Cinematics bother me greatly. It takes away from the flow of the game and breaks your tactical setup for combat. It also forces characters to teleport into scene when they are farther away. They cut scenes also for a pause to your characters but NPCs are free to act and cause disadvantages if combat begins. I have had many of NPCs attack and things explode around me because I couldn't react fast enough due to cut scenes.
Despite what I said there is obviously still a lot of polish required and on top I would say there are instances where I don't feel the need for them, such as re-arranging party members back in camp. In that instant and others like it, I am happy to do it on the fly and don't mind banter being lobbed my way, but really don't need the cut scene to tell someone to leave my party temporarily and to bring someone else in.
