The easiest and cheapest option would be simply to add some in-game description so that we know what to imagine. Some of the best parts of Baldur's Gate were the narrations that could have been literally lifted directly from a novel.
I just thought I'd point out that Larian seems to be taking this strategy in D:OS2 so far. From what I've seen of the dialogue at this point, it's very short and snappy with lots of narration to show what characters are doing.
I would really like them to push more into visual animation (and maybe they're already planning this later in development), but this is a decent improvement.
