Diamonds of Athens, from the acclaimed High 5 Gaming studio, is a 6-reel, 4-row Video Slots game with 50 possible paylines. The casino game can be played with equal ease on desktop and mobile devices, for single-bet coin values of anywhere between 0.01 and 10 per activated payline. This means that, whatever the coin value a player has chosen, adding another con will activate the next payline. It also means that the lowest possible wager in the game is 0.01 and the highest is 500, so every playing possible playing budget is catered for. Winners of the top Jackpot will get 500 times their wagers, and the reels can also be spun for free in a no-deposit mode. This allows players to practice and get familiar with the game, building up their confidence before staking any money on it.
Gameplay
Matching 3 – 6 playing card symbols on a paying line wins between 1 and 20 times their stake, while matching the same of most higher-value symbols yields 4 to 30 times what was bet. When 3 or more Minotaur or Cyclops images appear on an activated payline, the reward is 8 to 60 times a player’s wager, and spinning more than 3 Heroines can return up to 100 times the stake.
The Cyclops character is also the Mystery Symbol in the game, and its images are transformed into any of the regular reel symbols at the start of each spin. When they are stacked, all Mystery Symbols will be transformed into the same regular icon, which can create many rewarding combinations.
The game logo is the Wild Symbol and can substitute for all other icons to create winning combinations, with the exception of the Diamond Scatter Symbol. Wild symbol combinations also return decent multiples of whatever was bet, with 3 Symbols yielding a 5x payout and 6 releasing the Jackpot and multiplying a player’s stake by 500x.
When 12 to 16 Diamonds are scattered across Reels 2 to 5, the Diamonds of Athens Free Spins Bonus Feature is triggered. Players are awarded as many Free Spins as Diamonds appeared to activate the Bonus Round. Different reels are allowed to spin during the different turns of the Free Spins Game, which helps to keep things exciting for players.
Theme and Design
Diamonds of Athens is set in the times of Ancient Greece, with a well-rendered interior of the Coliseum forming the backdrop to the reels. The reels themselves are fashioned after golden tiles, and the higher-value regular reel symbols are the Minotaur from Greek Mythology as well as artefacts from the time such as Helmets, Swords and Axes and a Hero and Heroine. Lower-value symbols are the usual playing cards. The legendary Cyclops, Diamonds of Athens logo and Diamond are the special symbols in the game. Various animations on the reels are well-executed and take the central ideas of the game even further, as does the background Grecian music. To complete the immersive experience, realistic land-based Slots machine noises and classic sound effects can also be heard.
