I love the cinematics actually, those that have been polished, like the one at the start in the ship when you find "US" screaming "free us" and the body twitches, and the character is visibly surprised, that's REALLY nice!! it really adds to the general mood and helps with the storytelling and immersion. However, since in the current state of EA most of the cinematics are HEAVILY bugged, to the point where its either frustrating or comical and completely break immersion.... they really don't add much right now in their curent state, and yes could easily be glossed over and just replaced with the voiceover until the animations are fixed... but oh will this be an amazing dramatic cinematic experience to play through this game once all the animations are polished!!! I can't wait!