[bsimpson]

I had Macs growing up and missed out on all the Half Lives until I finally got to play Alyx last year. I tried HL1 after that, but couldn't really get into it.

That said, Valve released the Anniversary Update for Half Life 2 a few months back which includes a bunch of quality of life improvements for modern setups.

There's also a VR mod for Half Life 2, which is supposed to make it one of the best games available in VR.

[flakes]

HL1 is a very different experience compared to HL2. If you haven't played through HL2 I would still give that a shot. I love both games, but the second one was a lot more polished.

[haunter]

>I tried HL1 after that, but couldn't really get into it.

Try Black Mesa. It's a modern remake but very true to the original.

[Clamchop]

Half-Life 1 was groundbreaking but still very much of its era. Half-Life 2 feels like a modern game, though.

[gitaarik]

Try Black Mesa instead of HL1, it's HL1 rebuild in source engine by fans.