09-22-2003, 08:35 PM
HL1 didn't have the hype built around it like HL2. I did not follow the release of the first one too much. I remember stopping by EB that day picking up the box. I thought it looked good and bought it. PC gaming was rather dull in 98. I think Quake2 was the most popular game at the time before the first HL. I could never really get into the whole Quake thing even though I own all 3. HL changed alot in the PC gaming world that's a fact. Now we have FPS coming out left and right with very few being actually good.