If I remember right, what really helped me was watching or reading a beginners guide. Because you are 100% right, the learning curve is very steep and the game does a pretty poor job explaining things. Leaving it mostly instead up to players to figure it out... which is cool... but also meant I did the same thing of playing for abit and then walking away till I followed a guide.I hope its more accessible, the first one I have tried a couple of times but never finished. Liked the concept and immersion but was just a little too hard for me.