Triple Edge Studios have teamed up with Microgaming once again to bring us their newest
release, Poseidon Ancient Fortunes Megaways 🍌 – an action packed adventure sequel to the
Ancient Fortunes series. Choosing to use Big Time Gaming‘s most popular mechanic,
🍌 Megaways, is an interesting approach as so often players will give any new release a
chance once they see those 🍌 respected 8 golden letters. Visually, Triple Edge Studio is
taking us underwater, with clear blue waters, teal reels, 4 impressive 🍌 jackpots, and a
glowing chest at the bottom left. RTP is a fair 95.98%, with wins of over 10,000x
available, 🍌 and medium volatility levels, giving the potential to be an enjoyable
experience for players of all stakes.
Poseidon Ancient Fortunes Megaways 🍌 Base
Features
Taking place across 6 reels, with an additional horizontal reel at the top of
reels 2-5, Poseidon Ancient Fortunes 🍌 adopts the Megaways mechanic, allowing between 2
and 6 symbols to land on each reel for up to 117,649 ways 🍌 to win. Continuing with their
Rolling Reels™, winning symbols are removed from the board, allowing new symbols to
drop in 🍌 their place to form new wins.
Symbols adopt the theme well, with no standard
royal symbols in play, and instead an 🍌 array of underwater characters making up the pay
table, with pays beginning at 3 of a kind. At the lower 🍌 end, shells, crabs, dolphins,
bulls, horses and octopuses reward players anywhere between 0.8 and 1.8x bet for
landing 6 of 🍌 a kind. Green, blue and red gems award between 2 and 7.5x bet, again for 6
of a kind. Poseidon 🍌 is our premium symbol, paying for 2 of a kind, and coming in at an
impressive 50x bet if you 🍌 manage 6 of a kind. Finally, wild symbols substitute all
symbols except scatters, only appearing on the extra, top reel.
Jackpots
Wild 🍌 symbols
also factor into the jackpot feature on the left hand side of the game. As wild symbols
land across 🍌 the top reel, they are collected in the chest at the bottom left of the
screen, and once all cascades 🍌 have finished, there is a chance to trigger the jackpot
round, where players can win one of 4 jackpots:
Mini Jackpot: 🍌 15x bet
15x bet Minor
Jackpot: 50x bet
50x bet Major Jackpot: 100x bet
100x bet Mega Jackpot: 5,000x bet
The
jackpot round plays 🍌 out much like a standard picking bonus, with 12 facedown tokens in
view. Players continue picking tokens, until they match 🍌 3 of a kind, wherein the
associated jackpot will be awarded. The more wild tokens collected in the chest, the
🍌 higher the chance of triggering the jackpot round.
Poseidon Ancient Fortunes Megaways
Bonus
Landing G, O, L and D scatter symbols awards 🍌 12 free spins, with +5 scatters also
available, awarding 5 extra spins for each in view. Free Spins work alongside 🍌 an
incrementing multiplier, beginning at x1, and increasing by 1 for every Rolling Reels
win. Scatter symbols can land along 🍌 the top reel during free spins. Landing 3 or 4
scatter symbols awards an extra 5 or 10 spins, respectively. 🍌 Jackpots can be won in
free spins alongside the base game, so wild symbols that land during free spins
continue 🍌 to be collected.
First Impression
Poseidon Ancient Fortunes Megaways makes
good use of what is provided, and as expected maintains a level 🍌 of excitement given the
Megaways mechanic in use. The theme is well executed, and will inevitably be well
received by 🍌 fans of similar releases. Whilst the base game is not well set apart from
other Megaways editions available, the addition 🍌 of jackpots adds a nice touch. Many
players enjoy chasing those life changing amounts that Progressive Jackpots such as
Mega 🍌 Moolah offer, but many others prefer lower, more “achievable” jackpots, and with
the Mega sitting at 5,000x, it feels achievable 🍌 enough to warrant a grind from time to
time.
On the free spins side of things, the setup is fairly standard. 🍌 12 free spins
with an multiplier incrementing by x1 for each win is exactly what we expect from
Megaways, however 🍌 we’ve seen before that those 12 free spins can deliver the wins
promised in this slot: already there have been 🍌 several wins over 10,000x. RTP is
standard at 95.98%, however the only real rush of adrenaline lies within the highest
🍌 available symbol, unless the progressive multiplier is in play. As an added plus,
volatility sits on the medium side, so 🍌 players who love a Megaways slot, particularly
with jackpot excitement, yet prefer not to verge towards high/extreme volatility may
find 🍌 joy within this release.
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