You were misinformed....
If you are on console, get Quake Wars
If you are on PC. download W:Enemy Territory or pick up Quake Wars. You could also play the multiplayer in RTCW.
Enemy Territory is free to download, free to play http://www.filefront.com/852002/Wolfenstein-Enemy-Territory/
and the patch (Windows http://www.filefront.com/3830825/Enemy-Territory-Win32-Client/Server-Patch-v2.60/
Jep, H0RSE is correct. Perhaps ET is the closest because of the symmetrical teams which QW has not.
ET has the medic class, with similar abilities to the brink medic.
ET has the engineer class, with similar abilities to the brink engineer
ET has the covert ops, with similar abilities to the brink operative
ET has a field ops who could deploy ammo. This class doesn't exist in brink, but the ammo ability was carried over to the soldier.
ET is also a fast paced, team based objective type of gameplay with low recoil, hip-fire only, low spread, ...
Do I need to go on? ^^