I am sorry but what was SE thinking ?

[Enkidoh]

Exactly, the cutscenes in the Praetorium particularly lose a certain something when viewed through the Unending Journey, as the cutscenes show the whole party there backing the player up (who as far as the story is concerned, is leading them as 'an elite adventurer unit' on the assault into the fortress (like

when the party first jumps off the Enterprise right at the start, or the scene after Lahabrea uses Ultima and the party prepares to fight Ultima Weapon a second time

) - viewing the same scenes at the Inn all you see is your character and an empty background behind them.

Although I can understand after running the same dungeon over and over again players will get bored with seeing the same scenes, but, forcing a first time player to skip cutscenes in a DF party, is definitely not on. Luckily the parties I did my first CM/Prae run with were nice enough to let me watch the cutscenes, so not everyone are douchebags about it.