Honestly, what they're doing is about what I expected, and sort of what I wanted. The game is a lot of fun, but having to go back to the tower and go to orbit and whatnot really makes the game way too slow. I want to be able to go from mission to mission to mission when I play so it isn't broken up so badly. If they can make it so there's less busywork and less time-wasting, I'll be happy.
Although, saying it has a lot of cinematics isn't a good thing unless the story is actually worthwhile (and even then, there are usually better ways to tell a story). I've played Destiny for a couple hundred hours, and I couldn't tell you what the story is. Basically "there are bad guys - go kill them." It was quite possibly the most poorly-told story in a game I've played, so I don't have a lot of faith in this game being better in that regard.