The Captain stated my two complaints and Karellen mentioned some examples I would have given. Metal Gear is another example as the game requires you to have the manual so you can get the radio numbers for characters. It was a real pain in the ass in Subsistence since they failed miserably to supply you with one...

I'm also forever grateful to be done with passwords when needing to save. Anyone else remember having to jot down indecipherable 30 letter/number monstrosities cause you made it past a level or obtained a simple item and didn't want to take a chance?