So, I just checked on my end, and it doesn't seem that it goes to a black screen at all?? It goes through the cutscene with Order/Death/Pestilence fine, then the cutscene at Pandaemonium, then the looooong Ruins of Vina flashback, then back to Pandaemonium, before I get control again. Does it only do that when you step outside??
Also, which Rift? Is it the Frozen Fields one or the Hollowed Caverns one? Because both are kinda jerkish. ^^; The bat cave is pretty nasty though, no doubt.