I remember picking up an issue of XBM in the summer of 2007 when I went shopping and it having a huge Halo 3 article going into detail about all the cool shit they were adding like the dynamic Scarab battles. Met one of my good friends the same day by chance and literally haven't seen or spoken to him since that day.
Feels bad man.
got halo 3 limited edition on day one release
the same day my xbox red ringed
i was so upset and had to wait 3 weeks for the replacement, longest few weeks of my life
but i remember when the guy with the van came and i was so ready to play some halo that my 10 year old brain was firing up mad dopamine and i played yhrough the whole game in 2 days with my brother on splitscreen co-op
i think the weeks of waiting, hearing little whispers bout how fun the campaign was and how good the multiplayer was, i think it made the experience actually better
it has never been so good since