I know we won't get real pause, but I want to complain about it one more time and hope for Christmas miracle (also, merry Christmas, y'all!).
The closest we get to real pause is turn based mode, which isn't really the same. I get it that for multiplayer it makes sense not to offer pause, but for single player, it's a huge frustration.
I want to be able to put the game down and know that it's for real paused. Here's a practical example - it's Christmas and time to call the kids' grandparents when they finish the videos they're watching. I'd like to fire the game up right now, but I'm not, because I don't want to be in combat or otherwise in the middle of something when the kids' videos are done, and make them wait for me to find a good stopping place. If I had a real pause button, it would be different.
Yes, in practice, it's probably fine, just leave it at the end of a turn and walk away, or quicksave and exit to menu, but it just doesn't feel right. I'm struggling to find examples off the top of my head, but it's like one of those things that doesn't actually matter, but -- *waives hands vaguely* they -- do or make people do anyway, because it's expected and people wouldn't like it if it didn't happen. I'm really sorry I'm not coming up with examples, but you know what I mean, right?
I'd really, just for my own comfort, really like a for realsies pause button for single player.
