i hope this is not a US only
edit:
listening the show now..
My Game of choice is Halo fox Xbox.
I remember hearing about halo somewhere around 1999 on PC gamer magazine.
i readed the article and it got me bit hyped about this new "alien shooter".
Back then i had really slow computer so i was thinkin about upgrading my hardware
Months passed by and i forgot this game,but i heard about new console XBOX!
the pictures i saw about xbox on PC Gamer was huge X with monkeys jumping around it.
so when the xbox hit the stores i didnt have enough money to buy the console
so everyday i went to my local gameshop and played the xbox with my friends
demos were Fusion Frenzy and Bloodwake.
Then we saw it.. HALO,again almost everday we visite the game shop just to read the Back of Halo over and over again.
Finally my birthday came and i got what i wanted..Xbox
It was expensive because it came with 3 games: Jet set radio future,Dead or Alive and SegaGT2002
i played the xbox for months and forgot Halo.
i always saw it on gamestore,i readed the back of game again and tought i need to try this out.
i got Offical Xbox Magazine UK and played the demo,i really liked it but i didnt have money.
So i started to save up money for halo,and while collecting money my friends kept saying "you gotta get that game Tapio,its game of the year"
once i got the money i walked to store and bought it
i fired up my xbox and oh my god!
i called friend instantly to come play it,they already passed the game but we wanted to play co-op.
we played stage called silent cartographer many times just to do the "grenade trick" with warthog over and over again.
once i heard about Halo 2..well thats a diffrent story.
But what made me choose this game?
i bought Halo really late because i tought it was too good to be real.
every website gave it huge scores,friends talked so much about it,
So i did the risk of buying the game and buying all this hype
and boy it was all worth it!!
Sadly my copy of halo ended about year ago because i needed money,and i sold it away
oh wait was this what you guys said buy or dont buy?