Around the World

Overview Around the World

This latest slot game produced by the venerable game designers Endorphina takes its inspiration from the celebrated novel Around the World in Eighty Days, written by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1872. This story follows the exciting adventure of Phileas Fogg of London and his French valet Passepartout and their attempt to navigate the circumference of the globe in 80 days. In this game, you will discover new lands, new peoples, and a yearning to journey into the unknown.

As far as bonus content for this slot is concerned, this game has an excellent free spins round which is triggered by collecting scatter icons that are visually manifested as the female lead for this story. Landing 3 of her will grant you a generous 15 free spins. If this wasn’t enough, this special round also comes with an attached multiplier which is randomly selected at the beginning of the round. Finally, Endorphina has included a gamble option of this game, meaning players can effectively play a double or nothing round with their winnings at the end of the feature.

Theme and Symbols

As we have already discussed, Around the World is based on the famous Around the World in 80 Days novel by Jules Verne. However, this game has taken a fresh approach to the theme, replacing the fusty 19th century Phileas Fogg with a young female character who seems to be a modern version of the classic adventurer. Although the main character may have changed, the travelling the globe narrative has not, as we see places and icons from around the globe pop up in the background, symbols and cut scenes.

For the background of Around the World, Endorphina has created a setting that displays a collection of the world's wonders to give the sense of a pan-global expedition. Indeed, to the left of the reels players are treated to the sights of the Parthenon from Athens and one of the famous Easter Island Heads from the middle of the pacific ocean. To the right, players can see a length of the Great Wall of China and above that a depiction of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan, from central America.
The playing window for this game is inconsequential to the overall design of the slot but its clean lines and plain earthen background serves a practical purpose of highlighting the symbols in all their glory.

Symbols as ever for online slots are split into two different value camps. The playing cards which comprise, 10, K, Q, J, and A are the lowest value symbols. However, landing 5 of a kind will still payout at an excellent 125x your stake. Above these in value are the Great Wall of China and Taj Mahal symbols. If you manage to land 5 of either of these on a pay line, the game will payout at a rather amazing 750x your stake. The most valuable symbol however is the Sphinx Wild symbol, which in addition to fulfilling its normal substituting duties is also highly lucrative. The Sphinx pays out at an incredible 900x your stake for 5 in combination. The scatter as we have mentioned above is the female adventurer character.

Game Play

Around the World is played on a 5-reel, 3-row playing window with 9 available pay lines. To create a win in this game, players must match a minimum of 3 symbols across the board on a pay line, starting from reel 1. The betting range for Around the World is 1p to £90 per spin. To adjust bet levels, players need to go into the menu and change the value of the coins and the coin quantity per spin.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be viewed via the menu icon on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located on the right-hand side of the screen. The volatility for Around the World has not been disclosed by the designer. The return to player percentage for Around the World is 96%, which is average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is also a piece of data that has not been shared.

Features

The first feature that players should be aware of is the wild feature. The Sphinx is the wild for this game and can substitute for any other symbol bar itself and the scatter to help players score wins.

The second feature and by far the most action-packed is the free spins round feature. This feature is triggered when players manage to land 3 or more of the scatter symbols on the reels simultaneously. Doing so will award players with 15 free spins with an attached multiplier which ranges from 2x to 5x in size. The multiplier is determined randomly at the beginning of the round by a spinning compass. Landing scatters also gives you an instant payout. The more scatters that you land, the larger the payout. Landing 3 will payout at 2x your stake, 3 = 5x, 4=20x and landing 5 scatters will payout at 500x your stake.

The last feature of this game is the gamble feature. This is an option that is presented to players at the end of the game. Effectively it is a double or nothing bonus and offers players a chance at doubling their collected winnings 10 times over. However, if you lose the mini-game, you will forfeit all your winnings.

Conclusion

The gorgeous symbols, lovely background and exciting features make this slot game a real winner from Endorphina. Players especially will enjoy that gamble feature which can see you double your money in a blink of an eye. However, it should be said that if you’ve had a decent round there isn’t much point in risking losing it all in one go.