Microgaming is renowned for its entertaining online casino games. The company teamed up with All41 Studios to produce Temple of Medusa, a rock-solid, Greek mythology-themed online slot.
Temple of Medusa has everything you should look for in the best jackpot slots: An intriguing theme and back story, excellent graphics, entertaining gameplay, and the opportunity to win big if luck is on your side.
Take a look at one of Microgaming’s best online slot machine games in this detailed review.
Game Overview
According to ancient Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three fearsome Gorgons – terrifying winged women who had venomous snakes instead of hair. Anyone who looked Medusa in the eyes would promptly be turned into stone.
Like its namesake, Temple of Medusa is volatile, but luckily for online gambling fans, it’s unlikely that you’ll be turned to stone.Â
There’s also a host of exciting features to look forward to, with spreading wilds that cover the reels diagonally, horizontally, and vertically. Then there’s the slot’s bonus round to look forward to, where you have the choice of a number of different bonus features. Finally, there’s a lucky prize that can strike at any time during the game, delivering an instant win of 1,000x the original wager. The maximum prize in Temple of Medusa is 5,000x the original stake.
How To Play
Temple of Medusa slot is played on three rows, five reels, and 25 paylines. Like most online slot games, you simply have to land more than three matching symbols or wilds from left to right on a payline to form a winning combination.
You can play this online slot from between 10c and $40 per spin. All you have to do is click on the little coin icon, which is located to the right of the reels, to choose your starting wager amount.Â
If you’re deciding whether you should play slots or table games, it’s always important to look at the return to player (RTP) percentage of both. In this case, Temple of Medusa has an above-average RTP of 96.4% and the hit frequency rate comes in at 31.1%. While this is a highly volatile slot, the maximum win amount in the base game isn’t massive at 1,100x your total stake.
Graphics
As you’d expect from any casino game themed after a terrifying figure, the soundtrack is rather menacing. It plays in the background while you spin the reels and creates an impressively dark atmosphere. A perfect homage to Medusa.
The reels are located within Medusa’s marble temple, and the Greek-style pillars are covered in fearsome green snakes. When it comes to symbols, you’ll find the usual ace-10 playing cards, but these are carved out of stone. These are the lowest-paying symbols. The sword, winged sandals, a Greek warrior’s helmet, and a pair of boars are slightly higher in value. The highest-value symbol in the base game is the winged horse Pegasus, which pays 2x, 8x, or 15x your total stake for landing three, four, or five across a payline.
Medusa acts as the game’s wild, and she’ll substitute for all standard symbols to help form a winning combination. She can also turn other positions wild, as you’ll see in the feature section below. Land three, four, or five wilds on the reels, and you’ll get 2,5x, 10x, or 25x your total stake.
Features
This is one of those casino games that has a number of cool features to look forward to.
Lucky Prize Feature
This is a completely random prize that can trigger during the base game. It will award a random prize of 1,000x your total stake.Â
Spreading Wilds Feature
When you land the Medusa wild symbol, she uses her snakes to spread out across the reels and turn adjoining symbols into wilds, too. Medusa can spread horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. These symbols can only appear on the three middle reels, but you could end up with a cluster of nine wilds, which will create a hefty payout.
Bonuses and Jackpots
Medusa also acts as the game’s scatter symbol, and if you land three on the same spin, you’ll trigger the Free Spins feature. Once activated, you’ll get to choose between the following spreading wild and free spin combinations:
- 15 free spins where the wild spreads in one direction
- 10 free spins where the wild spreads in two directions
- 5 free spins where the wild spreads in three directions
There’s also a Mystery Free spins option that you can choose if you’re feeling lucky. This will award an unknown number of free spins. If you’re unlucky, you’ll get five free spins and wilds spreading in just one direction. However, if luck is on your side, you could end up with 15 free spins and wilds spreading in all directions when they land.
Landing three Medusa symbols in the same free spins will retrigger the round and give you a 2x payout. You’ll then get to play another round of the Free Spins feature that you choose.
Similar Games
If you’re not quite ready to move onto casino table games and want to stick with similar-themed slots a bit longer, then you should check out the following slots on the BetMGM site:
- Zeus vs Hades, Gods of War
- Hercules, Son of Zeus
- Rise of Medusa: Arena of Gods
- Hercules & Pegasus
- Cyclops Smash
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