1.0.3
Ur welcome.

[Spaghettacus]

Originally posted by SMilEY:

A pause button is something this game doesn't need, even for offline, having the ability to just hit pause when youre having a tough fight, to give yourself time to breathe, take the pressure off would change the dark souls formula...but it would make it easier when you need to pee, or get up and do something lol

You mean something that has been in almost every singleplayer video game since the advent of home gaming in general has been absent in this game series of five, for such a stupid reason?

Originally posted by Vanrael:

https://github.com/ryanries/UniversalPauseButton/releases/tag/v1.0.3
Ur welcome.

Thanks I'll have a look.

[Stevepunk]

Originally posted by SMilEY:

A pause button is something this game doesn't need, even for offline, having the ability to just hit pause when youre having a tough fight, to give yourself time to breathe, take the pressure off would change the dark souls formula...but it would make it easier when you need to pee, or get up and do something lol

How about being able to pause when out of combat?
Plenty of gamers are parents though and may need to pause in combat to attend to kids [that are about to unplug the PC because you've been playing souls for too long].

[Spaghettacus]

Been a while since I posted this thread and my stance has not changed. Dark Souls really needs a pause button.

[zault]

no

[Linyos Torvoltos]

Nah. A pause button would ruin the experience tbh.

The no pausing thing forces you to be prepared for anything the game throws at you. It would defeat the purpose of the game being punishing (The series uses death to more or less teach you . Trial and Error and all that.) if you could just pause the game in the middle of a boss fight in order to equip better equipment. Dark souls really isnt a hard game, it just really likes to slap you around if you ♥♥♥♥ up as a way of teaching you not to be a pleb.

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Stevepunk⎠⎞:

How about being able to pause when out of combat?
Plenty of gamers are parents though and may need to pause in combat to attend to kids [that are about to unplug the PC because you've been playing souls for too long].

I mean, you could always attend to your kids first like a resposible adult and then play games or you know, dont play souls when you're in that kind of situation. There are other games to enjoy.
The penalty for death isnt really all that bad, lost souls are pretty easy to reclaim. Just run in, tag the bloodstain and run away crying or just farm. You can farm embers through Coop.

[gFreak696]

There's a bonfire every ten steps. You don't need a pause.

[Jeremy]

There is a pause button, just quit out the game in less than 1 second

[ente000]

well a pause button would be nice, out of combat ofc :D

[Linyos Torvoltos]

Originally posted by ente000:

well a pause button would be nice, out of combat ofc :D

Thats called being in a safe place. Souls doesnt need a pause.