But is that really what an RPG is? I think you AND the Bioware guy are just getting hung up on the words "role playing" rather than actually getting into what makes an RPG. Whether an RPG is linear or not doesn't change that both are RPGs. Creating a character doesn't make a game an RPG, making decisions in a game that affect how the game plays out doesn't make it an RPG. In fact, those things have just about nothing to do w/ whether a game is an RPG or not.