If you've played a Souls game before, the following scenario has probably happened to you. You sit your little knight in a safe corner to make yourself a sandwich, only to return ten minutes later to discover it wasn't so safe after all. Getting your souls back usually isn't a problem, but it still begs the question: why exactly do these games insist on not having a pause button, again?
Well, it turns out that Elden Ring does have pause functionality, though it's more of an exploit than anything else. As YouTuber Iron Pineapple posted to Twitter, you can freeze the bad guys in their place by going into your inventory and hitting the "menu explanation" option. Good luck finagling that when three giant trolls are chasing you down a rocky volcano, but it's there if you want it.
