Mystery Express

Introducing Mystery Express Slot

Mystery Express will take you on a journey via train based in Victorian London. The slot is played over 5 -reels and 30 pay lines and you will get to travel across the capitals of Europe whilst unlocking features and high wins all along your journey. This slot is themed around a murder mystery and is complete with expanding wild symbols, fortune wheels, mini slot games and win multipliers.

The adventure is action packed without Bon Voyage bonus where rolling the dice could lead you to the highest prize. The animation and artwork are expertly executed to make sure that this slot looks good being played on any device that you may choose.

Theme and Design

This slot has been inspired by the classic murder on the Orient express written by Agatha Christie in 1934. The superb graphics include a handsome chap in a bowler hat and a stunning woman in a smart Victorian outfit. Whilst the slot loads up you can see the back story/inspiration, which revolves around a professor who dies on the train, although this is not relevant to the game it certainly adds a great touch of drama.

The images that have been used in the background of this lot are expertly executed, and the start with a view of London and move on to Venice, Paris, and Istanbul and you will also see many other cities along the way. Have the mystery expressed slot is from the game developers at IGT which is one of the largest in the world.
Amongst the gaming symbols you will come across various pieces of jewellery, a pocket watch and a mouth-watering slice of cake which is served in the dining area of this upmarket train.

Gameplay and Statistics

When it comes to placing your bet, you can start with a minimum of 30p per spin which goes up to a maximum of £600 per spin making this slot available to all players regardless of their budget. There are various options including the chance to play Mystery Express for free which I always feel is an ideal feature in a slot as it means you get to understand the mechanics and how the game plays without risking any of your own money.
As well as being able to play this slot on any device it also offers an auto play feature. This is excellent for those who wish to sit back and watch the game unfold before them. The auto play feature allows you to spin up to 50 times and the auto play feature will stop if you trigger a bonus round.

When it comes to creating a win, you need to match 3, 4, or five symbols that match across any of your pay lines moving from left to right. There are several additional features which can help you to create wins in many ways. landing any standard winning combinations will pay as follows.

Landing 3, 4, 5 gun, cake or whiskey symbols across your pay lines will reward you with the sum of x5, x15 and x100 of your bet staked. The gold ring symbol will pay x10, x20, and x120 times your bet when you land 3, 4 or 5 symbols, respectively. Next comes the necklace and pocket watch which will 10, 30, 150 times your stake for landing 3, 4, or 5 on your pay lines. The man and woman symbol will land you 40 times your bet for landing 3, 200 times your bet for landing 4 and a massive 400 times your bet if you get lucky and land five symbols. The highest value symbol is the wild and this will pay out x90 for three symbols, x300 for four symbols, and a massive x1000 when you land all five.

Mystery Express is a medium volatility game that offers long term average winnings of a less than ideal 94.05% through to an extremely generous 97.03%. The reason for this variation is the level up plus mechanism that is used within this slot. In other words, as you move through the game and unlock higher levels the winnings will improve.

Bonus and Features

The wild is not just the highest paying symbol as it can substitute for others when required. You will see that a train may suddenly appear on your reels and leave behind various stacks of wild symbols that can cover one to all five of your reels at any given time. You need to keep your eyes open for the bonus symbols as every time they land travel experience points are added to a meter and although you can activate any of the bonus rounds from your very first spin, these travel points boost the winnings from each feature.

In order to activate the Bon Voyage round, you need to land three bonus symbols, and once you are in this feature you roll a dice to see how far you can move across the map of Europe. Dependant on where you land, a mini slot bonus will activate, and you will move on into the fortune wheel feature. The mini slots guaranteed to reward you with prizes from the three fruit filled reels. If you get to spin the fortune wheel you are guaranteed to be rewarded with some win multipliers. The values of the winnings depend on the number of travel experience points you have a mast on your journey.

Conclusion

Mystery Express is rather complicated and for this reason it is vital particularly for inexperienced players to make use of the demo play function. By doing so have you will know how the slot will play out once you have started collecting points, levelling up, activating the features as your progress will be far clearer once you truly understand the game.
This slot is extremely exciting with the animation and graphics being expertly executed and it is a game that will keep you entertained for a long time. Even better is the fact that the games software can remember the level that you have got to meaning you do not have to play the entire game in one sitting. I really enjoyed Mystery Express and have no hesitation in recommending it to all players.