The visual effects were good, but the actual interactive instances were extremely limited and boring.

Mostly, it's just the oily puddles/streams. Even those only work when fire is cast directly into them or when something specifically placed above them is dropped down. You can't toss a torch into them, enemies that are temporarily lit on fire don't ignite them, a flame atronach can pass over them without incident.

Water doesn't react to frost effect at all, or electricity. Would've actually been an interesting addition if we could've made frozen paths across rivers and so on. Instead it's only fire and only in those rare places with oil puddles. It's kind of out of place with the rest of the game.


Personally feel like they should've left it out entirely, it's like they started implementing Bioshock's system but stopped before really getting started.