People complaining about lack of pausing? People really played Mass Effect 2 and beyond with use of pause? Why? You didnt need.
I used paused in ME 1, but really rarely, you just didnt have too, at least on PC.
Well, 'need' might be a bit strong. But still nice to have, to take a breather, get an overview of the battlefield and make a tactical sound decision on how to proceed^^
Besides, it differentiates itself from other TPS's with this.