Then you're broadening the definition to the point of meaninglessness, since it now includes basically every game except abstract puzzle games (and even some of those, like Thomas Was Alone).
Which is why, if you can bothered to go back and check, the very first sentence in my post was that this conversation was a huge waste of time. And yes, I did state that I consider a large number of games to fundamentally fulfil the requirements of being RPGs, but also remember that I listed three core criteria as to what I consider RPGs to be; while games like Pong are not RPGs for obvious reasons, I also exclude titles like Street Fighter because while you do control a character within a defined narrative setting, there is a lack of meaningful character advancement (winning a round and advancing to the next stage does not count because the character itself does not grow or advance from this).
An RPG is a game where the primary focus is on making narrative and/or stat/gear choices. LT has those elements, yes, but they're not its main focus (and that's a good thing, because they're crap).
While I won't deny that LT has been crap at focusing on narrative and stat/gear, I will posit that this is because Inno is awful at time management and coding priorities. We have been given what is essentially only Firelink Shrine in a Dark Souls world, of course the narrative is going to suck, and of course there's going to be no focus on it because Inno has spent the better part of half a year with constant delays on two backer-promised sidecontent releases with no advancement on the main story.
Since Inno plans to return to fleshing out the world and main story after the recent side content is completed (finished Axel quest placeholders
when?) development is likely to head in a direction you disagree with (focus returning to narrative). This is why, and I state again, this discussion on the game's genre is a waste of time because regardless of what you and I
think the game is, Innoxia is going to make the game according to
her vision, which is a text-based RPG with erotic elements. Whether or not she can execute that vision adequately is another matter altogether.