1 very important thing! Dont cut down on sexism or violence or that kinda stuff just to get the ESRB thing rating lower. maybe just make a possible password to protct for a mode to turn it on/off or something... I really like the way they handled it with Dark messiah of might and magic, where they just didnt care about the age rating and make it a cool game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and not the way of oblivion, wich is especially made so that the age rating will be low...
Anyway it would be cool if your caracter has the need to sleep once in a while. ELse he will be weakened by the hour and his face will go tired. If you dont sleep for a certain amount of time perhaps you will pass out (especially with bad stamina. If there are any creatures around and they found you, you're dead. If not. You will awake in a certain amount of time. This can all be different in different areas. Perhaps thats too much work but its just a suggestion.
Ofcourse there are ways to extend your time without the need to sleep. Certain potions with illegal ingredients (plants that have effect like "speed"<the drug). This will give your body a good boost for an amount of time. THis potions are rare tough and you can only make them when you are a good alchemist and the ingredients are rare too...You will be able to take the stuff when youre not tired too of course. It will have less effect but it will boost you up a bit anyway. If you use it and wanna sleep in short time you will sleep very badly and stats will be drained for a time the next morning.
It would be cool if you could use drudanaei (or what was it called again) yourself too... and potions with bad mushrooms like i suggested earlier too ofcourse...
