Esmeralda is a progressive video slot with 5 reels and 25 pay-lines powered by Playtech software provider. This slot is inspired with the character from the Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame novel. The reels are transparent and they are set against the red backdrop with red roses. Give this slot a free spin here on this page or visit Playtech Casinos to play for real money.
Before you immerse yourself in this romantic storyline, you are advised to set your bets. By clicking on "Line Bet" you will control coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 1. "Start" will set the reels in motion once, after you choose your betting range. "Auto Play" is used to spin the reels without interruption for a chosen number of times, and "Turbo Mode" is used to spin the reels twice as faster than usual. "Double Up" will start the gamble feature after the win.
Esmeralda herself is the Wild symbol and it substitutes for all other symbols in the game except for the Scatter symbol. Also, the Wild can form winning combos on its own. If you land 5 Wilds on any active pay-line you will win the progressive jackpot.
Red Rose is the Scatter symbol and it appears stacked on the reels. If you land 8 or more of these on the reels on a single spin you will trigger Free Spins feature. Once triggered you can win between 15 and 70 free spins and it all depends on the number of symbols.
Each time you land a winning combo you can try to double it using the gamble feature. Once you land a win you need to click on Double Up. You will be taken to another screen with cards. If you try to guess a suit your wins can be quadrupled and if you try to guess the color of the card next to be drawn you can double your winnings. If you make a wrong guess you will lose your stakes and you will be taken back to the base game.
Game Play
Line Bet: Regulate coins size.
Start: Set the reels in motion.
Double Up: Start the Gamble feature.
Auto Play: Spin the reels without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Turbo Mode: Spin the reels twice as faster than usual.
Just look at that beautiful gorgeous red-haired red-lips Esmeralda! Ooh-boy, she melts me down like ice on a hot plate! I haven't seen the movie, or telemovie, or whatever, dang, how I wish I had, but never mind, I still get to play with Esmeralda with my fingers, woohoo! Hahaha. This is a relatively new addition to Playtech stable of games, being released at about the same time as a few of Marvel Jackpot games. Esmeralda cannot do being just a normal slot, that would be rather unjustified for such a beautiful Spanish Lady, so she has a Progressive Jackpot on her side, to really heat things up for you and me.
If you're expecting a normal game play as you would get from any other slot game, you're wrong. If you think the paytable would be just like any other too, you're wrong. If you think...err...never mind, I think you've already got the picture! Gorgeous Esmeralda is the Wild symbol, of course. Get 5 of her and you win 15,000x the line bet. For me, if I can get just one Esmeralda I'd be very happy enough! Hehehe. Red Roses are the scatter symbol. Unlike any other, these Red Roses are stacked on every reel. You need to get 5, 6 or 7 of them to get a 2x total bet payout, 8 Roses would activate the 15 free spins game, plus a 16x total bet payout, but 15 Red Roses would pay a nice 30x total bet payout plus 70 free spins to go! Well, 30x for all 15 Roses aren't really a lot, by any scatters standard, but this is definitely not like any normal scatter you have seen. Come to think of it, neither is Esmeralda, because I haven't seen any other more beautiful Wild than her. Or maybe I'm just blinded by her! Hahaha.
Playing Esmeralda can be a lot of fun, yeah, slot wise. My balance would go up at times, play yo-yo at other times, or simply go all the way down in bad times. The Wild Esmeralda substitutes for all symbols during the free spins game, so it becomes slightly easier to get retriggers from 8 or more Red Roses. Nonetheless, I have only managed to get one or two retriggers so far, so the heat in this game is nothing like Safari Heat at all. Things do get hot, but not scorching hot thus far.
Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas is just like me, or rather, I'm like him, height wise that is, but he's been more luckier than me in a million ways, so I ain't complaining. All I'm asking is to be more lucky in this game, but I haven't, so there's actually a tiny biny bit of a reason to complain. Nothing can be all good all the time, right? So, what is it that I want to complain? Well, the free spins game doesn't have a win multiplier, as they usually would do, the Wild doesn't expand as I would like it to, and the free spins can be blardy hard to come by too. Oh, one more thing. I wish I could win more on this game too! Hahaha.