Very true, I was doing quake for a long time before halo came out. And no question, if Halo had come out on the PC it would have been just another mediocre FPS. But it came to a platform that was devoid of good FPS. It came to a platform that was more easily accessible to people. And it presented it in a way that made it easy for a larger majority to jump into the action. Not just the mouse jockeys. Microsoft found they had something good on their hands, a savior for their console, and they ran with it. I don't blame them at all. Without Halo the xbox would be sitting next to the Dreamcast. More than that, I for one really enjoy the story, I love the books. I'm one of those weired people that actually enjoys siting through the cut scenes in a game more than playing it. And by association I don't do the deathmatch thing very often either.