It would be entertaining, as you actually have... ya know a reason for visiting the game world, besides 'search for plot device'. Being affected by the game mechanics would make it entertaining, because you can't steamroll through it. And if we weren't affected by the game mechanics, yeah, it'd just feel like filler really, as we could easily breeze through the nonsense. 

I can get speeding up through the tutorial stage. But even the Tutorial Stage should be Scaled to Power for the PCs, and such. Ya know?