Great Griffin Slot is a magic-themed 50-payline video slot, running on the Microgaming software platform. There are 5 reels set against the old alchemist’s laboratory background. The game features colourful symbols such as a bird feather, a book of spells, and a glowing liquid. These symbols are the necessary ingredients when it comes to making a magic potion. Give Great Griffin Slot a spin for free, or visit any of the Microgaming Casinos to play for real money.
Before you enter the world of sorcery, you are advised to set your bets first. There are up to 50 paylines players can bet on. “Coin size” ranges from 0.01 to 0.10, while the number of “Coins” varies from 1 to 10. “Bet Max” shows the value equal to the number of paylines selected, multiplied by the bet per line value. Click on the “Expert” button to access the “Autoplay” option. Players need to push “Spin” to start the game.
The Wild is the Great Griffin legendary creature. It acts as a replacement for other game symbols, except the Scatter and the Hooded Lady icon. The game’s Scatter is the Great Griffin logo.
Griffin Wild Bonus is randomly activated once Great Griffin Bonus symbol flies across the reels changing some symbols into the Wild ones. The only symbols that will not be replaced by the Wild are the Scatter and the Hooded Lady.
Free Spins feature is triggered when players land at least 3 Scatters simultaneously anywhere on the reels. Players can choose between 3 sets of Free Spins, with each option giving a different winning multiplier value. Namely, 15 Free Spins carry a 3x multiplier, whereas 10 Free Spins come with a 5x multiplier, and 5 Free Spins will offer players 10x the value of their total bet.
Players can benefit from Pick Me Bonus which is activated when at least 3 Hooded Lady symbols occur simultaneously in any position on the reels 2, 3 or 4. The Lady symbols will then transform into ‘Pick Me’ symbols and players will need to pick one of these symbols in order to reveal the prize. There is a possibility of revealing a “Pick Again” card, or even better, a “Win All” prize.
Any payline win will activate the Gamble Feature. Once it is activated, simply click on the Gamble button and start the Gamble Game. You can skip the feature, or play in order to increase your winning chances. If you guess the colour of the card, your winning will be doubled. In case you guess the suit, the winning will be quadrupled. Remember, if you make a wrong guess, you will lose and will be taken back to the main game.
Game Play
Lines: Set the number of lines to bet on.
Coin size: Set the coin value.
Coins: Set the number of coins per line to wager.
Bet Max: Sets the maximum bet that the slot allows.
Autoplay: Sets the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Spin: Set the reels in motion.
When I think of the name Griffin, my mind was thinking of someone with special powers, like the Griffin character in the movie 'Men In Black 3'. That Griffin was an alien, he came down to Earth to assist the Men In Black in saving the world from the villain Boris The Animal. Oh boy, that was one alien movie I loved watching. Have seen it many times already. Hilarious in many ways, yet amazingly intellectual in some ways, and really makes me wonder what else could be there in this world that we don't even know or cannot comprehend yet. The possibilities are really mind-boggling, but that's another story.
The Great Griffin in this game is none other than a special bird, an eagle-lookalike, if not an eagle, that can transform symbols into Wilds. Well, it's nothing great really, most other games have something similar that can transform normal symbols into Wilds too. Maybe there's something more to this bird that I don't know yet. Hopefully it can transform normal wins into gigantic ones. Now that will make this Griffin a super-duper great Griffin! Hehehe.
Firstly, this is one fairly old game from Microgaming that I do like and appreciate its qualities. The graphics, icons and scenarios are very well presented. The animations are okay too, except for the too-often appearance of the Griffin. Less appearance but with more random Wilds per appearance would have been a lot better. When you want to play a fast game, these Griffin appearances slow the game down by a lot, and this can be quite annoying at times, especially when the Wilds don't pay anything.
The Griffin is the Wild symbol, paying 5000x the line bet for 5 of them, and doubles all wins with it. That's good. The Lady is the Scatter symbol, she doesn't pay anything for herself, but getting 3 of her on reels 2, 3 and 4 awards a 'Pick Me Bonus' game, whereby an instant cash win is awarded, with up to 150x the total bet amount can be won. Quite good this. The logo 'Great Griffin' is the other Scatter symbol, paying 200x the total bet for 5 of them, and getting 3, 4 or 5 of them awards a Free Spins game, with 3 different choices to choose from - 15 free spins with a 3x multiplier, 10 free spins with a 5x multiplier and a 5 free spins with a 10x multiplier. The Free Spins game can be retriggered, but don't count too much on it. It hardly comes! The other symbols in the game pay from 200x to 100x the line bet for 5 of each kind, which is unfortunately on the low side, but hopefully those 50-paylines can afford lots of decent good wins.
Honestly speaking, I've had only one long play on this Great Griffin game. Long, because my deposit and bonus money was stretched quite a long way, giving me a good extended play time, with several Free Spins games along the way. This I like, unlike some games that tend to gobble up the credits like anything. The 'Pick Me Bonus' was fairly good, giving me a couple of decent 20x bet wins. The Free Spins game was a mixture of good and bad. The 5 free spins with 10x multiplier paid only 8x my bet amount, the 10 free spins with 5x multiplier paid 17x, but the 15 free spins with 3x multiplier paid a nice 69x my bet amount, and this kept me going on for quite a long while. Great Griffin is one of the rare Microgaming games that I do like to play. Nonetheless, I cannot rate it too highly now because I've yet to get more deeper plays into it to know its true potentials.