If I were you I would play em both! lol if you got time...
As far as HL1, play until you get stuck and frustrated, then look it up in a walk through. Dont forget to listen to all the scientists, they tell you clues.
HL2 is an awesome game. I still haven't finished it yet

...and Dark Mesiah is an other cool single player but like I said in the past, the load times kill the flow of gameplay[/quote]
but i'm scared of the monsters
