Would you guys recommend this for a casual gamer I love playing Zelda but rarely progress the story because I just like exploring. I know they aren't the same game but just giving an example of how I play games. Also, never played the other games before.
I'm gonna be the guy that says no. It's not an open world exploration game, it's more of an exposition game. Playing in small bits is likely gonna leave you stuggling to remeber where the story left off and what you were trying to do. Maybe if you did chunks of the story at once but even short sessions for me turn into hours.
It's one of the newest D&D like games out there, so UI wise it's probably one of the best to start on. But there are other similar games (e.g. Pathfinder Kingmaker / Pathfinder Wrath of the righteous) that I'd start on first.
Both of those last two we're a great overall introduction into what TRPGs can be like
Definitely. I also don't have much time to play but then you just take a slower pace. BG isn't some competitive online game that forces you to commit unreasonable amounts of time to it if you want to enjoy it. Although you'll be occupied for quite a while if you take it slow because the game is huge.