By Doug Holmes
Summary
- Pragmatic Play releases Waves of Poseidon slot
- Betting range from $/€0.20 – $/€240
- Max win of 5,000x
Greek mythology is a timeless favorite in real money online slots, and Poseidon, the powerful god of the sea with his iconic trident, is one character that developers keep coming back to. Pragmatic Play is no exception.
So far, the fast-growing supplier of mobile and desktop digital casino games has only placed Poseidon as a wild symbol in Wild Wild Pearl. Now, they’ve used him front and center in their new release, meant to keep players hooked with a mix of scatter pays, tumbling reels, and an escalating win multiplier.
“Waves of Poseidon” doesn’t break much new ground visually. The base game shows underwater scenes like sunken columns and golden sands, along with a muscular Poseidon watching over the reels.
When you hit the free spins, the setting shifts above water to a stormy, atmospheric environment, but Poseidon remains a constant presence.
The gameplay revolves around a 6×5 grid where wins happen whenever you land eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the screen with the help of scatter pays rather than traditional paylines.
Winning symbols disappear, making way for new symbols to tumble down, which can trigger consecutive wins. This tumbling continues until no new combos form.
Symbols include nine paying icons ranging from 10 through Ace card royals to dolphins, pillars, cracked amphoras, and Poseidon himself.
Smaller wins come from combinations of eight to nine matching symbols, paying between 0.25x and 10x the bet, while landing 12 to 30 matching symbols can pay from 2x up to 50x your stake. The wild symbol substitutes for any regular symbol except scatters and bonuses.
Special Features
When the Multiplier Feature is activated, bonus symbols can carry multipliers from 2x to 50x. A multiplier reel next to the grid moves a bubble up with each tumble, highlighting the current multiplier.
When the bubble reaches the top, it stays locked, and the total spin win gets multiplied accordingly.
The Free Spins feature is triggered by four to six scatters, and the free spins award 10 to 20 rounds. Bonus multipliers are always active and range from 2x to 50x.
Additional scatters during free spins add extra spins, and hitting six scatters triggers super free spins, where multipliers don’t reset between spins.
There is also a Feature Buy that lets players buy free spins for 100x their bet or opt for super free spins at 500x, with slightly different guarantees.
All in all, while Pragmatic Play knows its way around scatter pays, Waves of Poseidon feels like a safe, somewhat forgettable effort rather than a standout.
The slot still touches on interesting ideas, but doesn’t truly commit, leaving the game feeling solid but unlikely to become a classic in the crowded sea of Greek mythology slots.
