I think one reason for this cinematic shift is that developers have gotten overexcited. They have all this technological power at their disposal and they want to realise all of their "cool" storylines/characters/set-pieces but in the process they shun the player's ability to carve his/her own adventure. This then manifests…
Taking controls away from me when i am playing - especially when its something that i could deal with... but some guy wanted me to see some "epic moment" and stripped me of my ability to deal with said threat/thing, instead i have to watch some script do it and lose whatever sense of power i might have had in that moment.…