Temple of Medusa Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

Ancient Greece has been extremely popular with developers that are choosing themes for their slot machines, and it’s responsible for dozens of such games, if not hundreds. The choice will often revolve around Greek style objects and deities, or creatures from the civilization’s legends, and Temple of Medusa is no different. It’s a tame design, with a lot of green in it, inspired by the legend of Medusa, the woman with snakes on her head. Looking at her would turn men into stone, but fear not, I have looked upon this slot, and nothing of the sort happened to me.

It’s not a very exciting line-up of symbols, so while there will be images of Medusa or of Chrysaor and Pegasus, there are also others with swords, helmets, or sandals. You’re also going to see icons with the top Royals (Ten to Ace).

Developer

If you’re a player that knows his way around a Microgaming casino, then their strategy of collaborating with independent studios shouldn’t come as a surprise. In this case, we have a slot that comes from All41 Studios. It’s a partnership that resulted in several decent games already.

How To Play It

It’s a big betting range, going from $0.10 to $100, so it allows all types of players to check the slot out, without breaking their budget, regardless of how small or big it is.

In exchange, the game will offer a game area with a standard mix of 25 lines active on 5×3 reels. Get the required 3-5 matching symbols aligned from left to right, on the same line, and you get your win.

Special Features

As will often happen in such slots, the wild symbol is going to play a role, and it’s a bigger one than it’s given in many cases.

For starters, there will be a standard wild, a substitute that’s going to be combined with regular symbols, to give you new winning combinations. All the usual requirements for a combo still apply, but the wild will be able to take the place of a missing symbol, if it lands in that position. There is the possibility to create these wins with wilds alone, which is even better, since rewards go from the highest possible level of 15x for regular symbols, to 25x for 5 wilds.

And then, we have the mechanic that’s inspired by the legend of Medusa. Medusa herself will sometimes make an appearance, though she’s limited to reels 2-4. Getting her to show up, will trigger a transformation of symbols that are adjacent, into extra wilds. It’s not always going to happen for all of them, the transformation can happen in 1 to 4 directions.

Via three scatter symbols, shown on reels 2-4, the game can give you the free spins feature.

• 5 free spins with wilds spreading in 3 directions.
• 10 free spins with wilds that spread in 2 directions.
• 15 free spins with wilds spreading in 1 direction.
• Random option.

Maximum Payouts

A jackpot of up to 5,000x the stake is going to be on the table in Temple of Medusa, and you can trigger it at that level at random, or through regular wins during free spins. A single spin appears capable of paying at most 625x the stake (25 combinations of 5 wilds each, paying 25x the stake per line).

High volatility characterizes the gameplay of Temple of Medusa, and the RTP is at 96.40%.

Summary

Temple of Medusa doesn’t look bad, but I expected more in terms of special features and bigger rewards, particularly since it’s so volatile. Its graphics look average as well, it’s not the type to win awards for design.