Before you head off to the store to buy yourself the next game for your collection, what do you need to know before you can be satisfied in buying a game? Do you look at the graphics or do you simply look at the story line or any possible bad things about the game?
I look to see a trailer and a few gameplay series on Youtube, look to see that it achieved at least 2 star rating on average. And generally if it's the type of game I'd enjoy.
I just look at a few gameplay videos on YouTube. I also try out part of the game if there is a free demo/trial available for it on PC.
I also care about good storyline, and nice graphics although I don't really care about super good graphics since I don't own a very good TV, and gameplay is more important which is one of the reasons why I enjoy playing older games for the good gameplay, and fun single player story line.