Why do they make us feel like they make races distinct? Why, because they speak of averages. An orc getting +2 Strength means if you take a random orc and a random human out of a thousand, the orc is more likely to be the stronger one.
Not really - modifiers to attributes makes is feel that race are distinct because having +2 to an important attribute feel impactful.
I will not argue that the system has issues, especially im computer setting where player has Freedom to modify attributes as they wish. If I understand it correctly it is usually not so free in Table-top - so being able to add +2 to your roll is likely to feel more impactful that it is in game - where either point buy system or infinite roll allows players to create optimal characters no matter what bonuses or maluses they pick. I think a lot of D&D systems just don’t quite work in cRPG.
