Blue Guru Games are making their debut with The Nemean Lion, so we can’t tell you much about the company. What we can reveal, though, is that it’s a debut that all studios would wish for. Honestly, we don’t even remember seeing somethingthis goodas a debut slot! So, without further ado, let’s take a closer look at everything it brings to the table. To kick things off, even the playing field is unorthodox. It has 5 reels, 5 rows and 40 paylines.
The theme of The Nemean Lion is taken from Greek mythology, so fans of such themes can rejoice. The production values are impressively good, with the slot’s atmosphere, background, and animations combining to providean excellent experienceoverall.
The volatility of The Nemean Lion ismedium-high, so there’s a good chance that you’ll go through some bankroll swings while playing. The theoretical jackpot is as high as25,000xyour bet, though, so the payouts are worth the risk. The least that you always have to play for is£0.20, while high rollers can go straight to the max bet of£200. As for the slot’s theoretical RTP, there are two available versions – one with a bad RTP of90%and one with a good RTP of96.46%.
There are 10 pay symbols in total, with a nice split between five low pays and five high pays. For the former, there are runes of different colors, with these bringing up to 3.75x your bet for five symbols in a combination. The high pays are even better, showing necklaces, clubs, prophets, fair maidens, heroes, and even the titular lions. Those are the top-paying symbols and they are worth50x your betfor a five-of-a-kind combination.
There are alsotwo special symbolsin The Nemean Lion. First, there are Paw Wilds that can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. These can substitute for other pay symbols to complete winning combos. Second, there are Temple Scatters that can appear on the middle three reels and that work together with the Free Spins feature.
In the base game, Temple Scatters are collected with theScatter Symbol Collection feature. There are three meters at the top of the playing field that collect Temple Scatters that appear below. Each of them starts at 2x and is reset after free spins. For each 50 Temple Scatters you collect, you increase the win multiplier by +1x. Quite a tough road, to be fair, but it softens those runs without free spins. Note that the meters also get reset if you change your bet size.
Once you land 3 Temple Scatters in one go, you’ll triggerthe Free Spins featurewith 12 free spins and potential retriggers. The positions of the triggering symbols will become multiplier positions, boosting all wins in which they feature. They can also work together by multiplying each other, which is a sweet detail. And what will happen if a Temple Scatter lands during a free spin? Well, it will either improve the win multiplier of a position or become a new multiplier position! With so many win multipliers, it’s no wonder that the slot’s jackpot is so high!
All in all, The Nemean Lion is arguably thebest debut slotever released. Its production values are strikingly good, it has a 25,000x jackpot, and its gameplay is enjoyable and rewards loyal players. If Blue Guru Games continue with this quality standard, we certainly have a lot to look forward to!
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