I might have told you that before, but I never played Halo back on the first Xbox.
I never came around to do so, and frankly the game was way to popular to get me interessted. I played some MP with some collegues at work, but I always liked it to be the one single guy with an Xbox that did not play Halo ;)

As I hadn't played the first one, of course I did not bother buying the second one. Eventually I got Halo 2 as a present from Microsoft (being on of their retail partners), but a friend asked me for it, so gave it to him.

Guess what I did when Halo 3 came out? Yeah .. didn't buy it.

Last spring a friend bought himself a X360 and had Halo 3 included. He doesn't play shooters on the console and traded the game for my copy of Eternal Sonata. Finally I had a Halo-game in my hands :) And of course I liked it a lot. It's not often, that a game manages to make you feel heroic. Like a saviour.
Anyway, Halo 3 got me totally hooked up to the franchise.

During christmas MS offered Halo (1) for 600 points on XBL, I bought it and started playing yesterday. Even with the dated graphics and the leaps that gameplay did since then, it's still pretty awesome. Whatver the game tasks you with, It feels intense and important to do so.If only there were achievements... :)