Prince of Olympus Slot - Age of the Gods

A Princely Offering?

If you’re keen on the Classical genre then the Prince of Olympus slot, one of Playtech’s Age Of The Gods series, could tempt you onto the reels for a Greek-God-themed mega game. This slot design powerhouse also makes games such as the Space Invaders slot and the Flintstones. The Age of Gods range is somewhat more classical.

I am a big fan of the Age Of The God series, they provide a rollicking ride with crisp graphics, stirring music, and most important of all, plenty of extras that ensure that the gameplay is heaven-sent.

Prince of Olympus is no exception: this game is packed with bonus features, free games and the series stalwart; a series of juicy Progressive Jackpots.

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The game is all about the big muscled classical hero Hercules, son of Zeus, King of the Immortals. He is the hero who completed the famous Herculean Labours (the impossible tasks). This game is a nod to this Princely immortal and his adventuring prowess, and the player takes on that same adventuring mantle and prepares to battle the monsters and chaos of the ancient world.

So how does the Prince of Olympus slot measure up to its siblings in the series? Will we be merrily sipping the nectar of the Gods? Let’s hope so. I got stuck in to find out.

Good looks, it’s got a truck load! Compare this slot to earlier Playtech games like Cowboys and Aliens and you can appreciate just how far things moved on with the AOTG series. The Prince of Olympus is a good-looking number. The graphics are high-end with rich colours and an image quality that wouldn’t look out of place in a movie.

There’s also the big drama soundtrack of an immortal battle to keep the atmosphere stratospheric.

Prince of Olympus Game Play

Prince of Olympus is a Playtech slot with five reels, three rows and twenty-five pay-lines. They also make games like the Love Boat slot machine, Top Gun and the Flintstones.

There is also an Auto-play and Turbo mode for those of you who like to lay back and watch those reels spin!

The high-value icons are straight out of the labours of Hercules with Cerberus, the three-headed dog, the golden apples of Hesperides, a club and jewelled belt. The low-value icons are the Ace – 9 of the card deck.

The Wild is the rather imposing head of the bearded Hercules himself wearing the skin of the Nemean Lion on his head (one of the victims of the tasks); this substitutes for all icons except for the Scatter and the Bonus.

The Wild does come with some heroic extras of its own; it has Herculean Strength, with locked expanding Wilds – a favourite feature of mine.

If you can get the prince himself on the centre of reel three, you get a locked expanding Wild with Hercules bursting through the reel and two re-spins.
If you can grab the Wild on reels 2, 3 and 4 then you can unleash your Herculean Strength to have a three reel expanding Wild with one re-spin.

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Pros and Cons

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Free Spins Game

The Scatter is the word Hercules and of you land three or more Scatters anywhere on the reels in the base game, you will rev things up with ten free games and a 3x multiplier.

Once you’re in the free spin mode, three Scatters will trigger further free games. But beware, you can’t get that Hydra Bonus while you’re in the free games.

The scary nine-headed Hydra (snake-like monster) is the Prince of Olympus’ Bonus and this is where the real fun comes in this series.

Hydra Bonus

If you can attract the horrid Hydra (Bonus) onto reels 1 and 5 then you enter the Hydra Bonus. You can join the hero himself in taking on the great big monster by firing arrows – if you hit a snake head you win cash! But if you get the monster with a sword then you get a multiplier of up to 5x. Just to keep gameplay super dramatic, there’s also a randomly triggered and satisfying Hercules Rage extra, which destroys all the Hydra’s heads and gives you all seven prizes.

AOTG Progressive Jackpots

The game’s progressive jackpot is in a similar vein to the others in the Age Of The Gods series, with a grid of twenty golden coins. Turn the coins and find three Jackpots of a kind and win. There are four different Jackpots from Power to Ultimate Power up for grabs.

Conclusion

I was not disappointed by this game, it sure is pretty and the extras are great. I loved the Hydra Bonus and Hercules Rage, I’ll be back, this is a game that is a “no-brainer” to play!

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