You might think of this game as old, but it's technology here is still being implemented in today's software. This game achieved so much with giving it a setting that few ever see or care about. It's rough around the edges like a blood diamond, but it has true love and passion at its very core.
If you want to play video games as a serious hobby or build it up into a job, start at 2000 era games. This is where games like Far Cry came from, tracing it's tracks in the footsteps of Crysis.
I'm going to be blunt about it: Play Far Cry 2. Revele in the early 2000s advancements to better understand the technology of 2020. If you don't, you're just smaller in every aspect of mind and understanding.