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I do not have a 360, so I have always played CE & 2, but I definately would get him into CE. It lacks the MM and Online play that alot of 2 and 3 players live for (I have never done either, I am campaign only) but if your friend likes campaign play as much, or more than, going live or Multiplayer then he should love the campaign aspects. CE is alot more in your face combat, with less medium and long distance battles. 2 is alot of medium and long distance combat, which requires a different approach to the gameplay at times, but to me is less satisfying. There is the lack of the skulls, and the vehicle combat is not as varied, those can be a bummer for someone used to those aspects of the game. But the fact that you can approach the same battle in so many different ways keeps CE from getting stale. In 2 (and I would assume 3 as well) if you vary from the one or two strategies that work to get you through alive (on Legendary of course) then typically the battles become unwinnable and you just get to keep enjoying the same checkpoint! I like to go all melee, or all PP, or all Magnum, or all grenade stick, etc... You do not have that kind of flexibility while playing 2.
Age of the game affects only how the game looks on the screen compared to the graphics that 2 and 3 offer. Personally I think that CE is much more the visual treat than 2 is. Things are closer, bigger, badder and more personal in CE than in 2. The landscapes are more impressive in my opinion, you just cant explore them as much as you can in 2 with Sputnik on.
Overall, I enjoy playing CE more than 2, and I imagine your freind might as well!