Yes. Most of the time cutscenes seem to be generated rather then directed, and even what seems like handcrafted cutscenes didn't seem to make for a good "cinematic" storytelling. Think Dragon Age: Origins after Ostagar, rather then Mass Effect.
For me they didn't work at all - it is especially jarring as switching from top-down view, is already taking me out of the experience. Jade Empire, Kotor or Dragon Age conversations were never great looking, but they were consistant with the rest of the game.
But there seem to be a sizable amount of people who will take those kind of basic cutscenes over not having them at all.
I am happy with the generated cutscenes. Handcrafted would be great if they wanted to do them but also might be very expensive?
