Quote Originally Posted by Gwelenguchenkus
-console RPGs have a high dependance on stats, and are always linear to some extent, while pen&paper/imaginative can go in any direction you want
-console RPGs tend to have a high dependance on stats and experience gain.
What are you talking about? D&D has always been insanely dependant on stats. So have all RPGs. That's basically the only thing that separates it from Cops & Robbers.