"Reign of the Mountain King," a captivating online slot machine developed by SG Digital, is set in a fantastical world and offers a classic 5-reel, 3-row layout. Despite having only 10 ways to win, this game provides players with an exciting opportunity to win up to 10,000 times their initial bet, making it an enticing option for those seeking fortune and adventure.
The game features a range of 10 regular paying symbols, along with a special wild symbol, but notably lacks scatter symbols. This means that there isn't a separate bonus game to activate. The regular pay symbols are a mix of traditional and theme-specific icons, starting with the lower-value 9-A royals and progressing to more valuable symbols such as axes, shields, trolls, and queens. The premium symbols, particularly the trolls and queens, offer higher payouts, with rewards ranging from 6 to 20 times the bet for achieving a five-of-a-kind combination.
The King symbol stands out as the most valuable in the game, offering a payout of 20 times the bet for a line of five. This symbol also acts as a wild, substituting for any other symbol in the game and triggering special features when landing in the right combination. In normal gameplay, if a single wild is part of a winning combination with four or five of a kind, it may receive a multiplier of x5, x8, x64, or a staggering x512, significantly boosting the payout potential.
The game's primary feature is the Mountain King Respins, which is activated when three wild symbols land on reels 2, 3, or 4. Upon activation, each wild symbol starts with a multiplier of x1. These wilds then lock in place, and the player is awarded respins. If additional wilds appear on any of the five reels during a respin, they also lock in place, although only wilds on the middle three reels receive multipliers.
A unique aspect of the Mountain King Respins feature is the appearance of gem symbols, which can overlay regular symbols. These gems are collected a metre above the reels, and every three gems collected elevates the player to the next multiplier level on the trail. The available multipliers are x2, x3, x5, and x8. As new multipliers are achieved, they are applied to all locked wilds on the middle reels.