one of my best friends was telling me to check it out and said it was better than Goldeneye, which I thought was ridiculous. The N64 and PS1 were the last consoles I owned and I wasn't that into gaming anymore. I went to his house and watched him play part of PoA and thought it was boring. I told him to play some part with lots of action so he did the beach invasion on Silent Cartographer and I was like "whoa." So he hands me a controller and we started playing co op. When we got to the first warthog ride and I hopped on the back I though "I have to get an Xbox."
Ten years later and Halo: CE is my favorite game ever and I'm a die hard fan of the series and gaming in general.