47 minutes ago, Avatar111 said:

It isn't like there is a lot of Random in there too, it is basically spending time to force you to build a character.

Traveller character creation has a points-buy version, but the points-buy still uses careers, terms, etc.

22 hours ago, Tenebrae said:

IIRC, Cyberpunk 2020 had that feature as well.

... and Hackmaster with plenty of silly tables to help generate a memorable backstory!