General The Elder Scrolls

[BrainyLucario]

Oh, sounds rather complicated.

[F. L. U. D. D.]

Not really. It's just a lot of options to make your spells extra unique and useful for a ton of situations. What makes it complicated is you can't make spells till you get to the mages guild in the imperial city. To get in you have to go to every other city with a mages guild and assist with something to get a recommendation from each one!   

[BrainyLucario]

How many are there?

[F. L. U. D. D.]

There are 7 you have to help to get into the mages guild in the Imperial City. So 8 total mages guilds if you count the one in the Imperial City but only 7 you have to help to get into the one in the Imperial City.

[BrainyLucario]

I'm glad you don't have to do something like that to get into the college in Skyrim.

[F. L. U. D. D.]

I agree somewhat. I don't get as much satisfaction out of the magical stuff in Skyrim though. In oblivion since you had to do stuff for seven mages guild locations in different cities and the main missions for the imperial city mages guild, it felt like a much longer and in depth experience than your experience through the mages college in Skyrim! 

[BrainyLucario]

I see your point in Skyrim the only thing you have to do to get ini the college is use a fireball spell, which the person you have to show the spell to can sell to you.

[F. L. U. D. D.]

It actually changes every time you restart the game usually. I've had to perform a variety of different spells through my Skyrim restarts to get into the college! 

[BrainyLucario]

They still sell the spell you need, right?

[F. L. U. D. D.]

Yes but that doesn't mean you will be able to use it. You may need to be leveled up more in that type of magic 

[KefkaticFanatic]

Zelda is strictly better

Shush pleb.  Dismissal of entirely different genre is only indicative of a failure to enjoy gaming.

If you're willing to burn a day or two on configuring weird scripts and downloading files, I recommend trying STEP (Skyrim Total Enhancement Project)

It has a giant collection of mods in every category (graphics, landscape, equipment, charcters, sound, etc.), giving extended functionality while still staying true to the original atmosphere and gameplay of the stock game.  Great if you're itching for a fresh playthrough.  There were some similar types of overhauls for Oblivion & Morrowind, but I've lost track of them.

[K-NiGhT]

how resource intensive is it? I might try this once I get Skyrim

[BrainyLucario]

More importantly, is it compatible with the console versions of Skyrim?

[F. L. U. D. D.]

I already have the pc edition since I'm guessing that's what it works for. But I don't know much about that stuff on computers  It sounds amazing though and I'd love to give it a try if I could manage it!

[Maelstrom]

More importantly, is it compatible with the console versions of Skyrim?

None.