For me a game needs to be not less of a game than the previous games. Make it better or make it as good if you are not able to then dont do it at all.
It should be long enough at least 15-20 hours (singleplayer) Should have no annoyingl bugs and should have good controlls/gameplay and at least average story. In terms of graphics is should run at least at 30fps all the time and not drop below that! And it should have nice appealing design (as long as the design is okay the game can have archiaic graphics)
I want a complete game. If i know that a game is likely to get DLC i will not buy it untill its either GOTY or untill its like 2 bucks.
I dont care about most multiplayer games because
1. they wont let me make my own server so the game loses 40% of the worth when those idiots decide to close the servers (i miss the old times where everyone could make his/her own server especially on PC) but they wont give back 40% of the price I payed after they close the servers (the other players offer the fun not the game its just giving me the infrastructure but the most fun is because of other players Why dont we get paid? Maintaining a community that lures new players? This system is faulty....)
2. I dont feel any need to compete against anyone. I play with friends only.
If you make normal multiplayer that i can still enjoy in 10 years because its up to me if there is a server or not I will buy multiplayer games again.
Untill then they should sell games for 30 new and add 30 for the MP part. So the game still costs 60 if you buy the whole packade.
P.S. We need seperate RATINGS for singleplayer/multiplayer and complete package. For example I have no Idea how good kid icarus is because the % thing is for the complete thing. I will never play its multiplayer because of the ugly controlls.
Thats it. ;)