HL1 to me still leaves a bigger impression than HL2 does. As a person that got to experience HL Uplink demo and all the HL expansions when I began playing HL2 I didn’t think as Gordon Freeman as some character I was controlling, I WAS Gordan Freeman and I’m Back is what I felt!. Not to downplay those who began with…

omg, I cant stop laughing and I’m in a quiet hotel lobby all by myself.

Very cool

Played the uplink demo for HL a bazzilion times over when it came out, I was hooked and knew I just had to buy HL1.