The Twisted Circus Slot is a 243-payline video slot, running on the Microgaming software platform. The symbols are circus related and include monkeys, fire eaters, the joker, and snake charmers. Five dark reels are set against the red curtains backdrop. Give The Twisted Circus Slot a spin for free, or visit any of the listed Microgaming Casinos to play for real money.
Before you start playing, you are advised to set your bets first. There are 243 fixed paylines to bet on. Coin value varies from 0.01 to 0.20, while the number of “Coins” staked per line ranges from 1 to 20. By clicking on the “Expert” button you will access the ”Autoplay” option which is used to adjust the number of times the reels spin without interruption. Once you are ready, hit “Spin”.
The Wild is The Twisted Circus logo. It acts as a replacement for any symbol, with the exception of the Scatter and the Bonus symbol. The Scatter is Scatter Ticket, whereas the Bonus symbol is the Ring Master.
Land at least 3 Scatters simultaneously anywhere on the reels in order to activate 13 Free Spins. In this feature, you may win up to 416,000 coins. What’s more, Free Spins feature may be retriggered.
Players need to land at least 3 Bonus symbols simultaneously in any position on the reels 3, 4, and 5 to trigger Circus Match Bonus. Once the feature begins, you need to match 3 identical symbols on the reels to win a prize. In addition, four hidden Wilds will land on the reels and act as a replacement for all symbols, increasing players’ winning chances.
Game Play
Coin size: Set the coin value.
Coins: Set the number of coins per line to bet.
Bet Max: Set the maximum bet that the slot allows.
Autoplay: Set the number of times you wish for reels to turn without interruption.
Spin: Set the reels in motion
Okay, here we go with another circus-themed game from MC. No, no, I said MC, not MG, but they are the same thing. MG is Microgaming, we all know that. MC is Master of Clones, not many know that. Hahaha. Yeah, this The Twisted Circus game is yet another clone from the MC. Not that I like to play it, or any of the cloned games, but it's something that I have to do nonetheless. It plays with the ever popular 243 ways to win, but it probably means 243 ways you could lose, and maybe only 7 ways you could win. Does that make sense to you? Nope, it doesn't to me. For me personally, it's probably like 7,776 ways to lose! Out of several thousands of separate playing on Microgaming games, my wins are only a handful and can be counted, but I'm not bothered to count them. Too little!
Anyway, 'The Twisted Circus' logo is the Wild symbol in the game, paying a very low 25x the total bet for getting 5 of them. It triples all wins with it and substitutes for other symbols except the Scatter and the Bonus symbols. Getting 5 of the Scatter symbols pay the usual 100x total bet amount, and getting 3 or more of the Scatters trigger 13 free spins with all wins tripled. The Bonus Feature can be triggered during the free spins but its wins are not tripled. The Free Spins game can be retriggered too. The MC, nope, not the Master of Clones, but the Master of Ceremony, is the Bonus symbol, but it sure is a dumb one. It doesn't pay anything for itself. Getting all 3 of them triggers the Circus Match Bonus, whereby match any 3 symbols and win the corresponding prize. I have never liked this symbols matching game, but it is slightly better than the single 'Pick Me' feature, which always tend to pay me the lowest prize.
There are 4 hidden 'Wild' symbols in the items to be picked, to make sure that you would end up matching 3 same symbols quickly, thereby missing out on matching 2 or more other same symbols at the same time. Yes, it is a possibility to win 2 or more prizes at one go, but I got it only once out of tens of attempts, and the 2 prizes that I won were the lowest 2 prizes. What the argh! The paytable indicates 'win up to $8400' on maximum bet, or 70x the total bet amount, but don't count on getting it easily. Before I forget, the other symbols in the game pay from 5x to 2.3x the total bet for getting 5 of each kind. What the argh! A very low paytable, typically associated with 243-ways games.
What I dislike most about The Twisted Circus game is that the Bonus games would come more times than the Free Spins games, yet both games would pay out poorly. Over several plays on this game, the Bonus features paid me from 15x up to 37x the total bet amount, whilst the lesser Free Spins games paid me from 7x up to 36x, lesser than what the Bonus features paid. The irritating thing is that the Wild symbols hardly appear at all during the free spins, so how to win more? Another very disappointing game for me.