Slots Adventures

this is the first of the new slots i’m trying out.  it’s a video slot - 25 reels - up to 10 coins a line.  that’s a lot of wagering options.

 the theme is a cat’s school of magic, so it’s a cross between harry potter, and, i don’t know, some disney movie where all the characters are cats.  the intro flash movie is kindof cool.  they’re playing one of those sliding puzzle games where the tiles are letters instead of numbers, and eventually it spells out “Magic Spell”, then whisks you off to the slot. 

the slot has a line-up of cats on the reels, as well as some images from the school.  so there are books with a uniform necktie, a picture of the schoolhouse, things of that nature.

the WILD symbol is Master Tom.  here’s the unique thing about this symbol, it only substitutes for certain symbols.  so it’s not the traditional WILD that will fill in anywhere it’s needed.  instead, this guy only fills in winners with the other cat symbols.  typical cat thing, even the wild symbols on a slot machine are finicky!

besides filling in a winner, it’s also a multiplier.  it’ll multiply the value of the winner by five, so that’s quite a hike in the payout.

wait, i just hit a winner using the WILD, and now i’m officially confused.  here’s a shot of it . . .

i got paid, and the win was multiplied, and there were no cats involved.   maybe wince i landed three of the WILDS in a row?  i don’t know. 

lol, that’s the great thing about slots.  they just pay you for the winners, whether or not you can pick them out!

oh, here’s the payline layout . . .

another feature is the “MAGIC” round.  you need to line up 5 symbols for this one, instead of the usual “land three or more scatter symbols” approach.  i failed to land all five, so i can’t tell you what the bonus screen game is really like. 

i do know that once you hit the first two symbols, the machine goes into suspense mode.  the reels spin a little longer, and the music changes pitch.  and for me, it all snaps out of it once i miss landing that “i” on the fourth reel! lol.

at the moment, everyone must be getting in to the casinos and downloading/playing because the game is a bit jerky, like the computer connection is getting clogged or something.  the animation isn’t smooth, and it’s not really as much fun as it should be.  so, i’m walking away for a while.  i’ll get to reviewing the others tomorrow i hope, and i’m sure it’ll be more fun when things are all spinning smoothly.

but for now, my first impressions of the machine is that it has a couple of new twists to it, so that’s cool.