Glory of Rome Microgaming

Here's another Roman-theme game from the medieval era of Julius Caesar, The Emperor of Rome. Coming from Microgaming, I wasn't too excited actually, because all previous such games had failed to live up to my expectations. There were games with good paytable but didn't pay well enough, and there were also games that had very low paytables but came out quite well in its gameplay. So which of the two will this Glory Of Rome game fall into?

The first thing that anyone would notice is the lack of any attracting features in the game. The graphics looked very dated and way behind. The overall colour scheme of the game lacks vibrancy, not attractive at all. The iconic presentation of Julius Caesar, the Queen, the Gladiator and the others could do better, but okay, so it is an oldie. Paytable wise, Caesar is the Wild symbol, paying 5000x the line bet for 5 of them, but is unfortunately a dumb Wild symbol. It only substitutes for the other symbols except for the Scatter symbol. No doubling of wins, no nothing. The Gladiator is the Scatter symbol, paying 100x the total bet as usual, and getting 3, 4 or 5 of these Scatters award a Free Spins game of 8 initial free spins. You need to pick 4 out of 9 shields to get more free spins or some cash prizes. The maximum you can get is 40 free spins with all wins doubled, but more free spins cannot be retriggered. The symbols pay from 1500x the line bet for 5 of the Queen, down to 100x the line bet for 5 of each kind. An average paytable.

Somehow or rather, when it's a Microgaming game, an average paytable would usually perform slightly better than a game with a better paytable, and this Glory of Rome is one of them. Whenever I played this game over the years, albeit only intermittently, I tended to get satisfactory gameplay quite often, but the dry runs simply cannot be ridden. I like the Free Spins game, not because of anything, but for its more consistent payouts range. Getting 40x - 50x bet size wins weren't that difficult to get, and that makes for a more pleasing gameplay in general. I also like the pick-a-shield feature to win more free spins or to win instant cash rewards of 10x the total bet for each shield. This ensured that the final payout from the free spins are more balanced, and I like this.

Glory of Rome is a great slot that comes from Microgaming software. I like everything when it comes to this game. I was getting all the time the max amount of free spins while I was playing. I am not sure if I was that lucky or this is something that happens all the time. I will definitely check this game again to see whether this is true or not.

I really liked the theme of this game as well. It depicts the legendary history of Rome and uses everything from colors through symbols and characters in this 5 reel 20 pay line slot. The wild in this game is Caesar and it can substitute for all others symbols except for the scatters. The Gladiator is the scatter symbol in this video slot.

The bonus feature is triggered by 3 or more Gladiators who can be anywhere on the reels. In this bonus feature there are 9 shields from which you can choose only 4. Each shield is hiding either a cash reward that is 10 x your bet or you can get 8 free spins. All your winnings during the free spins are doubled too. There is another feature here, if you choose 4 shields with coin prizes you will still have 8 free spins even when you get back to the base game. While you are in the free spin mode you cannot retrigger the free spins. I truly believe that no matter what your bet is you can still earn some decent amount of money in Glory of Rome video slot. I am assured that this game will pay you every time you make a deposit. It might not make you rich over night but it will give you some courage to continue playing it. Of course you have to try it for yourself and make your own decision about it.

Glory of Rome has 20 pay-lines and 5 reels. The theme in this game is associated with the ancient Rome. I really like the short, but instructive movie as an introduction to the game itself. You can see all the symbols of the once glorious and great empires in this movie, such as Gladiator, the Coliseum in Rome or the image of the Roman Emperor Cesar, etc.

Glory of Rome does not come with some really good graphics, but visually it does not look so bad. I really liked one small detail in this game. Here, instead of the Arabic numbers 9 and 10 on the symbols that are common for slot games you have symbols with the Roman numbers IX and X. This show how much the designers at Micrograming are paying attention to small details like this.

For me, the main drawback in this game is that it offers only one bonus feature. Three or more scatter symbols trigger this feature. You get 8 free spins + pick up bonus. More correctly, you have 9 shields and it is yours to click on 4 of them. Under each of these 9 shields are hiding cash prizes (10 x bet) or 8 extra free spins. Practically, we have a combination of free spins and a pick up bonus. I must admit I liked this combination of 2 bonuses and it looks like a good idea. During the free spins all of the wins are doubling, but the free spins can’t be retriggered.

I found this game recently. I made some 60-70 spins total here. I had the luck to get to the bonus feature in these spins. I got 16 free spins + three cash prizes of 10 x bet. In the end, I had some decent wins of 80 x bet. Unfortunately, I played with a minimum bet of 0,2 euros. All in all, it is an average Microgaming video slot game. So, for the Glory of Rome I am giving a passing grade 7 out of 10 possible stars.