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I honestly don't know if I'll even play this more than once.
The mods will come and you will have your new content/gameplay. *nod*
EDIT: Also, where the bloody hell is Spellmaking? Easily the funnest part of Oblivion was making your own ridiculous spells. They've improved the gameplay only to reduce the fun!
I never got the full effect of this in Oblivion, I guess. I mean, you can only change the time/intensity of existing spells. What's so ridiculous about that? When I heard about spellmaking in Oblivion I got all sorts of insane ideas but then I found out it's not spellmaking, it's simply spelladjusting.
One day I shall show you my PC, and we will both have a good laugh at the idea of it ever being able to play anything xD.

Spellmaking was awesome. It gave non-PC owners the ability to do what they want with the game. My first spell would always be a ridiculous Fortify Speed, Fortify Athletics one, and you'd be zip-zipping around the countryside like nobody's business. Now we're stuck to a slow speed and crappy jump height. Keeping some of the "pointless" abilities would have freed up the LB button for something good like Headbutting or Pimpsmack. Although Skyrim spells are cool, and I think the different varieties of delivery is fantastic, it wouldn't have been hard to have that and Spellmaking. You'd just have other options of "Spray, Rune, AoE" etc. The groovy glitches you could take advantage of were some of the best parts about Oblivion (for other playthroughs, of course), and it's unfortunate to see the Elder Scrolls series heading towards that bizarre version of realism game developers love.

Once again though, excellent game, love it, good job Bethesda, but looking forward to the next one on next gen consoles which will hopefully have more freedom with regards to the player and dicking about in the amazing worlds.