Should I buy for my kids?

[Milano]

Hello and thank you firstly. I play ARMA 3 and Mius front mostly but I am thinking of buying this for my 8 and 6 yar old. I only have a laptop with a mouse and they are just learning how to use computers etc. Will this game be too frustrating for them to learn and play? To control especially. Thank you all for the help

[Synavix]

The Lego games are great, but they're mainly designed to be played with a controller. I've always just used a cheap $20 USB xbox controller when I play them. They can be played with just keyboard if you want/need to, though.

This game specifically runs a bit poorly on older computers, but you should have no problem if its a newer one. If they're new to games they might have to grow into them a bit, but any of the movie-based Lego games are excellent. Star Wars, Marvel, Ninjago, LotR, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Batman, etc.

There's no real penalty to dying in most Lego games. You just respawn right away in the same place and keep going. And the puzzles usually tell you exactly what to do with arrows or markers. So they're great for beginners.

[Lar Dass]

100% agreed with synavix. A cheap controller will get you very far in lego games (and any other game in general and they work great with laptops)
Lego ninjago is based off the movie which is a non canon movie based off the show so i would also try to get your children to watch the show (and even movie) to further immerse themselves with the characters

[Milano]

Thank you very much for the good advise. Specifically to Lar Dass, because it is Christmas it looks like Jackie Chan puked Ninjago ALL OVER our front room!! We also are currently watching Season 6 for the 1,000 th time. ;)
Happy Hollidays and thank you