Baal Garnaal

Looks more like a crysis mod to me. Instant loss of interest at that ‘powering up’ bit indeed.

UT2014

I think you are off by 10 years there

It costs 22 euro to remove ads for me, I find that too steep.

I never played these games but sounds like what I heard about Total Annihilation (1997) or Supreme Commander (2007).

The one that is always in the back of my mind: Carly Rae Jepsen vs DMX