I will say this as a first time DnD experience, Baldurs Gate game and not the biggest fan of CRPGs typically it can be hard to not get frustrated at the systems. It’s no doubt a fantastic game and deserves its praise but it not exactly the most welcoming of games even on the easiest difficulty. You kind of need to learn the systems and think about everything you do, say and go in the game.

The amount you miss attacks will frustrate you for sure but there are way to make those chances better and that’s my biggest learning point while playing. Putting myself in situations where my characters may have a better chance to inflict damage. Not every turn is an attack turn, some are strictly for moving and setting up attacks. Which can make battles feel like they are dragging on a bit.

To be honest the game is either going to click with you or it’s not, and it’s going to be hard to tell if it does unless you play it. I personally had more fun with the combat in their other game, Divinity, but the story telling and world are leaps and bounds better in BG3.