All cinematics, including the one played upon application launch, do not load or play. There is no audio or video of the cinematic, just a black screen for the cinematics duration. Gameplay audio/character sound effects can be heard when buttons are pressed on the controller/keyboard. The first time this happened, I thought the game had crashed and closed it in task manager.

I am playing on Steam PC, Alone AND with friends, as Hero Drizzt. No workaround except to skip.