Victorious Slot Game

Although much of ancient history has been used as themes for slots, one major historical period is less commonly seen.

NetEnt offers their contribution by celebrating the great Roman Empire in Victorious. So, does the game match the reputation of the might Romans? Will it be thumbs up or down from Caesar?

At first glance the animations of Roman soldiers are not particularly impressive.

The high value images of this militaristic game are the Emperor, Centurion, Charging Soldier and Group of Soldiers. Low value symbols are the usual rather uninspiring 9 to A.

So far, so ordinary, but there are some features of this Roman game that lift it beyond the mediocre. The first of these is that it uses the 243 ways to win feature. This means that three of anysymbol in any line from left to right will win. The golden eagle standard is wild, standing in for any other symbol, including scatters (unusually enough). This wild can only appear on the secondand fourth reels. As with many NetEnt titles, there are a number of Autoplay features which allow you to control your gameplay. You can autoplay from 10 to 1,000 spins, and can change settings tostop if you win or lose a certain amount, of if free spins or any other wins occur.

There is a scatter symbol for Victorious, which comes in the form of a gold laurel wreath. When three or more of these show up in consecutive reels from the leftmost, you will win free spins.Three, four or five wreaths activate 15, 20 or 25 free spins. Free spins can then be re-triggered within the bonus rounds. Any coin wins during bonus rounds are multiplied by three. While thefree spin round is heralded by an image of a soldier leading a battle charge, there is no other noticeable difference to the main game.

In comparison with many of its more famous releases, Victorious is something of a disappointment. The lack of animations and flat illustrations are not visually arresting. Although the 243 waysto win feature is always welcome, there is nothing innovative about this game. An Ancient Roman military theme has a lot of scope for imagination, but this was not really developed enough here.The return to player of 96.9% will certainly appeal to hard-core slot gamers though, as this is a high return. This is a medium variance game, so expect frequent if unspectacular wins, with amaximum of 10,000.

We expect the highest of quality from NetEnt given their track record, but this 2011 release was not one of their best. The game already looks a little dated, and is not one which will appeal tomodern slot game fans. This game covers the theme of ancient history, and really it is starting to show its age itself. Probably one best left in the past, as there are plenty of NetEnt titleswhich are far more entertaining than Victorious.