The Game of Gladiators game can be found at casinos offering Play ‘n Go software. Play ‘n Go are a growing providers in the industry and have a rapidly expanding portfolio of both slots games and clients. They do offer a full casino platform, but primarily seem to be used as a bolt on package for extra slots games. Play ‘n Go do publish the Return to Player (RTP)/House Edge information for their slots games within the game help files. As such we know that the house edge for Game of Gladiators is 4%.
The Game of Gladiators game has 5 reels and each reel is 3 symbols high. The game uses traditional paylines, with 20 in total playing from left to right.
Special Symbols
Wild – The Wild symbol is the “Tiger” and will substitute for all symbols other than Scatters. The Wild symbol is also one of the most valuable in the game. During the Free Spins feature, Wild symbols will always expand to fill the reels.
Scatter – The Scatter symbol is the “Gate”. 3 of them on the reels at once will trigger the game’s Free Spins feature. Scatters can only appear on reels 1, 3 and 5.
Features
Enter the Arena – Enter the Arena is the Free Spins feature and will trigger when you land a “Gate” symbol on reels 1, 3 and 5. When this happens you will have to choose either the female or the male gladiator to represent you in the arena. The male, “Spartacus” will give you the chance to re-trigger the feature, whilst the female, “Amazonia” will award a multiplier between 20 and 100 times the bet with each spin. Every time a champion symbol appears on the reels they will be added to the row above the reels and your chosen champion will fight them. Every time your champion wins a fight you will win an instant prize and every time your champion wins a fight they move onto the next one where an increased multiplier will be applied (up to a maximum of 3 times the bet). Once the row is filled with 12 champions the feature will end.
Spear Attack – This is a random feature. When it does trigger between 3 and 6 spears will be thrown at the reels and turned into Wild symbols.
Sword Attack – This is a random feature. When it is triggered the first reel will be duplicated between 2 to 4 times.
Net Attack – This is a random feature. When this is triggered a gladiator will stick on the reels for re-spin.
Conclusion
This is an excellent offering from Play ‘n Go, one that not only looks great but has excellent features to boot. What I like the most is the very complex Free Spins feature that does a great job of living up to the main theme. This more than makes up for the lack of a bonus game, as do the randomly triggered features. The house edge is what we have come to expect from Play ‘n Go but this is still a game we would recommend.