Diablo: Not an RPG

Gauntlet: Not an RPG

D&D Heros: Not an RPG

Blood Omen: Not an RPG

Dark Alliance I+II: Not an RPG

Fallout Brotherhood: Not an RPG

Champions of Norrath: Not an RPG

X-men legends: Not an RPG

Nox: Not an RPG

Bards Tale: Not an RPG

Drakkan : Not an RPG

Phew... hey look at those similarities. Those games have... stats. Hey, X-Com has stats. Is that an RPG? I have hit points in Doom! That must be an RPG. Hey... I can level up units in Total Annihilation based on the kills they get. That MUST be an RPG too! I can assign stats to my player in Tiger Woods... ASSIGN STATS THAT'S AN RPG!!!

Those are action games. Sadly, they get stuffed in the RPG genre.