GATES OF HADES FREE SLOT REVIEW
The Gates of Hades slot created by Pragmatic Play plays out on a 6 x 4-reel grid and comes with 95.50% RTP and a high variance level. Hades, one of the greatest Greek gods is brought to life in this game. Players upon initiating their gaming session get to meet Hades at the sanctuary housing all Greek gods that is Olympus where Hades is acting as the guard and protector.
GAME LAYOUT
A mountainous range surrounded by high-rising boulders provides background graphics for the slot machine. The entirety of the 6 x 4-reel grid is covered by a purple wall.
PAYTABLE |
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SYMBOLS |
ON A PAY LINE | |||
| 12-30 | 10-11 | 8-9 | 1-7 | |
| Hades | 200.00 | 10.00 | 6.00 | – |
| A face mask | 100.00 | 50.00 | 20.00 | – |
| An hourglass | 50.00 | 20.00 | 5.00 | – |
| A pink and bronze artefact | 30.00 | 10.00 | 4.00 | – |
| A chalice | 24.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | – |
| The red gem | 20.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | – |
| The purple gem | 16.00 | 2.40 | 1.60 | – |
| The orange gem | 10.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | – |
| The green gem | 10.00 | 1.80 | 0.80 | – |
| The blue gem | 4.00 | 1.50 | 0.50 | – |
SYMBOLS
Incorporated reel symbols include a face mask, an hourglass, a pink and bronze artefact, a chalice and different coloured gems.
BONUSES
- Wild: Gates of Hades features no wild symbol.
- Scatter: Hades acts as the scatter symbol.
- Tumble Feature: Tumbles are a unique feature incorporated in the game which trigger automatically when a win line is landed. When they activate, the payout for the previous win line is paid but before the next paid spin, the winning symbols disappear and in their positions, new symbols land. These new symbols once they land necessitate the evaluation of new win lines. If any new win lines emerge, pays are awarded and the tumbles feature retriggers. The beauty of the tumbles feature is that it keeps retriggering infinitely for as long as new win lines emerge.
- Multiplier Symbols: Multiplier symbols are represented by colourful crown jewels. These symbols land randomly on the reels despite the mode players are playing. When they land, each symbol carries a random multiplier value ranging from 2x to 500x. At the end of tumbles when there are multiplier symbols in view, players will see the total payout multiplied by the sum of all multiplier values on the reels.
- Free Spins Feature: Four scatters which land on the reels simultaneously help trigger the free spins feature where an initial 15 free spins are awarded. Three or more scatters landing simultaneously during the feature award an extra 5 free spins. All multiplier symbols that land during the feature help improve the payouts awarded to players as their multiplier values are multiplied by the payouts before they are paid.
- Ante Bet: Gates of Hades’ bet multiplier may be increased by 25x via the ante bet and when this happens, players enhance their chances of triggering the bonus features as scatters land more frequently.
CLOSING
Gates of Hades is Pragmatic Play’s latest addition to its ancient civilization (Greek version) franchise. The game comes with an enterprising math model as evidenced by the max payout is an impressive 5,000x the bet per spin. Overall an excellent slot game release from Pragmatic Play