Cirque du slots is 5 reels and 25 pay-lines video slot powered by Rival software provider. This slot is inspired with everything that goes in a circus. The reels are completely transparent, without any frame, and they are set against the purple stage background. The sounds playing in the background are somewhat mysterious much like the magic itself. Give this slot a free spin here or visit any of the Rival Casinos to play for real money.
Before you take a seat for this show, you should set your bet. By clicking on "+/-" you can set the coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 0.25. The number of lines can be set by clicking on "Select Lines" and by clicking on "Select Coins" you will adjust the number of coins per line. "Bet Max" sets the maximum bet and starts turning the reels automatically. "Auto" will turn the reels automatically without interruption but it is available only when playing for real money, and "Spin" will set the reels in motion.
The Wild symbol in the game is the performer, and it is an expanding Wild. It will expand whenever it is possible to forma a win, and this does not include scatters. The symbol comes with the x3 multiplier, and it can substitute for any other symbol in the game.
The game has 3 acts, and 3 or more Unicycle symbols anywhere on the screen will advance gameplay to the next act. Also, this symbol can form small winning combos.
The Clown symbol will trigger Free Spins if you hit 3 or more of these anywhere on the reels. The symbol also forms scatter wins. Once you trigger free spins you will be awarded with 7 free spins, and they cannot be retriggered. Wilds behave differently through different acts during Free Spins. In act 1 it expands horizontally. In act 2 can expand either horizontally or vertically plus you will get x2 multiplier, and in act 3, Wild can expand both vertically and horizontally.
Game Play
+/-: Set the coins size.
Select Lines: Set the number of lines.
Select Coins: Set the number of coins to bet per line.
Bet Max: Set the maximum possible bet.
Spin: Start the reels.
Auto: Set the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
I've never been a fan of any circus-themed games, either old or new, because these games just couldn't meet up to my expectations. Even a popular game like 'Golden Ticket' couldn't excite me enough. Some other older games are fairly good too, but they are usually without any Free Spins or Bonus games, and that doesn't thrill me either. This Cirque Du Slots game looks okay at first glance, but the graphics seem to be a bit lacking in depth and vibrancy. Not that pleasing as I would like it to be, but a good game play would put all that matter aside. Can Cirque Du Slots perform good enough? Let's find out.
The Green Girl is the Wild symbol. It doesn't pay anything for itself, it doesn't become stacked or expanded in the base game, but it substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter and Bonus symbols, and triples all wins in the base game only. It doesn't triple wins during the free spins. What a waste! During the free spins, the Wild symbol can expand horizontally, vertically, or in both directions, depending in which 'Act' the Wild symbol appears. The Clown is the Scatter symbol, 5 of which pays a very low 25x the total bet amount, and getting 3 or more of them triggers 7 free spins without any win multiplier, and cannot be retriggered. Oh sheesh! The Monocycle is the Bonus symbol, also paying 25x the total bet for 5 of them, and getting 3 or more of the Monocycle advances the game into the next 'Act'. As for the other symbols in the game, they pay from a low 600x to 40x the line bet for 5 of each kind. For a 25-paylines game, this paytable is disappointingly very low!
There are 3 'Act's in the game. In Act 1, during the free spins, the Wild symbol can expand horizontally. In Act 2, during the free spins, the Wild symbol can expand horizontally or vertically, and doubles all wins. In Act 3, during the free spins, the Wild symbol can expand in both directions at the same time, but doesn't double the wins.
After playing this game a few times over several months, I have realised that getting the expanding 5 Wilds in the Free Spins games pay very lowly indeed. I had those Wilds expanded horizontally from reel 1 to reel 5, for 5-of-a-kind Wild win, a few times in total, but the payouts were unbelievably damn low, from just 5x to 10x my total bet amount! Gees! I had wanted to get screenshots of these wins, but seeing that the payout was not even 10x my bet amount, I decided not to. This Cirque Du Slots game has the worst and the lowest paying 5 Wilds win I have ever come across! Upon realising this only recently, after my last play on it, I will never ever play it again!