I bought this for my 9 yr old son and he really enjoyed. He did complete it quite quickly, although 5 months later it is still being played. My 6yr old son now also wants a copy having borrowed it as he really enjoys it. They then want to take advantage of the multi card multiplayer option. I agree the graphics aren't as impressive as some games that are out there but it doesn't need to be. The cut scene videos are very good and very funny. I think this is a good game to start with for strategy games for children as there aren't that many of them and some of the more adult ones are to complex, like age of empires and kingdom under fire. Don't compare to other lego games e.g batman, star wars - it is a completely different game.