I I ; Pausing Games

I am quite flabbergasted. How do we still get cutscenes without a pause function?

Currently playing Metaphor: ReFantazio and I watched a cutscene where the only options were to sit and watch or skip the cutscene. No way to pause in-game. Technically, you can pause if you Alt-Tab out of the game, but I didn’t learn that till after. Also, that is so dumb. Why is that my only option?

At least if I go see a movie at a theater, I know beforehand that I won’t be able to pause it at any moment. And there are plenty of different cutscenes in the game you can pause. At least the movie theater will tell me the approximate length of time of said movie, while with the cutscene I am just stuck until it’s over. And it’s soooooooo long. Trust me, my partner was upset with me because they wanted to show me something, but I was stuck in the middle of it with no way to pause. I could see them in my peripheral, waiting, excited to show me this clip they saw. Slowly…I saw them put their phone down…and turn back to their laptop…as I was stuck in the cutscene…unable to turn and give them my full attention.

I should have, but I didn’t know it was going to be so long. Genuinely, I thought it was going to end after a bit, but I was wrong. And for those wondering, it’s the cutscene near the end of the demo. I didn’t do the demo but found similar complaints online about this specific scene. Kind of glad I didn’t play the demo, because having to wait after that? I’m excited to dive right back in.

Also, I never got to see what my partner wanted to show me. Thanks a lot, Atlus.