By Doug Holmes
Summary:
- Red Tiger releases Loki’s Descendants slot
- Min/max bet: 0.10/20
- Max payout: 20,000x
Red Tiger has decided to take a walk down memory lane, going back to Norse mythology for their latest release. However, “Loki’s Descendants” will likely feel very different from the usual Viking-themed games you are used to seeing from them or other studios.
Why is that? For starters, instead of choosing to entirely rely on the ferocious thunder gods and the crazy battle imagery, the new game focuses on three of Loki’s infamous children, each bringing their own special ability into the gameplay.
The studio has taken a peculiar approach, making the three children, Fenrir the wolf, Hel the ruler of the dead, and Jörmungandr the World Serpent, both visual centerpieces hovering above the reels and active symbols shaping the action.
The game has an eye-catching, glowing fantasy backdrop with an unusual reel structure with a 3-4-3-4-3 format instead of the traditional 5×3 setup. The game also features 432 ways to win.
The pay table consists of 10 regular pay symbols, represented by the classic 10-A card royals, along with symbols of axes, shields, beer, helmets, and spears.
Players who land five matching royal symbols get paid between 0.5x-0.6x the bet, whereas premium 5 OAK wins pay between 0.8x-3x the stake.
Wild symbols substitute all paying symbols.
Special Features
The game has three main features. The Serpent works by firing wild symbols diagonally across the reels, and can also attach multipliers that climb as high as 100x.
Fenrir removes lower-paying symbols from the grid, improving the chances for stronger combinations to land.
On the other hand, Hel will deliver what might be the most interesting mechanic of all by splitting winning symbols into copies, dramatically increasing the number of possible win combinations during a spin.
During a spin where Fenrir clears weaker symbols, Hel multiplies winning combinations, and the Serpent adds boosted wilds will rapidly evolve into something huge. It is precisely this type of unpredictability that creates suspense because players never quite know how many feature activations might appear at once.
There are also three separate free spin modes, each becoming progressively more powerful. Standard Free Spins guarantee at least one feature activation per spin, while Super Spins and Monster Spins push the mechanics even further.
Monster Spins are especially volatile and even include a shortcut to the game’s maximum payout if the right scatter combination lands.
With a top win of 20,000 times the stake and a strong visual identity, Red Tiger’s Loki’s Descendants manages to avoid feeling like just another Norse mythology slot.
