Gates of Olympus

Are you ready to brave the slopes of Mytikas peak in order to reach the Gates of Olympus, the mythological home of the Greek Gods? 

Gates of Olympus is a Greek mythology-themed online slot by Pragmatic Play. It is played on a 6 reel, 5 row format and features Pragmatic Play's famous Win All Ways mechanic. The betting range is from 0.20 to 100 credits per spin. 

The game is highly volatile, and the features and bonuses will be familiar to fans of other online casino games from the same provider, such as Fishin Reels. It's fully optimised for mobile and can be played across all devices. 

The visuals are impressive, and the design centres around the Ancient Greek world. The game grid is set against a background featuring Doric columns topped by flaming torches, with a fearsome looking Zeus overseeing the action from the side. The game is packed with animations to keep things interesting, including lightning bolts hurled by the all-powerful Zeus exploding on the reels.

On the reels themselves, you'll see different shaped precious stones. These are the lower-paying symbols. The thematic symbols, including a goblet, ring, hourglass, and crown, are the higher paying ones. Wins are formed by landing a cluster of at least eight regular symbols anywhere on the reels. 

The highest paying of the regular symbols is the crown. Twelve or more of these appearing on the reels will win you a payout of 50 x your bet. Payouts for the other symbols range between 12 x and 25 x your bet for the thematic symbols and 2 x to 10 x for the lower-paying gems. 

The game doesn’t have a wild due to the Win All Ways mechanism which disregards paylines. But the main man of Greek mythology, Zeus himself, acts as the Scatter. As well as unlocking Free Spins, Zeus will also give handsome payouts if you land four or more of him anywhere on the reels. 

There are also four round gemstones of different colours (green, blue, pink, and red). These can land anywhere on the reels at any time in the base game or Free Spins round. And when they do, they'll award you a multiplier from 2 x to 500 x your stake.

Pragmatic Play generally likes to keep their online slots simple, without a whole load of extra features and bonuses. But Gates of Olympus is an exception. 

First, there is the Cascading Reels feature. Once a winning cluster is formed, all the symbols that go into creating it are blasted from the reels by a bolt of lightning, and more symbols tumble down to take their place. This feature is always active and kicks in after every win, giving the player the chance of hitting multiple wins in a row. 

The circular gems are multipliers, as we mentioned before. These can also land at any time during the base game and free spins. In the base game, any wins on a spin that lands one of these gems will be increased by that multiplier value. If more than one multiplier lands with a winning cascade, their values are added together and applied to the win. 

Free Spins are activated when you land three to six of the Zeus Scatter symbol anywhere on the reels. This will get you 15 Free Spins plus a payout of 3 x your stake for four, 5 x for five and 100 x your bet for six. Landing three more scatters during the Free Spins will win you an extra five spins.

The big bonus of the Free Spins round, apart from the free spins, of course, is how the multipliers behave. First, if a multiplier is in view anywhere on the reels, it is applied to all winning combinations. Secondly, once a multiplier lands in the Free Spins, it sticks and is applied to all subsequent wins.

If you choose to activate the Ante Bet option, it will increase the size of your stake by 25%. In return, more scatter symbols are guaranteed to land, giving you a better chance of getting into the Free Spins round, where the really big prizes are to be had.

Although Greek Mythology is not exactly an original theme, in Gates of Olympus, the developers have managed to keep it fresh. And with the utilisation of unique features such as Cascading Reels and Win All Ways, there's nothing stale about the gameplay either. Check it out for yourself here at PartyCasino, and don't forget to take advantage of our great bonuses and promotions as well!