I have a friend like this, well, he was like this for years and years, and I get it. You want to follow the hype and excitement of the greater gaming public when a game is new, but it’s just so fleeting when you could go play nearly anything similar with an active playerbase basically… forever.
You can just play Halo 2 multiplayer.
It’s right there. They’re stabbing and shooting all day long just waiting for you.