Lorelei’s Pearls

Overview Lorelei's Pearls

Players are asked to dive into the open blue waters in this latest slot designed by Red Rake. The game is based on a story of a mermaid and her obsession with one of the most precious natural materials on the planet – pearls. Indeed, this game is all about the search for pearls. However, along the way, you will meet a whole range of other characters including Lorelei herself as well as a cast of marine animals including a sea horse and a friendly ray.

When it comes to bonus content, Lorelei's Pearls has players covered. One of the best features is the wild substitution feature which uses the special dolphin to swap in for other symbols to help to create wins. If this wasn’t useful enough, any win which is triggered with the help of a wild is also doubled in terms of the pay-out value. Other features for this slot include a free spins bonus where all the low-value symbols have been removed from the reels. Finally, there is also a Fusion mini-game to play too.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is an underwater wonderland. The clear blue seas are the setting for this enchanting and stimulating game. Red Rake Gaming as they often do have put a lot of emphasis on the design quality of this slot, with each element from the symbols to the background receiving an excellent level of care and attention.

The background for Lorelei's Pearls is an underwater cave with two entrances -one to the left and one to the right. Through these entrances’ players will be able to see the aquamarine almost turquoise waters of the open ocean. However, in the cave, things are a little darker, which helps the board and the symbols upon it stand out. You’ll notice that Red Rake has included a couple of interesting details such as the silhouettes of fish and coral to make the background feel as realistic as possible.
The playing board is that just-right combination of being included in the theme without being overbearing in its presence. The board is mainly just a gold construction that separates the reels. However, there is a little detailing such as coral and other sea creatures climbing out of the board to the left and right extremities, making sure that it still fits in with its surroundings.

The symbols for this slot online are a mixture of standard A-K card royals, with a collection of sea creatures and specials. The regular playing card royals have been styled with squid tentacles wrapping around them in various ways, to make sure that they are included in the fun theme. Up from these symbols in terms of value are the seahorse, manta ray, lobster and dolphin. The dolphin is the most valuable symbol, paying 4x your stake for 5 on a pay line. The dolphin is also the wild for this game. The other special symbols for Lorelei’s Pearls are the pearl bonus scatter – the pearl in a clam and the mermaid Lorelei symbol who is attached to the Lorelei fusion mini-game.

Game Play

Lorelei’s Pearls is played on a standard 5-reel, 4-row board with 25 available pay lines. To create winners in this game, players must match a minimum of 3 symbols across a pay line starting on reel 1. The only exception to this rule is that you can land an instant cash prize with two symbols, however, they have to be the pearl scatter symbols. The betting range for Lorelei’s Pearls is 25p to £35 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, toggle between bet levels using the bet adjuster tool located on the right-hand side of the game menu.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu. The spin button is located to the right of the reels, auto-spins can also be set up from the same button range.
The volatility for Lorelei’s Pearls is rated in the medium range. The return to player percentage for Lorelei’s Pearls is a touch under average at 95.40%. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,000x their stake.

Features

The wild substitution feature is the first bonus that players should be aware of. The symbol that you need to watch out for concerning this bonus is the dolphin symbol. This symbol replaces any other symbol, bar the various scatters to help players score more wins across the board. However, this wild bonus isn’t like others, in that any win that has a wild part of it is worth twice as much.

The second bonus concerns the Pearls bonus scatter which can only appear on reels 1, 3 and 5. If players manage to land 2 on the reels at the same time, they will be rewarded with an instant cash prize. Yet, if they land 3 or more, they will trigger the bonus free spins round. You will be given 15 free spins for this round, with all of the low-paying symbols removed from the board. This means the wins that you do generate will be worth more than in the base game.

The last bonus players will be aware of if they have ever played a Red Rake game before. This bonus is called the Fusion Mini game and works like this: If you land 3 or more of the Lorelei symbols on the board at once this will take you to a new board. Here the only symbols that fall onto the reels are blanks and Lorelei symbols. The game starts with 3 free spins. Every time that a new Lorelei symbol falls the spins are reset to 3. If you manage to fill the board with these symbols you will be awarded the game’s top prize of 2,000x your stake.

Conclusion

Fun under the sea, this game offers plenty of bonus gameplay, an easy-going but entertaining theme and a chance at winning a respectable top jackpot prize. The only small concern is the game’s RTP which is on the low side. Apart from that, this is another great product from Red Rake and one that will have players plumbing the depths for pearls all over the world.