Nosgoth

The customisation on Nosgoth is pretty good. Although you only get two loadout slots, on each one you can customise your character's armour, spells, weapons and skin - with more of each available to buy at the in-game store, should you wish to do so. Purchases can be made without spending real world money, as you earn gold at the end of matches based on how well you and your team performed. If you want to buy something and you don't have enough gold, however, you can spend real money on runestones, the secondary currency for buying things in the store. It's worth noting at this point, that Nosgoth isn't your typical free-to-play, pay-to-win game - the things that you buy in the store are not inherently any better than what you already have, but rather differently weighted (they might be more powerful, but with lower ammo capacity). Other purchases are vanity items such as skins. Customisation/Loadouts

The graphics in Nosgoth are very good, especially for a free game. Many multi-player games struggle to get decent lighting, textures and particle-based visuals, but Nosgoth truly delivers. For those that like finer control over the video settings in a game, you should be pleasantly surprised, too many times have I come across a game that just doesn't give you the control that you want (though that tends to be because the graphics are so limited, that tweaking them is pointless). Nosgoth offers numerous options under the advanced settings (shown in the screenshots at the bottom), as well as FoV, max FPS, gamma, anti-aliasing and more in the basic settings. As for sounds, I'm no sound nut but the quality sounds high and the sounds themselves have been used effectively - they also sound original and appropriate to their use, rather than re-used filler sounds that ruins many other games out there. Sound & Visual

I've found the controls to mostly work very smoothly and do what you ask. Responsive controls are extremely important in a multiplayer shooter and luckily that's just what you get, swinging round your guns/bow/crossbow doesn't feel like a chore and yet manages to keep fairly realistic with seemingly differing handling speeds for different weapons. The gameplay is fairly standard at the moment with team deathmatch being the only game mode available. My only concern is that (in the early stages of the game) the vampires seem overpowered and you have to work much harder on the humans team to keep the scores level. Whilst you do get a round on either team, this doesn't stop your time on the human side from being stressful. Having said this, the difference is not necessarily large enough for player skill levels to not make a difference, and experienced players may well have even games with either race. Control and gameplay

This game does a fairly good job at introducing variety to a rather simple and frequently seen game mode. A team deathmatch shooting game tends to be fairly repetitive and when you take away the visual differences (maps/skins/weapons etc) the endless games that run this game mode are nigh on identical. The introduction of wall climbing, leaping and flying vampires really makes team deathmatches interesting again and with interchangeable skills and weaponry for each of the 4 classes per race, you can create many new ways of playing your character from match to match. It does, however, still feel fairly limited and not quite as dynamic as I would like. The map choices also seem fairly limited - of the games I've played thus far, I don't think I've seen more than 2 or 3 maps. This can actually be advantageous though, as when the vampires are climbing around roofs, it really helps to be familiar with the map. For a free game, however, you can't really complain and the developers have certainly done a good job when all is said and done. Replayability/Variety

Perhaps most importantly, Nosgoth is a fun multiplayer action game that doesn't cost a dime to own. My experience of the game has been fairly tainted by numerous games where it just feels impossible to beat the vampires as a human, and at the lower levels the vampires really do seem overpowered. No doubt that a skilled human could easily take down a lesser skilled player of the vampire race, but the basis of the vampire race & classes creates a base level that seems to make games sway in favour of the vampires in most games. I can't speak for the game at higher levels, at which point the extra weapons and skills may well create opportunity for the humans to close the gap and even overtake the power of the vampire race, but as a beginner in the game I currently can't see it. At the end of the day, it is fun, you just need to be careful to stick together and keep your eyes peeled. Fun factor