Well romance is part of that category right
No, it's not. Having or not having "romances" do not diminish the role playing in a game. Fallout 1 and 2 don't have romances, do they? RPGs weren't invented by Bioware. They are nice to have because relationship enhance the story of a character, but they aren't necessary, thus they can't be defined as "RPG element".
Role playing elements are those systems that allow the player to take a role in a fictional setting. So classes, levelling systems, choices and consequences, dialogues options. And obviously an expansive quest design that allow the players freedom to take on a quest in the way he prefers and with the skills and knowledge that his "role" gives him/her.
Quest design will be a challenge in CB2077. I expect netrunner to be more than just hacking a couple of terminals and "skip" mob encounters.
We will see, but considering how the quest design in TW3 was worse than TW2, the fact that they have preferred to talk about genitals and sex scenes rather than actual quests and gameplay elements, bothers me.