I'm not much of a gamer, as I said; usually sticking with The Sims (still Nr.1, didn't like the look of 2 in the least), Sim City 3000 (don't like the newer versions either) or good 'ole Alpha Centaury (luckily still running on my XP machine); or give the newest Civilisation edition a go when my partner gets it. The concept of the Lego game was totally new for me and I had many difficulties at first *g*, but then started really to enjoy it. There is so much awesome detail, so much fun included if you know the fandom, and so many awesome things to do, to find, to solve, to come back to. What I particularly love is that in both cases, Harry Potter as well as Pirates, the characterisations of the game charas are very similar to the movie charas. If you can let yourself get lost in the movie fandom world, it's a really cool feeling. But of course, I think one has to like Lego to enjoy it as much as I did! ;o)