Imagine having more dialogues in bubbles, so NPC could talk while fighting, not staring at each other, while we reading visual novel. Well, majority of typical MMO players want that, weebs are fine with what we have and normal people just read anything, but it would take more than a year to finish everything in their pace.
And yes, this is jrpg, of course they standing, looking at each other and even have flashbacks with sad childhood stories. If you don't feel like you want to read little details about random NPC who you will forgot anyway - just skip.
Just follow main story in your head, use imagination to make what you see as whole picture and follow only scenes that you find interesting, and Shadowbringers have some of those, especially in the end. There is no crime in skipping boring stuff, just don't judge whole picture because of those.