Sounds like a pass to me...
Well, I got a little farther and things got a little more interesting, including the gameplay and fighting. However, the story is still pretty bland. At least you get some cool insight into Middle Earth.
The most you have for gear customization is 5 rune slots in your 3 weapons. You unlock runeslots over time with attribute points and then socket it runes you obtain mostly through killing captains and warchiefs.
It's fun shit, but I think the majority of the game price is for graphics. It definitely has dlc potential though.
ULTRA mode on the graphics settings asks for 6GB VRAM (most people report it working with 3 or 4 though) and it requires you download an additional 40GB texture pack to an already 34GB sized game.
Ironically, I know someone who plays Xbox One who thinks it's funny that I had to lower the graphics settings to run the game smoothly. This is funny because the game is 34GB on PC and to play ULTRA requires an additional 40GB, but the game only needs 28GB on the Xbox. Which tells me it likely only plays at medium. Ha, I'll be laughing even harder later today when I get my new card!
What console gamers don't understand is that there is NO benefit to owning a console over using a PC except to play console exclusives. If there were no exclusives, there would be no benefit. If you disregard exclusives, then the only thing consoles have going for them, is the amount of bang you get for your buck. To actually purchase a fully loaded pc gaming rig, costs far more than a console, even with equivalent power. But hey, they don't get unlimited backwards compatibility, and the freedom to hack, mod, fix, or anything else whatever you're playing. This same guy actually asked me what benefit there is to playing on PC.. like really? I can hack any game I want to either to cheat or to fix a problem, mod anything, download mods of others that make the game more fun, extend the games fun, improve graphics, or fix issues. I can play and listen to any music while checking e-mail and chatting with somebody, and I don't have to buy a special little keyboard because it's a computer... it's got a fucking keyboard. I can make any hotkeys and set all of my settings manually how I want them, graphically, or otherwise.
On a completely unrelated note: How the fuck, out of an entire living room, does my daughter manage to find a metal pin on the floor? (came out of my couch) ...and then she tries to eat it.
