How would you like to live as a Spartan gladiator? You don’t have to put your own life on the line, yet there are plenty of fortunes to enjoy if you succeed. Here’s a slot that recreates the battle experience quite well – Fortunes of Sparta by Blueprint Gaming. You’ll trudge through the base game and get riled up by the amazing graphics and music. Then, the major bonuses will hit you by surprise. Sparta Wild symbols, Sparta Streak Wild and spin bonuses will hit you from left, right and center! In the midst of all this action, your casino balance will just clocking itself up and you’ll walk away with riches that befit a hero. Trust me, you do not want to miss out on this game.
Game Basics
The game employs the usual slot set up. There are 5×3 reel configuration and 20 (fixed) paylines in all. Games start from 25p per spin to £125, if you dare. There are nine high-value symbols in this game – two different Spartan warriors (one wields a sword while the other a shield), gorgeous Queen Gorgo (the damsel that every warrior strives to woo), a military ship, a breastplate, a shield, a pair of crossed swords and an urn. Indeed, the scene is set for a pretty epic battle. Don’t forget the Wild symbol too. This would be the temple in the clouds. In Fortunes of Sparta, you could earn up to 100,000x your line bet if you can score five of these in a row!
The most rewarding moment in any Fortunes of Sparta session is when you find a fiery Spartan Streak Wild on the centre reel. The Wild temple symbol will immediately expand to cover the entire third reel before spinning. If you create a winning combination, the winning symbols are locked in place while the reels start another free re-spin. This streak continues for all additional wins. If any additional wins are created, the symbols hold sticky and the reels re-spin again. This Spartan Streak Wild basically ignites a jumbo-sized, super enjoyable win streak.
Fortunes of Sparta also surprises players with a fabulous return to player percentage – 97.05%. If you haven’t been following these numbers closely, let me remind you what a great payout percentage that is. The game is highly volatile too. Brace yourself for a few moments of boring quiet, followed by a sudden barrage of features and wins. It’s like they’ve tried to reenact the emotions you’d experience in a real battle.
Bonus Features
The Spartan Spins bonus is a serious joy-maker. It is triggered when three or more Bonus scatter symbols (marked with the Omega sign) appear on the reels. The first three Bonus symbols are held in view before the reels re-spin. If any additional Bonus Symbols land in view, these hold in place before the reels re-spin again.
This continues until no further Bonus symbols land in view or until a full reel of Bonus Symbols are shown. The final number of bonus symbols that you amass when the reels settle dictates the number of extra spins that you can now enjoy. Three bonus symbols give you eight extra spins; four symbols give you 10 extra spins and so on. It’s technically possible to get 10 bonus symbols and 100 extra spins.
- Three scatters – 8 spins
- Four scatters – 10 spins
- Five scatters – 12 spins
- Six scatters – 15 spins
- Seven scatters – 20 spins
- Eight/Nine scatters – 50 spins
- Ten+ scatters – 100 spins
How Does The Game Perform?
The game looks just as you would expect. There are Grecian columns flanking the reels, swords and heavy armory all over the reels; as well as a bloody tint of colour across the entire screen. Then, there’s the dramatic background music and husky female voice-over. The game designers have incorporated every single Spartan-related element they can think of to get you in the mood for battle.
The Feature That You Should Look Out For
Today’s pop culture cannot get enough of the Spartans. Perhaps it was the 300 film series that started this obsession. Every year, producers outdo each other with even more brutal warrior fights and epic Persian fantasies. It’s easy to experience the Spartan action hands on through slots. Fortunes of Sparta joins the family of many Roman-themed slots like Thrones of Egypt, Leonidas King of Spartans, Age of Spartans and Quest for Immortality. Nothing seems to enrapture players more than the quest of donning heavy metal armour, sailing the rocky seas and battling other fortune-hungry gladiators.
And Finally…
The one truly magical element of the Fortunes of Sparta game is how it makes every single player feel like a hero at the end of a gaming session. I personally put this down to the game’s amazing win-streaks. The game delivers many, many win streaks too; each episode boosts your wallet by a considerable amount! No slot player could ever turn these down.
