Spartacus: Call to Arms Slot Machine Review

Spartacus was a slave who led a revolt against the Roman Empire, and this slot from WMS takes his name.

The slot is a sequel to the hugely popular Spartacus: Gladiator of Rome game. In fact, the imagery used here focuses on gladiatorial combat rather than revolution.

This means that you see Spartacus and a female gladiator, as well as gladiators’ helmets, shields and swords on the reels.

The game takes place in the gladiatorial arena of Rome, and boasts a few nice little features to set it apart from other similarly themed slot games.

The layout of the game is a 5 x 4-reel format, which is not too unusual. What is immediately noticeable, however, is the presence of 8 ‘special reels’ which appear on either side of the mainreel. These special reels each display a symbol from the game (excluding scatters) which can lead to enhanced wins.

If two or more of a symbol appear in the special reels, and that symbol is part of a winning line on the main reels, then the win is multiplied.

Match 2 symbols for a x2 multiplier, 3 for x3 multiplier up to matching 8 for a x500 multiplier. Helpfully the multipliers on offer from each spin are highlighted at the top of the screen so youknow what to look out for. If a wild symbol shows up on the special reels, it is randomly allocated to the main reel where it will hopefully form a winning line.

The scatter symbol in Spartacus: Call to Arms is a lion, an animal familiar to ancient gladiators. This scatter can only appear on reels 1, 3, and 5. When three of these show up at the same time,you will earn 10 free spins.

During the free spin rounds, there are an increased number of wild symbols (the Spartacus logo) to boost your chances of winning. During the free spin rounds, the special reel multipliers are alldoubled in value, so now 2 symbols multiplies by 4 times, and so on up to 1,000. Free spins can be retriggered once during the bonus rounds for an extra 10 spins.

Although Spartacus: Call to Arms is not the most visually impressive game you will see, the additional special reel feature does add an extra layer of interest. This medium to high variance gameis unlikely to provide many jackpot payouts, but that max win is 30,000 if you are lucky enough to hit it.

The addition of the special reels mean that there is a lot to look out for on every single spin of the reels.

The return to player is a respectable 96.05%, making Spartacus a good value slot for players. For such a recent release, the graphics look quite old-fashioned, but the game compensates for thiswith the enjoyable special features.

All things considered, it is a definite thumbs up for this gladiatorial game.