I love the game, don't get me wrong, but I have a major gripe. It seems like every game that comes out Bethesda gets rid of more and more really cool spell effects. I play TES games because I like to play around with magic and be a sorcerer. TES has always been great at doing that. In Morrowind they had some really cool spells like levitate and recall. Oblivion got rid of that but retained some cool spells like unlock spells and waterwalking. Now skyrim got rid of those, as well as countless other effects. It just feels like they keep dumbing down their games more and more to fit the console gamers wishes. But playing a mage is not all about throwing around fireballs, it's about all the other cool abilities that come with using magic, which in this game there are not many of those other abilities.

The spell animations are the best I have ever seen in a game by far, but I dont understand why they would remove a simply awesome spell like unlock. I'm a mage! Why would I need to use a lockpick!? No more walk on water? Levitate? Just about the only spell left that has any magic like utility is invisability and it's not really invisability anymore. It's camoflage and requires sneak skills to work properly. Really? I'm [censored] invisable, dude!

How long do you guys think this will take to get some decent spells back in the game via Mods or hopefully by Bethesda adding more spells in later releases? Anyone else agree with me?