Age of Gods Zeus Slot Review

The new Age of the Gods, online slot game, will be themed around Olympus and the 12 Greek gods. It is the first title promised in a series and will revolve around Zeus and his struggle to stay in control, as the leader of the gods.

He will battle the other members of his family, who want to replace him at the throne. In the succeeding months, more titles will be released in this series. The next games released, will revolve around other characters like Athena and Hercules. The details are still being kept firmly under wraps but the Age of Gods series is now one of the most highly anticipated slot games of early 2016.

Developer

Playtech developed this slot game. They are one of the biggest online gaming software supplier traded on the London Stock Exchange. The company started in 1999 with a focused approach on the continuous development of the best gaming products and content. The company’s headquarters is in the Isle of Man with 12 offices all over the world. Playtech has a good reputation in the online slot gaming industry.

Design

Age of Gods has a striking background, which is surely the first thing that the player will notice when the game starts. It has a very clean interface. The background image is blue and red. The two colors clash were the sky meets the mountains, and it creates a beautiful contrast. The design is very simple, and this is a standard 5 x 3 slots.

The high value symbols were meticulously designed and offer everything that is expected atop of Mount Olympus. The lower value symbols found on the reels are generic numbers and letter symbols.

However, special characters like Zeus (the wild), Pegasus, Dios and Aetos are the high value and bonus symbols. On the top of the reels is the progressive jackpot and the panel is below. The panel buttons use a Greek font for an authentic feel. It is clean and neatly houses all the game’s controls.

How to Play

Zeus is the highest paying symbol, which substitutes for all the symbols except scatter. It rewards the user with 3000 times the line bet if there are 5 on any active payline. Age of the Gods has 25 paylines. The user controls elements are similar to most virtual slot machines. On the bottom of the screen are 3 buttons, Auto Play, Turbo Mode and The Spin button.

Most experienced gamers know of Auto Play and Spin buttons, Turbo Mode is the only irregularity it is just a feature in new Playtech slots, which allow the player to spin the reels fast.

Special Features

The primary attraction of this game is it Free Games feature which is trigger when the player gets at least 3 Temple of Zeus symbols on the reels. The player will then be given 10 free spins together with an increasing multiplier. This feature starts with a 2x multiplier which increases by 1 during every 2 free spins.

Thus, free spins 3 and 4 will have a 3x multiplier while free spins 5 and 6 will have a 4x multiplier; free spins 7 and 8 will have a 5x multiplier and free spins 9 and 10 will have a 6x multiplier. However, the Zeus symbol will become locked in the middle position on the 3^rd reel when the feature is activated. The downside of this feature is that the user won’t be able to retrigger additional free spins.

Maximum Payout

The game features four levels of a progressive jackpot: Power, Super Power, Extra Power and Ultimate Power. With any kind of progressive jackpot the total value changes. All jackpots are won randomly and the player is taken to the Jackpot game where there is a 4 x 5 grid with 20 squares that hide different jackpot symbols. If the player matches 3, the jackpot will be won.

Summary

Age of the Gods Zeus is very similar to the retired Iron Man 2 game. The graphics are a lot better and there are additional features that make it an attractive proposition. The progressive jackpots make this a very alluring game. There are hundreds of thousands of dollars to be won, in this exciting game.