What's One "Old Game" Mechanic That You Don't Miss?

[Crow]

Lack of an in-game tutorial and/or an explanation of what the game mechanics actually are.

I really want to get into Morrowind but I can't because I don't know what any of my stat increases do. Or even how useful they are. E.g. what the heck does Mysticism do and why should I take it?

Tangentially related to the above: frustratingly obtuse puzzles that are necessary for progression. In Ocarina of Time, there's a Goron rolling around that you have to talk to in order to enter the Fire Temple, but the solution isn't to talk to him but rather to chuck a bomb at him and then talk to him. How exactly were we supposed to figure that one out?

The trick with Morrowind is to never sleep. If you can do that, where you put your skills and stats doesn't matter. I managed sll the game's content only sleeping twice.