So what did you all think of the new magic system being displayed? I think the spells look extremely well, even more so when compared to those of Oblivion.

Todd made good use of that flamethrower type fire spell to dispatch of those Draugr.

I especially liked the Lightning magic. It looks like crackling lightning in the palm of your hand. Plus it's that epic purplish colored lightning, not yellow or blue. So that's a plus.

I can't remember if any Ice spells were shown during that 5 minute demo, but I know they'll look amazing.

Nothing I've read here on the forums have mentioned the new Light spell mechanics, where you can actually place orbs of light into a specific location. So now the spell functions like a portable torch maker. I think with the new spell types that this is only one way the Light spell can be used, they probably still have the "on self" version of it in the game. If not, oh well. To be completely honest it wasn't that useful because the damn light was ugly as hell. Stupid green light made it impossible to see in caves that were all predominantly green. Lets not forget its near uselessness in water, either. >__>

It seemed though that some of the more saturated colors went all Oblivion on us and gave it a "washed-out", "thresholdy" look.

Oh well, I know Bethesda won't let us down.

Once more: what do you guys think?