Merlin's Riches Slots
If you are looking for an enchanting, dragon slaying Camelot experience look no further as there is plentiful gaming action with Merlin’s Riches. This is an online video slot game with a captivating fantasy theme that carries a tempting maximum win potential of 50,0000x the bet per line and was crafted by innovative gaming developers RealTime Gaming and released in November 2022.
Players can let the sorcery unfold before their eyes with free games, expanding wilds, synced reels and a prize multiplying meter.
The gaming grid offers 5 reels and 4 rows with 25 fixed paylines to make wins and the layout switches to a 5×3 set up in the bonus round. A minimum of three and up to five matching identical symbols are needed to achieve payouts and all the symbols pay from left to right.
The background reveals the serene and floating kingdom of Camelot with a blue skied background where the feel has a Tolkeinesque look. The graphics are impressive and are complemented with some great animations and an epic medieval sounding soundtrack that knits with the sorcery theme perfectly.
This fable begins with the Merlin Wild symbol which substitutes for all other symbols except the bonus scepter symbol and the scatter symbol which is represented as the fiery Dragon.
The RTP (Return to Player Percentage) is 95.8% and the game plays with high volatility. This makes it an a appealing choice for high rollers though it can be a bit daunting for less experienced punters who will need to exercise prudence and patience. Wins do not land so frequently but when they do they can be rather substantial in size.
To begin gaming bets will need to be placed and the betting range is flexible offering multiple opportunities to satisfy all budgets. Minimum bets can be placed of $0.25 per spin and the maximum bet per spin is $6.25.
An optional Auto-play button can be used and this can help those who are conscious of maintaining a particular gaming budget. Likewise, it is a handy tool for those who prefer more fluidity in their gaming.
The first feature to understand is the reel sync mechanic. On every single spin two of the reels light up and this is shows the exact same symbols as they are synced. These reels do not have to be adjacent to each other and any of the five reels can be part of this feature as well. This causes two things making it easier to find three, four and five of a kind wins because you will always have at least two of a kind for many combinations. Secondly, it increases the overall hit rate of the game as a whole.
The purple hooded Merlin as the Wild appears on all five reels and he also offers the best payouts in the game. For five, four and three of a kind he pays out 1,000x, 200x and 40x respectively. The wild is part of the reels that sync up so it causes these wilds to expand on both reels making this is a very valuable mechanic.
Other symbols include Morgana the Queen which pays out 600x the wager for five. For five of the Excalibur sword players can earn 200x and 100x for five of the red potion symbols. The playing card symbols Ace through to 10 are rendered in metallic and with a medieval style font and these pay out between 50x, 40x and 30x for five of the same.
The first bonus feature is the free spins and three or more scattered dragons trigger it and 10 free spins are immediately awarded. The reel sync mechanic is not active here but instead one to three random reels will be hit with stacked wilds on every single turn. This leads to a lot more wilds and the feature can be retriggered.
Three of the crystal scepter symbols trigger the Crystal Ball Bonus Feature and here the board drops to being a format of 5×3 in size. Players begin with three bonus spins and all the reel positions spin to show a blank space, a bonus crystal ball or a ´¨+1 spin¨ symbol on each turn and this adds one spin to players total. Bonus crystal balls are accumulated during this feature and for every five of them players increase one level up on the payout meter. The meter starts at 3x and goes up to 6x, 9x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 50x, 100x, 200x and 500x. The feature ends when gamers reach 500x and then they are awarded with the best available payout. This feature can not be retriggered.
For the Buy Feature players can grab themselves 10 more free games by pressing the corresponding button at any time and this comes at a cost of 35x the total bet.
The Gamble Feature meanwhile offers a mini game which allows punters to win up to 50 extra spins by wagering the free games they already have.
Merlin´s Riches slot is fully compatible with mobile devices. Developed using HTML5 technology, it ensures smooth and seamless gameplay across all platforms including desktop, smartphones and tablets such as iOS apple, Android or Samsung with no compromise on graphics or functionality. This cross compatibility ensures players can enjoy the game from virtually anywhere.