I started playing the first one. And I don't mind much the cinematic, but the QTE are really bothering. A few easy one help to set the mood, but some (like the wolf in the cave), was really bad, buggy, and not even surprising (I would have prefer a cinematic instead of a QTE). Environement and ambiance is pretty nice.
The graphic was good, but I didn't like a lot even how the things were added and mixed together, for example those secondary missions like "find all the mushrooms" or "explode all the mines" that had no means for the story or gameplay... also the "HERE -> there's the secret tomb !!" (that was actually called "The secret tomb") pointer that appear on the map even if you weren't even searching for it, were for me immersion breakers.
Some of those things are present even in the sequels, but are added in a way that they don't feel so out of place.
Oh, now that I remember what I didn't like the most, was the constant question to login into an account (that I didn't have/wanted) at every start !! And that question was impossible to be removed, also, because without that account, the DLC lists wasn't saved, at every start I had to confirm messages telling me "You now have that one DLC. OK" for every single DLC I had, that were like 10 or near.
Also, some "unlockables", like hand drawn pictures for the game, were "unlockable" in game, but accessible only outside it and with that damn account, else you weren't able to see them.
Maybe those things were solved at some point (I hope).
If you are enjoying that game, you'll be blown away by the sequels.
