Halo only got so much fanboy goo all over it because console retards had never seen things like 'first person shooters' or 'attempt at plot' before, and creamed themselves with glee. The only interesting thing in the original was the use of vehicles; everything else was old hat and so it never really impressed the PC gamer crowd when it came out on the platform, or even when they saw its stuff in the console release. And while they get the games later, they typically get rewarded with a graphics boost (Halo 1 and 2 for PC run at HD resolution, as do all PC games due to not using a shitty tv for output. Also better texture drawing) and a few extra levels/guns/stuff. Sides, any half competent PC user was playing Halo 2 on an XBox emulator as soon as it came out, and being seriously let down by the shitty ending.