I like my games as I like my females(and visa versa): Good graphics is a good plus but if the gameplay is boring as hell, it's not even close to worth it. That is because I'm the type who likes games for being exciting and not for being good looking (That's where the females come in too).
Even though the graphics gives the first impression of the game, it's always the gameplay that givess the experience, you might not want to get in a serious relationship with a person entirely because of their looks do you? Bad example I know, but still the same shit.
I'm not old-fashioned when it comes to graphics though, even though it really doesn't matter that much to me that a game has almost realistic graphics.