At the beginning the game may look somehow complex, but with constant playing you learn from the mistakes you are making and at same time getting the tactics involved playing the game.
I never really got the hang of it, but some people I know were really quite good at it, and they were not gamers in the traditional sense. Makes me think it just depends.
I find that sometimes people who are not well known gamers traditionally could find some other games looking hard simple. The point is just getting a hold to the secret on how to go over the difficulty there and get the game go smoothly
That is true. I also recently started playing Pokemon Go after I noticed that everyone else around me was into it and I didn't find it hard to learn at all. In fact, it's one of the simplest games to play but it might be better for you if you have someone who already knows how to play it so that they can show you how and make the learning curve shorter.