Please help me overcome my hatred (fear?) of FPS shooters

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Ricardo221 said:

Do I need to know the story of Half Life 1 in order to pick up on 2? i get annoyed with games that labled "part 2" yet have absolutely nothing to do with the previous game. Final Fantasy has done that 13 times.

But in this case, it would be better for me. Still, if there's no reason to not enjoy the first Half Life, then maybe I'll give it a whirl.

Any other Xbox recommendations would be appreciated since I can pick up a used game for $10 and then eventually jump onto the PS3 FPS wagon. Gimme some recommendations with a great story. That trumps great action or visuals any day.

EDIT:  "casual friendly" means you don't get killed every 5 minutes, right?

 points to my post above, play those. Wolf 3D can be found for under $4.99 at Wlamart normall.