Back in the PS2/XB/GCN generation: Halo. I was still pretty young, and I had a PS2 and Dreamcast, and a PS1 and N64 the gen before. I wanted the PS1 and PS2 when I got them because they just had a bunch of awesome looking games (it really was true, for me at least, that PS = variety), wanted the N64 because it was cool to see Mario's jump to 3D, then Mario Party, WrestleMania 2000, Killer Instinct, and more. And a DC because it was the first in the next gen (PS2 followed out of continued support following PS1).
But for Xbox....there wasn't anything I wanted. Then all this hype came around Halo like it was the second coming of Jesus. The concept of a "system seller" hadn't existed for me yet (although Jak and Daxter did make me go "I need this" but that game wasn't super hyped or anything) so what's all this craziness over one game. I'd played shooters before, they can't be that great, right?
Well, finally got around to playing it and it was, indeed, extremely fun. I was young, man. But I didn't give it a chance, not because of the gameplay, story, graphics, etc. but the overhyping. By the same token of being young, I also understood the concept of something being too good to be true, and while Halo: CE was a great game, worth the many hours people put into it, I still personally don't think it was everything it was hyped up to be. But it's still a fun game to play
