Quick question. Anyone picking this up who never really plays or played RPG's before? And if so, will I be lost completely if I fall into that category!?
They've made it pretty accessible. In some ways, while being deeper than pretty much any other RPG, it should also (now) be easier to get into to - the idea of the levelling system is you 'learn by doing'. IE, you want to try cast a spell? Do it. Try picking a lock? Go for it. You'll specialise in whatever you end up doing most, if that makes sense. There aren't even really any stats for you to worry about anymore - just a health bar, magic bar and stamina bar that you increase with each level up, and you level up by increasing skills, which you do by using them.
It's a term I tend to hate, but this one should be extremely 'pick up and play'. It's a first-person perspective as well (as you've probably discovered) so the controls should be pretty familiar and inutuitive.
