Soulbringer, VtMR, Anachronox and most JRPGs don't have a character creation screen and are RPGs. Fallout 3 does have a character creation screen and it isn't an RPG. I don't know what you people have against menu-driven combat.
Maybe we just don't agree with you? Is that so hard to understand? And it might surprise you but for the vast majority of people Fallout 3 and all Witcher games are indeed RPGs...
Back to SP in DOS2 now though, guys? I think the definition of RPGs is a topic for another thread if there is really something left to discuss on the topic...