I'll mention a game that was ahead of it's time in almost every way except in a multiplayer experience, a couple actually: Psy-ops the mindgate conspiracy & Mercenaries by pandemic studios (as well as Lucas arts believe it or not, but together they brought the definitive version of Star wars BF2 in 2005 which EA of course fuckin ruined a decade later). 

 dude BF2 was so fucking lit 

 youtu.be/jInXMruUFw8?si=wErsJcj1hDhW0uSF

We were robbed of 3. 

 I'm still mad about that 

 I stayed mad, especially when I got to play the RTS version Empire at war, that game was also fuckin amazing, but like C&C had to be kept alive by modders/hardcore fans. youtu.be/n93_uvJ3G6Q?si=8iOZ3Uw0cPDEF2BN