Sure but then just make it like that when you can actually be invaded lol

I never engaged with the coop modes in those games so idrk how they work but in elden ring I know that you can only be invaded if you summon someone else. So make the pause actually work how it’s supposed to when you aren’t able to be invaded

Ds1 and 3 I think u had to have activated humanity to be invaded so have the pause work normally when in that form

If the only problem was that you can heal up in that frozen part then just change it to other games where pausing just brings up the menu and not your load out and inventory and all that stuff

The only thing from softwares pause system does for me is make it inconvenient to actually play the game. Somebody just knocked on the door? Fuck guess all that progress of killing every enemy in the area and getting the boss down to 1/3 hp on my first try is all out the door since now I gotta just let myself die. Ope made the whole ass long run up dodging all that complete bs on the way to the blue smelter demon and entered the boss fog? Sucks bruh just die make that 3 minute BS run up again u bitch