NGL, I'm glad you've enjoyed it. Makes me want to try it out.
Question - have you played any of Larians other games? If so, what does this one do better?
I didn't like any of the Divinity games, so I'm still apprenshive about paying $60 for another one of their games, despite the D&D label and the hype.
While the question wasn´t directed at me, I´d like to answer...
I just started playing Baldurs Gate over the holidays and I also played the first "Divinity"
In my opinion, what BG3 does better than Divinity or in fact any other games I´ve played is how your actions and decisions have an effect on the gameworld and the story. Even small details, the way you approach someone in a dialogue, the race and class of your character often has an impact and changes the way the story unfolds.
Another thing is just the way you can interact with the world through spells and other items. You can be very creative with how and where you use certain spells and you would be amazed to see how often Larian has thought about things and actually implemented effects. It´s simple and obvious things like the spells "Speak with Animals" or "Speak with undead". Almost every animal and every corpse in the game has something to say.
But also more complex stuff like for example, if one of your companions might object to something in a dialogue scene, you could cast "Silence" on them and do it anyway.
Also, the whole story and the characters are just amazing and for good reason there is so much praise for all the voice actors.