I have the game saved right before Reeky and I make the valiant effort to take out the three bandits. No matter on what graphical setting the game will pause at or shortly after we enter combat for a good 30 seconds or so then start again smoothly without any more pauses.
Not sure if this is a bug or my system, etc but it duplicated every time. Also this is the only time I’ve had this issue with the pausing of the game.