Fantasini: Master of Mystery is a fantasy-themed video slot which operates on the NetEnt software platform, featuring 243 ways to win. The game symbols include various magic artifacts, while the wild symbol features the Master of Mystery himself, Fantasini. To try the game for free players can do so on this page or, if they wish to play for real money, they can select any of the featured NetEnt casinos.
Prior to assisting Fantasini with his magic endeavours, players need to choose their wager. To set the bet level, one should press the +/- ‘Level’ buttons. The coin size, which ranges from 2 to 200, is adjusted by clicking the +/- “Coin Value” buttons. Pushing “Spin” initiates the game, “Max Bet” spins the reels at the highest bet and “Auto Play” turns the reels for a preset number of times.
Every spin begins with 2 identical adjacent reels linked together. During the spin, the connected reels can expand to become triplet, quadruplet or even quintuplet reels, increasing one’s chances of winning.
When 3 matching Crystal Ball symbols emerge on adjacent reels, 15 coins will be awarded. This is multiplied by x2 for 2 Crystal Ball symbols on reel 3 which finally results in 30 coins.
A jackpot of 1000 coins will be won when 5 Lady symbols spin onto the reels.
Game Play
Level: Select the desired bet level.
Coin Value: Choose your preferred coin size.
Spin: Spin the reels at the chosen wager.
Max Bet: Turn the reels at the highest available bet.
Auto Play: Spin the reels automatically for a preset number of times.
Fantasini, the Master of mystery? Who is this guy anyway? I've never heard of him, but I certainly do know and have heard a lot about the legendary Houdini, the Great Escapist. Ah, okay, so this Fantasini is nothing more than a fantasised Houdini, all for the sake of a game. What's the mystery that he does? Nope, it has nothing to do with escapism, as what Houdini was infamous for, so that box and handcuffs icons mean nothing at all too. This Fantasini guy is a Master at creating all same symbols on the reels - nothing more! Hahaha.
The game looks very familiar? It sure does! It is also nothing more than just a clone of the great Twin Spin, the original Master at creating all same symbols! Hehehe. The icons may be different, but the game plays the same way. Twin Spin is one game that I don't have to elaborate very much on how it plays and pays. I would say that almost every slot player has played Twin Spin before, so with this Fantasini's version, I can safely assume that you can know how the game would play and pay.
Whenever I play a cloned game, I cannot help but compare how the two perform. I'm not a great fan of Twin Spin sadly, simply because I couldn't get any nice big win on that game, and the only all-same-symbols win that I have gotten was of the lower symbol. No big win in that. With Fantasini, I'm getting almost the same treatment, but somehow, this game seems to be playing marginally better for me. Why? Because in just a few plays on the game, I have managed to get a few decent wins, not big enough for a withdrawal, but big enough for a mention - a win of 243x my bet amount. The others were all below the 100x mark, but quite satisfactory nonetheless.
I'm wondering if I'll ever see all of that Lady on the reels, because getting that would produce the maximum possible win of 972x the total bet. It is still below the 1000x mark, but for new games, that is an acceptable win indeed. Newer games tend to pay not more than 500x the total bet, but mostly tend to pay 200x and below. Some new games couldn't even break the 100x mark, even after doing many thousands of spins, so these games are really disappointing to play. However, Fantasini is enjoyable to play, the linked reels do pay quite often, although usually only in small amounts, but the big wins shall always remain elusive, except for the very lucky few players. I have to be one of those few, hehehe.