My PC died in September 05, so I never had to pick up a shooter on a console till then.

In other words: I never played Halo. (Besides some after-work multiplay-skirmishes with my co-workers (I worked at a videogames-store back then)).

As I hadn't played the first Halo, of course I never started playing the second one. Once I started the co-op campaign at a friends place but we stopped after the second chapter and never picked it up again.

I guess you already know what happened when Halo 3 was released last year. Right, I didn't buy it. 

I loved all the ads about it. I knew the lore about Halo, everything that happened in the first two games, just by listening to people that had played it. But it never occured to me, start playing Halo on my own.

Then a friend bought the 360 with Halo included this spring, and swapped the game for "Eternal Sonata" which I had finished anyway. Finally I had a chance to get myself indulged with Halo. And I just loved it. Before that, I thought that entire franchise had to be overrated ..but it's dramatic, varied and makes you really feel like saving the earth, mankind and universe.

The anouncement of Recon makes me rather exhilarated. Finally there is a Halo-game released, and I am immersed with the franchise. Finally a Halo-Game that I can buy!

I like the idea of a more thoughtfull approach. I love the prospect of teaming and bonding with the city-AI. I am pretty sure that it will be intense, have a thrilling story and tons of action. I am just happy that I can appreciate that game, and can ignore all that nay-sayers, that just don't shut up, because it's not what they expected :)