Glory of Heroes

Glory of Heroes Overview

Swedish slot designer Yggdrasil is back with an exciting new release that takes us to a medieval fantasy land where dragons terrorise villagers, and brave knights are sent to slay them. Indeed, this is a slot based on one of the oldest tales in the book – St. George and the dragon.

However, this particular recalling of the story is in a fun anime style with soft graphics and a larger cast of characters. Mechanically, this game plays out on a large 7x7 grid with an RTP of 96% and a top payout of 18,815x the stake. It is a cluster pay engine game, meaning that wins are triggered by creating clusters of matching symbols, not by matching them across reels.

The features for this game include a cascading wins feature – central to almost all cluster pay games. Here causing cascades will add symbols to a meter. Filling the meter with 50 icons will trigger the free spins round. This round has a progressive multiplier active in it. In addition, this game has a range of randomly triggered features called the hero powers, which can occur on any spin. Hero symbols, which fall in expanded sizes, are also important as they help players move up the hero levels to score greater wins. All features will be explained in greater detail later on in the slot.

Theme and Symbols

The theme, as we have briefly said, is one of heroes and terrifying beasts. The vague narrative is that you are the courageous hero in this story. Through your canny spins and clever strategy, you will defeat the various horrifying mythical animals to come away with glory and some big prizes. The style of this slot makes this narrative feel as though it is playing out in some sort of high-quality video game with a Nintendo-like feel. Therefore, it is down to you as the player to charge into battle, bravely face danger, and become one of the many canonised saints and heroes of legend.
The background for this slot in the base game is an open field with our champion on the left and the terrifying monster on our right. In this instance, the monster is a pack of blue wolves snarling and biting their teeth. However, this changes as you move through the hero levels. Behind this view of the battle is a lake and off in the distance is the castle that the fair knight calls his home. Surrounding this lake and perfect white castle are a few black peaks that seem to be part of dramatic yet isolated mountain ranges.
The board for this game is a large cluster pay board in the same cartoon style as the rest of the screen.
The symbols for this game are comprised of low-value, high value and special symbols. The low-value symbols are the eight regular gems of different colours and shapes. The most you can win from any of these symbols is 100x the stake (for a combination above 15). Each colour gem has a slightly different value that can be looked up in the paytable. The special symbols comprise wilds, which substitute for regular symbols to help form wins and hero symbols that help you move up the hero levels and give you access to the boss wheel bonus.

Game Play

Glory of Heroes is played on a 7-reel, 7-row cluster pays playing window. To win combinations, players must land clusters of symbols that match in formations of five or more.

The betting range for Glory of Heroes is 20p to £60 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 very high range. The return to player percentage for Glory of Heroes is 96%, which is about average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 18,815x your stake.

Features

The central feature of much of the gameplay in this slot is the cascading wins feature. When you trigger a win, this bonus removes all winning symbols, allowing new icons to fall into their vacated positions. These cascading wins will continue until the new set of symbols does not trigger a win.

All of the winning symbols that you find in each win are then added to a meter. Filling this meter with 50 icons triggers the free spins round. The number of spins that you are given depends on how much you overcharge the meter. The most you can be given is 50 spins.

Once inside the free spins game, a progressive multiplier comes into play. This multiplier starts at 1x but will grow by another 1x for every cascade triggered within the free spins round. The free spins can also be retriggered if players charge that meter up again to 50 icons or more.

During any base game spin players may also benefit from a range of modifier content – these are called the Hero Powers; they are explained below:

Magic – This modifier adds a random number of wilds to the reels.
Counterattack – This decreases a randomly chosen target’s value by 1.
Fury – This removes several random symbols from the reels.

Players should also be on the lookout for hero symbols, which will appear randomly on any non-winning spin. These symbols fall in expanded sizes of 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4. One hero symbol is available per level. Each time you clear a level, the hero symbols will upgrade.

Also, during the base game, the player can trigger the boss bonus wheel. Every payout that you get, 15% of it will be added to an accumulating pot. If you land a key on the bonus wheel, then the pot will be paid out and reset to zero. This happens at least once at every level.

Conclusion

With plenty of exciting features, a fun narrative structure and some really top-end graphics, Glory of Heroes is a game that will entertain and thrill players from all walks of life. This game might put a few off being a cluster pay engine. However, this is an element that is very much down to personal preference. A top payout of 18,815x the stake is a pretty exciting prize too.