merlin journey of flame slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

If there’s a more popular wizard out there than Merlin, I’ve certainly never heard of him! He even has a lady friend nowadays – Lady Merlin, courtesy of Boomerang Studios, scored 7.6 in our review of the game earlier last year. Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg – games such as Power of Merlin Megaways have also proven immensely popular with slots players, and then you have games such as the Avalon series of slots by Microgaming, which also feature Merlin in some context or another. This wizard is everywhere – at least one must be an imposter! The voice actor playing the guy in this Play’N’Go slot sounds pretty convincing to me though – I mean, damn, I’m still saying ‘ferocious power’ over and over in my head even now! 

I usually begin by talking about the regular-paying symbols, but in this case, I will have to defer to the scatter symbols first! The wild/scatter dragon egg can pay you up to a massive 7,500x your total bet during the free spins or a still respectable 5,000x during the base game. Not bad, eh? It feels like far too long since I’ve seen a slot released with such a tidy scatter-symbol payout. Now let’s get onto those regular symbols – we’ve got Merlin himself, who offers a 7,500 coin payout – that’s an important distinction from the 7,500x payout for the scatter symbols, but the great thing is that if Merlin happens to be your special symbol during the bonus round, a full screen of his symbol will still get you that same elusive 7,500x jackpot (750x for a single payline). The magic crystal is worth a maximum of 300x for all six symbols, whilst the magic book can get you 100x, and the green potion bottle returns the same 100x for a six of a kind combination. As for the low pays, Play’N’Go has opted to use runes to represent these – the yellow and orange colours are worth 20x for a six of a kind combination, whilst the remaining red, green, and blue varieties will fetch you 10x the bet for all six of those symbols. 

I’m pleased to say that Play’N’Go’s typical high-quality bet selection setup is back once again in this release, although they haven’t bothered with their quick bet selection bar on this occasion for some reason – instead, we get three selectors for the coin value, number of coins, and number of pay lines, which gives a great deal of flexibility between the minimum/maximum wagers of €0.10 and €100.00 per spin.

base game & modifiers

The base game of Merlin: Journey of Flame looks pretty standard, to begin with – it features a five-reel layout, and with just ten fixed paylines, you will see a few more dead spins when playing this machine than usual. Some players don’t like this setup very much, but for me, winning a lot more just a little less often is a worthy trade-off to make in these circumstances. Of course, you’ll end three matching symbols starting from the left to score yourself a win, except for the dragon egg, which does have a payout for just two symbols (during the free spins mode only).

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merlin journey of flame slot bonus features

There’s only a single bonus round included in Merlin: Journey of Flame, but it’s a good one, thankfully! You’ll need to land at least three scatter symbols to trigger the feature, and although you don’t receive any extra spins for hitting more than three scatters, the additional cash payout is more than enough to make up for this, in my opinion!

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