Nice article!
A few things about what you mentioned:
1."and will never, and I mean never skip a cutscene"
Skipping a cutscene is blasphemy! :D
2."they will take the time to read all the text on screen, regardless of the time it will take them to do this"
Planescape: Torment - Talking to Ravel for 30-45 minutes was a pretty memorable gaming experience. I think people who love to read books too, have no problem to read everything in a video game. I really like to read backstories, journal entries, to find references (to other games, movies) etc.
3.I love nice graphics too (1080p, high settings, 60 fps are enough for me, no need for ultra/über), but it really depends on the game, sometimes it just doesn't matter. However I think art style is the most important part of the graphics. Some of my favorites are indie games, but my attitude is pretty different from what you presented in the article. I mean I have no problem with a game's popularity for example.
4.The hardcore thing: I love to play games on the highest difficulty settings just to test my skills and my Steam library looks like just as you described it. (I already have no chance to play all of those games :D ) The other things "don't really fit my style".
So, I guess I'm a mix of the 1-4. gamer types, similar to you.
oh yeah. a story is what makes a good game. i just recently completed rise of the tomb raider. there is a boat load of cut scenes and even more scrolls, tapes, papers and other things you collect that all have there own little side story. according to steam, i played it for just shy of 50 hours. just on one campaign. and it was amazing. i'm so looking forward to a follow up game.
I did the same with the first (well, let's say reboot) episode. Sadly I couldn't 100% the whole game on Steam (only the single player part of it) because the multiplayer is dead nowadays. I still have to play RotR, when I find some time for it because Tomb Raider (2013) was a blast. :)
About the sequel: I hope we can see a trailer of the 3rd episode (Shadow of the Tomb Raider) during the E3 in June!
The last game I've finished, where reading everything was crucial in my opinion, is Quantum Break. It's one of the best time travel stories I've ever seen, but probably most people just ran/shoot through it without paying attention to the details. I think this partly explains the mixed reviews.