Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants - Slot Review

The slots "Age of the Gods" from the house Playtech should be genuine for everyone Casino-Fan be a household name. After one or the other successor to the cult game has already appeared, Playtech brought another game in the series onto the market in June 2020 with “Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants”. Here I will tell you whether it is worth playing or whether you should stick with the original.

Design

Playtech put a lot of effort into creating Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants. The game is dedicated to the Norse gods Thor and Odin, who of course play a prominent role in the game. The game is played in front of an icy mountain backdrop, which was staged very well in combination with the magical background music. The playing field can also be seen with its many lovingly animated symbols, which regularly wobble in front of you due to vibrations triggered when the reels are turned.

game features

"Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants" is a slot with 5 reels, 3 rows and 50 paylines. The object of the game is to collect three identical symbols on a payline, which are counted from left to right.
In contrast to most of the other 5 × 3 slot machines, this game does not always come with 15 symbols, because there are also gigantic XXL symbols. Ideally, the latter should often be found on the reels, as they trigger various bonus functions. In the actual basic game, on the other hand, you rarely land a profit. If this is the case, however, it is usually pleasantly high, as there are almost no small profits. I have listed the total of 4 bonus features for you here.

Giant spin feature

The Giant Spin Feature is always triggered when an XXL 3 × 3 symbol lands on the three center reels and is not part of a winning combination at the same time. Now you should hope that when you then spin reels 1 and 5, the identical symbol will also appear. If this is the case, the symbol - just like the XL symbol in the middle - is frozen and the reels are spun until no more identical symbols appear. During the Giant Spin feature, the XXL symbol in the middle can move to the left or right, but it can also simply stay in its position. In the best case, the entire playing field is filled with the respective symbol. Depending on the symbol, this can result in a 25-fold to 1.000-fold profit. Incidentally, other symbols do not appear on the new spins. There are only symbols with the respective picture and empty symbols.

Power nudge feature

The Power Nudge feature is triggered when you have turned a full stack of identical symbols on the first reel and at the same time the identical symbol lands on the center reels as a proportional XXL symbol. The proportional symbol in the middle is then moved into place so that it completely covers reels 2 to 4. This leads to a higher payout and also triggers the giant spin feature described above.

Free Games

To trigger the free spins round, you have to turn an XXL symbol, which shows the name of the game, on the center reels. You start with 8 free spins, in which only XXL symbols land on the center reels. In addition, all symbols that now land on reels 1 and 5 (they are exclusively premium symbols) are stacked. The chances of a full profit increase enormously. Fortunately, there is also the fact that the new arrangement of the symbols also increases the chances of triggering the Giant Spin Feature and the Power Nudge Feature enormously. If you are lucky, you can get really fat in the free spin round.

Jackpots

"Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants" has three jackpots, which can provide an additional rain of money. There is a daily jackpot that is played every day within a certain period of time, an instant jackpot that is paid out before a certain amount is reached, and an ultimate jackpot. The latter is a progressive jackpot that is guaranteed to be over 100.000 euros. In the vast majority of cases, the amount paid out here is even over 500.000 euros.

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Small and big bets

Playtech's Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants can be played for a fair 20 cents per spin. However, lovers of risk can also use up to 300 euros. The maximum top win (the jackpot is excluded here) is 1.000 times the original bet payout ratio is only 94,38 percent or 96,49 percent including the jackpot.

And finally ...

"Age of the Gods Norse: Gods and Giants" is certainly a nice game, but in direct comparison with the original "Age of the Gods“Unfortunately, it clearly draws the short straw. The chances of a big win are significantly lower here and almost nonexistent without a bonus round. In addition, the bonus features themselves are not as convincing as in the original. The 3 different jackpots can be seen for this. But you have to crack it first.

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