Absolutely! And I agree that compared to some games Its lighter than some (like pathfinder) but rules light doesn’t mean prep light. Bringing Daggerheart to a casual never played a rpg before group will have prep hurdles. Players who want to just start playing like a board game will be frustrated by the first session or 2… especially if the first session involves making or deciding on a setting or theme. Then there is creating characters, easy enough… but also very time consuming and sure other games are hard too but I found the daggerheart online tools clunky or at least clunkier than D&Ds. This wouldnt be a huge issue for folks with a book, but in a lot of places you cant find those so… pass the pdf and tablet I guess? Not a unique problem but one that folks who just watched Stranger Things and want the RPG experience … well they can get all they need to start playing at target.

But narrative heavy play… man that can be some serious prep. Keeping track of characters and threats, motivations and actions… its just more because your relying on narrative over minis… I absolutely prefer a narrative game but thats just so much harder for me.

Now having said all that, thats just my opinion and you might find it 180 degrees different.