Tales of Asgard Freya’s Wedding

Tales of Asgard Freya’s Wedding Overview

Exciting slot developers' Play' n GO seem to have a fondness for Norse Mythology and its rich catalogue of stories. This is their latest product based on a Norse tale. Mechanically the board has five reels and four rows with 30 pay lines. You can stake anywhere from 30p to £90 per spin, and the return to player percentage is 96.4%. There are a couple of rewarding features here too. The top payout is a little disappointing, though, at 2,500x the stake.

The features for this game begin with the Here Comes Freya feature. This bonus can be triggered randomly on any spin. When it does, an expanded Freya wild with a 2x multiplier will land on the board, helping to both create more combinations and boost the size of your wins. The next feature is the free spins round, triggered by landing three free spin scatters, one on reels 1, 3 and 5. You can win up to 30 free spins in this game. At the beginning of the bonus, a Thor wild will appear on reel five and move one reel to the left with each spin. High-value symbols also pay out more in the free spins round.

Theme and Symbols

The theme or narrative for this slot is the tale of Freya's Wedding, one of the most famous stories in Norse mythology. It begins with the King of the Ice Giants, Thrym, stealing Thor's precious hammer, Mjolnir. Thrym offers a trade for the hammer. Thrym would like to marry Freya, the most beautiful of all the gods, in exchange for its return. Thor agrees to the wedding. However, Thor dresses up as Freya and tricks Thrym at the altar, recovering his hammer and laying waste to Thrym and his Ice Giant family, who have come to the wedding with their King. That is why in this game, we see an enormous man dressed in a wedding dress.

The background for this game is Jötunheimr or the land of the Ice Giants, which in Norse Mythology is a completely separate realm to Midgard, where the humans live and Asgard, where the Gods live. Jötunheimr is a cold and desolate place modelled after the bitter and bleak winters of Northern Norway and Sweden. The background reflects this in the dark and frozen wasteland we see behind the board. To the left and right of the reels, players will also be able to see the extremities of a couple of these Ice Giants, who are so often cast as the villains in Norse tales of old.

The playing board has been designed to emulate the clever and intricate style of the Norse masons and craftsmen.
The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols are the runestones in green, purple, blue and red. The red runestone is the most valuable of these, worth 2x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more valuable symbols are the flagon of beer, the fish steak, the ham, Odin, Loki, and Thrym. King of the Ice Giants Thrym is the most valuable, worth 10x the stake for the top combination. The special symbols are the Thor Wild, the Freya Wild, and the Mjolnir scatter.

Game Play

Tales of Asgard Freya's Wedding is played on a 5-reel, 4-row machine with 30 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
The betting range for Tales of Asgard Freya's Wedding is 30p to £90 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the medium range. The Tales of Asgard Freya's Wedding return to player percentage is 96.4%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,500x your stake.

Features

The first feature available here is the Here Comes Freya bonus, which can be triggered at random on any spin. When it is, an expanded Freya Wild with a 2x multiplier will appear on any reel to create a guaranteed winning combination. This bonus, however, is only available in the base game.

The second bonus is the free spins feature, triggered by landing three Mjolnir scatters on the board. Up to 30 free spins can be awarded here as the free spins will continue until a Thor wild falls on the reels. This wild starts on reel five and moves across the board with every spin. As it moves, it also increases the multiplier attached to it up to a maximum of 10x.
However, if you don't see a Thor wild at the beginning of your free spins, you'll be given a free re-spin to try and land him. This can repeatedly happen, depending on how generous the game is feeling. If it doesn't appear, the free spins bonus will be cancelled. Odin, Loki and Thrym are also worth more in the free spins than they are in the base game.

Conclusion

Norse Mythology no deposit slots uk are usually pretty general, so it's nice to see one that actually takes on one of the classic tales of the genre. Winning potential looks pretty good here too. RTP is high, volatility isn't too bad, and the features deliver neat little payouts. The max win is a little disappointing, however.