I have a confession to make. The last few years, as a gamer, I've developed a peculiar condition; I became completely disinterested in modern triple-A titles. Instead, I've developed a taste for the specific type of games - indie games, made by small studious, that try to be just as "big" games are. As well just older games in general - for example I've recently played and enjoyed greatly such hits of yore as "Tomb Raider: Angel Of Death" and "Advent Rising". While they may lack in the graphics department, and sometimes have a frustrating gameplay decisions, and, frankly, can be described as "janky", I still find them very endearing - since it's always a product of love and passion. Just yesterday I've found a stand alone Half-Life 2 mod that seems to tick all the boxes for me - it's made by a couple of Chinese dudes, it's some CODesque FPS about Chinese (or may be international, I'm not sure yet) specops set in near future - and it's full of that earnesty that I so struggle to find in the giant corpos products. It's like naive art of gamedev.

 

https://www.moddb.com/mods/red-requiem-liberation