It's not so bad. More modern aircraft, like this AW139 I was recently flying, has an easier presentation (I was in the jump seat giving these two lad a check ride in Tanzania);
There's two of everything so either pilot can fly. You got an artificial horizon so you can tell which is up regardless if you can see out the windows or not, an airspeed, a up/down rate gauge, altitude above sea level and above ground, some navigation instrumentation, engine (two engines so two of everything; torques, rpms, oil temps and pressures, etc) and transmission parameters, systems monitoring (hydraulic, electrical), a bunch of fuel management stuff, then all your radios (tactical and ATC, etc), SAT Phone, weather radar... looks like a lot but its not when you get used to it. I prefer the ole S61 panel up top...Gentleman's Aircraft.