BG3 isn’t superficial or otherwise this thread would not exist! Both some indie and AAA developers said that they couldn’t make a game like BG3 and shouldn’t be held to its standards!!!
BG3 has cinematic dialogue, voice acting, custom pc, 3rd person, lots of reactivity, dialogue choices, party of companions, in-depth romances, interesting quests, choice and consequence, multiple endings, pets, a large city to explore, freedom to do quests in any order while still having a strong plot and characters, turn-based combat, and the numerous spells, classes, and races of D&D! It is quite a great achievement!
I do hope some other AAA developers will step up as well, though!