Temple of Medusa Slot Machine: Review & Demo

All41 Studios has a brand new slot for Microgaming, yet another exclusive title that has resulted from this partnership. Temple of Medusa is its name, and as you can probably figure it out yourself, it’s inspired by the story of Medusa, a well known creature from the legends of Ancient Greece. They turned this game into something that mostly experienced players will check out, but there are some things which will disappoint as well, even though it does well in most areas.

Temple of Medusa offers 5x3 reels, along with 25 lines where combinations can form. Don’t expect much, this high volatility slot only has a 1,100x the stake jackpot to offer, but at least there is a decent RTP of 96.40%. As for the various features that come with it, there will be random prizes, spreading wilds and free spins.

Temple of Medusa Betting and Prizes

Once you pick the wager, you can start playing immediately. The smallest bet available is worth $0.10, while the highest it can go is $40. All lines are active, regardless of the wager size.

Players should expect a slot machine with fairly low top payouts, only 1,100x the stake being promised for a single spin, at most. The size of the payout might not suggest it, but the slot has high volatility, so we expected quite a bit more from it. It’s all a matter of how those wins are spread out among players, since the RTP is quite OK at 96.40%.

Slot Features

A big part of the game’s appeal will come from its features, and the symbol which makes most of it happen is the Medusa wild. Typically, it’s a symbol that you will get on the reels 2, 3 or 4, but it can spread to other positions as well, and you could very well get combinations with it, which will pay up to 25x the stake.

As a spreading wild, Medusa will occupy positions in one or more directions, and it could go to the horizontal, diagonal or vertical neighbors. Ideally, it’s going to do this in all directions, which would allow for 9 wilds to appear, on 3 full reels. It depends on the location of the triggering wild though.

That same Medusa Wild, can also act as scatter. Having it appear three times in a single round, gets you a free spins pick. The four options that you choose from are below.

• Mystery Pick: randomizes the number of spins and spreading wild directions.
• 5 free spins where spreading wilds go in 3 directions.
• 10 free spins with spreading wilds going in 2 directions.
• 15 free spins with spreading wilds only going in 1 direction.

One more feature should be mentioned, the Lucky Prize. It’s completely random, but quite powerful, as it can deliver a win of up to 1,000x the stake for that round.

Theme & Design

What you will get in Temple of Medusa, is a game with an Ancient Greek-inspired design, and with one of the main creatures from their mythology in the main role. Medusa was known as a woman with snakes growing out of her head, which would turn men into stone if they gazed upon her. This is the wild for the game, while other symbols range from the Pegasus, to helmets, Greek sandals or swords, along with five top Royals (10-A).

Conclusion

Temple of Medusa looks fine for a slot machine, has some interesting special features, but it also doesn’t manage to offer a big enough prize to make the action exciting, something that was needed since the volatility is high.