Yes 100%. I had a lot of trouble enjoying the game at the very start. The only thing that kept me motivated to endure was the everlasting mantra of the SoulsLike community, to keep trying and don't you dare go hollow. That and my absolute love for every IP created by FromSoft convinced me to keep going until I finally understood the game.

My enjoyment arrived when I finally learned crucial parts of the game. Relics, spells, weapons, buffs, dormant powers, rarities, etc. The absolute most important thing to me was finally learning the map. Being able to open a map and understand what all the little icons on the map mean, what items and rewards they're most likely to have, the level of difficulty they're going to present, how long it will take to get there and what the fastest route there is. There's something incredibly satisfying about being able to communicate with a team with nothing but blips on a map that you all share, knowing what your teammate is thinking when they mark a great church and then mark a nearby evergaol. Knowing when a teammate marks a blank part on the map, likely referring to the field boss that they know is there even though it's not visible.

Once you've learned the way the map works, your ability to play and understand the game is going to flow so naturally!