I guess its really up to you at the end of the day. If your interest earned is high enough (I don't have a lot atm, getting like 3 per day) you could hold out a little longer and post/contribute a little more to the community and get at least Prestige 1 then rebuild from there to get something...
If I'm lucky, maybe once a week, check new/old games, post on a topic and dip. Sometimes I might get on more then once a week depends on my free time really.
English when possible. Some games (ie Japanese etc.) come untranslated. At least if there are subtitles I can follow otherwise I tent to avoid or don't play if is to confusing for me
For me typically male MC (although if the stories good and done well female MC stories are fine with me.) Being a male I find it easier to invest in said story/game if the MC is closer to me. I am not apposed to 2D games but I do prefer 3D when possible.
Like most other media, when the story(s) can be engaging it's great and adds to the overall story told. I'm sure that at the same time I think most people are here for "other" reasons. But on occasion I have had games were they put in enough effort into the story that I would find myself...