Their games aren’t strictly single player, though. They’re designed with the idea that co-op partners or hostile players can drop in and out at any time. Pausing doesn’t quite work with that model.
Personally, I like it because it prevents you from cheesing the game Skyrim style by pausing, eating a dozen wheels of cheese, and becoming extremely hard to kill. I even got a mod for Fallout 4 to keep the game running when you look at your pip-boy, just to remove the temptation for cheese and only use the pip-boy in safe locations. Makes me feel less OP, and puts me more in the moment.
Their games aren’t strictly single player, though. They’re designed with the idea that co-op partners or hostile players can drop in and out at any time. Pausing doesn’t quite work with that model.
Personally, I like it because it prevents you from cheesing the game Skyrim style by pausing, eating a dozen wheels of cheese, and becoming extremely hard to kill. I even got a mod for Fallout 4 to keep the game running when you look at your pip-boy, just to remove the temptation for cheese and only use the pip-boy in safe locations. Makes me feel less OP, and puts me more in the moment.