Rise of Spartans Slot is a 15-payline video slot, running on the Saucify (BetOnSoft) software platform. Inspired by the Ancient Greek theme, the slot features impressive graphics and rich sound effects. There are 5 reels set against the seashore of Sparta in the background. Spin the reels on Rise of Spartans Slot for free, or visit any of the listed Saucify (BetOnSoft) Casinos to play for real money.
Before you join the Spartan army, you are advised to regulate your wager first. There are up to 15 “Lines” players can bet on. Coin size ranges from 0.01 to 0.25, while the number of coins varies from 1 to 5. “Autoplay” set the reels in motion without interruption for the selected number of times. Once you are ready, hit “Spin” and start the game.
The game’s Wild is the Themistocles icon, which can act as a replacement for all regular symbols, with the exception of the Scatter and the Bonus symbol. Every time the Wild helps players form a winning combination, all payouts are doubled.
Artemisia is the Scatter. Players need to land at least 3 Scatters simultaneously, regardless of their position on the reels to trigger the Free Spins feature. In particular, if you land 3, 4, or 5 Artemisia icons, you will activate 7, 12, or 15 Free Spins respectively.
During the feature, when Wild Fire symbol occurs, all winning are doubled. To be more specific, Artemisia’s arrows may turn any symbol into the Wild one, except the Scatter.
Regardless of its position, Queen Gorgo symbol pays as the Scatter. It doesn’t activate any feature, but may significantly increase your payouts.
King Xerxes is the Bonus symbol. If you land at least 3 Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels simultaneously, you will activate the Pick a Prize bonus game. During this feature, players need to pick their awards. Prize values are proportional to the size of the bet which activated the feature previously. Namely, you need to land 3, 4, or 5 Bonus symbols simultaneously anywhere on the reels to get 1, 2, or 3 picks correspondingly. Furthermore, the feature can be retriggered.
Game Play
Lines: Set the number of lines to bet on.
Coin: Set the coin size.
Coins: Set the number of coins per line to wager.
Autoplay: Set the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Bet Max: Set the maximum bet that the slot allows.
Spin: Set the reels in motion.
I've hardly ever played any Saucify games before this, I can't even remember when the last time was, but I can still remember playing Age of the Spartans, which got me quite impressed, even though I haven't won anything on that game either. Rise of Spartans is more or less a sequel to Age of Spartans, but looking more of an upgrade to me, with far more astonishing graphics, effects and animations! I must admit, Rise of Spartans isn't all that new, but it can certainly beat other much newer games from NetEnt and such, in terms of astonishing graphics. Boy, have I underestimated Saucify all this while! Hehehe.
Besides the amazing quality of the presentation, I like this 15-paylines game because it can be played with just $0.15 minimum bets, and can also be played from 1 to 15 lines. Most new games don't provide this selectability, which I always find troublesome whenever I am left with not enough balance to make one last spin. All games should have this play line selectability, and I just cannot figure out why they aren't providing it. Better revenue for the game provider perhaps, who knows.
Rise of Spartans has 3 types of Scatters, namely normal Scatters, Feature Game Scatters and Free Spins Scatters. Queen Gorgo, the normal Scatter symbol, pays 200x the total bet for 5 of her, Artemisia. the Free Spins Scatter symbol, pays 80x the total bet for 5 of her, but King Xerxes, the Feature Game Scatter symbol, doesn't pay anything at all. Why? I really don't know. The other two scatters do pay, and so should this one too. The Spartan Warrior is the Wild symbol, 5 of which pays 8000x the line bet, which is pretty good, and doubles any wins with it too, nice! All the other symbols pay from 1000x to 70x the line bet, which are on the low side. Something good, something isn't, always the case! Sigh.
King Xerxes Feature awards a pick and win game, something which I have never really like, and the several number of times I had this feature game, none paid me above 15x my total bet! Sheesh! The Free Spins game awards only 7 free spins, which is way too low, even with that 3x win multiplier. 15 free spins would have been good. Artemisia arrow can randomly award an extra Wild on the reels during the free spins game, but I haven't got any of it as yet. Payouts tend to be quite low too, as far as I'm concerned, without having any Stacked Wilds or Expanding Wilds to create much bigger wins. The Free Spins game can be retriggered, but I haven't got it yet either.
Well, the paytable is a mixture of good and not-so-good items. Desirable Wild features, like Stacked or Expanding Wilds, are definitely missing in this game, the pick-and-win feature game should have better payouts, and I really wonder if 5 Wilds can ever be won in the Free Spins game. The way I see it, huge wins may only come once in a lifetime! But Rise of Spartans can be an enjoyable game to play nonetheless!