Medusa Megaways Slot Review
Megaways slots are the great success story of recent years and slot providers are lining up to be able to make Megaways slot games under license. After Blueprint Gaming, Relax Gaming, Red Tiger, WMS and of course Big Time Gaming itself, Nextgen Gaming is the sixth slot provider to venture into a Megaways slot machine. Now Nextgen Gaming is one of the largest and most successful casino games makers, so making a great Megaways slot is a logical choice for this game provider, which has been active since 1999. With their first Megaways release, Nextgen Gaming chose to give an existing success song, the Medusa slot, a Medusa Megaways version.
A very smart choice: Medusa is one of the best known and best online slots ever made. By choosing Medusa as the theme, Nextgen keeps it familiar and at the same time manages to arouse curiosity. You bet that all those many Medusa fans are very curious about Medusa Megaways.
How to play at Medusa Megaways slot machine?
Medusa Megaways is a classic Megaways slot that is very similar in design to Bonanza Megaways and Extra Chilli Megaways. There are 6 reels, with the middle 4 reels having a varying number of rows of symbols each spin. This creates a maximum of 117,649 ways to win each spin. Winning combinations disappear, and new symbols take their place. This way you can run multiple winning combos in a row. You bet from 0.25 per spin and that increases to a hefty 25 per spin. The variance is particularly high: it is possible to win up to 50,000 x the total bet.
The theoretical payout percentage is split into two percentages. If you only play the basic game, an RTP of 96.28% applies. If you choose to use the Bonus Buy feature (called a Buy Pass), the payout percentage will increase significantly, to 97.63%. If you can afford it (the Buy Pass costs 75 x the bet), then it is better to purchase the bonus feature directly.
Symbols and Payouts
For players who are familiar with Medusa and Medusa II, Medusa Megaways is a celebration of recognition: all the symbols you know so well will be reflected in the game. The dangerous Medusa is wild and substitutes for all symbols except the scatter symbols. If you spin a 6-of-a-kind of the Pegasus or of the fossilized soldiers, you win 750 coins and 150 coins respectively. The other premium symbols pay out between 20 and 50 coins on a 6-of-a-kind.
The low symbols consist of the card symbols 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. These are all worth 10 coins with 6 of the same. This may seem like very little, but make no mistake: the wilds, the many ways to win, and the multipliers (in the bonus) can also make huge payouts on the card symbols.
Free spins bonus
The free spins bonus is activated as soon as you manage to spin 3 or more scatters. The first 3 scatters give you 10 free spins, each scatter on top gives +5 free spins. You start the free spins with a 2x multiplier and every time you spin a winning combination, the multiplier is increased by +1. There is no limit on the height of the multiplier and the multiplier is never reset. Everything you grab, you will benefit from the rest of the free spins. You can win extra free spins during the bonus round: 3 scatters will give you +5 free spins.
Earn extra wilds and scatters
If special soldiers fall on the reels, you can earn extra wilds or scatters. If the soldier is bitten by the snake on the left, you win an extra wild in his position. If the right snake bites the soldier, it turns into a scatter symbol and can help you win a retrigger. Furthermore, the beautiful but deadly Medusa can show her face and turn into multiple wild symbols.
Temptation Feature
The Temptation Feature is an amazing extra feature on Medusa Megaways, At the end of the free spins bonus, Medusa gives you the chance to replay the bonus round in its entirety. You even get to see the best option: keep the winnings or replay the bonus. But what do you do if you already have a mega profit and Medusa indicates that you better play the bonus feature again?
What do we think of the Medusa Megaways slot?
We were already a huge fan of the Medusa slot machine and he is perhaps even a bigger fan of these Medusa Megaways. This slot has everything to become a huge hit: unique features, a bold theme and a skyrocketing payout percentage.
