With virtually no defense, you will die plenty of times but you wont throw your controller in disgust because you respawn right where you left off. This is a thinking persons game rather than one who needs cat-like reflexes to beat the enemies. It looks great in HD especially the area with the shiny marble floors. How good can graphics get when u have blocky lego characters? Just look at the scenery. The level design is fun, the characters are lovable and graphics are fantastic. I have never played the previous versions of this game so i can honestly tell you that this game is very fun despite those critics who I have never played the previous versions of this game so i can honestly tell you that this game is very fun despite those critics who expected alot of extras in the ps3 version.