A cRPG needs stats to represent your character. Honestly, if you like to "imagine" game mechanics that are no longer there you might as well just be LARPing. In a role-playing video game, stats and other role-playing elements are completely necessary. Without them, you might as well be playing make believe with sock puppets.
Good thing Skyrim has stats and role-playing elements then...
But on topic, this is one of the many "Mountains==BORING" complaint threads out there and I still questioning whether they actually played the game...