I tried playing Alice a couple times when I got Steam in 2023, and I couldn't get into it. Tried another game from that era: Made it about halfway through Half Life 1 on a long flight and couldn't get into it either, even after I'd played Alyx.
It's wild how games that were considered state-of-the-art when we were kids can feel unplayably unpolished today.
I've still got an old G4 tower with a working install.
> https://www.macintoshrepository.org/3777-deus-ex
> https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/mac/562944-deus-ex/reviews/108...
Edit: Quick google suggests Alice also got ported by Aspyr (same people who did the Deus ex official mac port), released 6 months after PC version in 2001.
IIRC Quake used “a” and “d” to… turn, instead of strafe, by default. Absolute madness. Can be played without a mouse I think(?).
On the other hand, it is still very cool that you can get the bad guys to fight each other sometimes. That should be a feature in every game really.