Heroic Spins Slot Review

26/06/2024 | Categories: Pragmatic Play Slots | Published by: Joe | Last updated: 26/06/2024

It has been a minute since we reviewed a Pragmatic Play slot. In recent times, this gaming juggernaut has expanded in Spain and Latin America (Brazil in particular) while striking multiple sector-wide partnership agreements. It also has unleashed a bunch of slots, some of which have made sizeable waves in the online gambling sphere.

We think we have looked at more games from this renowned provider than any other game studio. Looking back into our Pragmatic Play slot review library, we saw that the last time we scanned a title from this company was in February of this year, and the product in question was Blade & Fangs, a black magic and horror spinner.

So, more than enough time has passed, and a new Pragmatic slot analysis is long overdue. For this occasion, we have chosen Heroic Spins, a game from this supplier that came out in late May 2024. It did not do gangbuster numbers but is trending in the top five hundred most-played standings in multiple top markets. But the main thing that grabbed our attention here were the Pixar-style character designs and no-so-conventional visuals as far as Pragmatic Play titles go. Thus, let us dive deeper into this product and tell you if it is one that you should consider.

Theme & Design

What is the theme of Heroic Spins? The name is a bit of a giveaway, as it signals that this product has a fairy tale-style motif, set in what we would assume is Ancient Rome. However, the monster-like creatures are not something out of Roman mythology. Hence, we assume that Pragmatic’s team tapped into their creativity with this release and combined elements from multiple places. It has dragons, golden rams, mechanical owls, and one-eyed alien-like beings.

As noted above, the visuals here are modern animation-type ones. We think we can say with some degree of certainty that the inspiration behind the presentation here is the How to Train Your Dragon cartoons. The first came out in 2010, produced by DreamWorks, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The character designs here reminded us of the ones in the noted feature film franchise. Overall, this game looks super polished, with the reel-spinning entertainment happening on a terrace in front of a Maltese-type cityscape, with the symbols rotating between two columns, and our hero standing to the right of the 5×3 grid, reacting to what is occurring on the reels next to him.

We should tell you that Heroic Spins recycles win animations from other Pragmatic Play releases, utilizing some already-heard sound effects. You get a cartoony laid-back soundtrack here, and the button configuration is the standard setup this developer has been implementing for years.

All in all, we do not hate the presentation here. Although, we think that it is nothing stunning. But we always appreciate when Pragmatic Play goes down a slightly different route. Attempts at novelty drive innovation, so we shall always praise providers when they try something new.

Specs & Gameplay

We did mention that this game features a 5×3 layout with twenty paylines. It has a varying RTP setting that comes with three variations. These are 93.99%, 95.04%, and 96%. The variance level here is high. The betting range begins at $0.20, ending at the now Pragmatic Play staple max bet of $240. It has a max exposure of x1.00 and a hit frequency of one in four.

You snag rewards in Heroic Spins by hitting three to five identical symbols on adjacent reels, from left to right. The low-pay tokens in this title are different-colored card suits, paying from x0.5 to x1 for five-of-a-kind combinations from this batch. The premiums in this game are the discussed owl, the cyclops, a chest with gold, a dragon, and a princess. These high-pay symbols produce wilds of x1 to x5 for five matching ones from this group hitting on the same spin. The golden ram is the wild here, appearing only on the second, third, and fourth reels. The hero is the scatter, and he can show up anywhere.

Bonus Features

For many, the heart and soul of Heroic Spins is the expanding wild with multiplier feature. Accordingly, when one or more wilds land here, they grow to fill their entire reel with wilds. If two of these tokens hit before the expansion happens, they get an x2 value attached. Three popping up before the expansion, the wilds on that reels receive an x3 multiplier.

The free spin round in this slot gets triggered when three or more hero scatters show up in the same gaming round, stopping in view. That leads to two-part wheel spins that can supply up to fifty on-the-house reel rotations and multiplier values up to x100. These get attached to each free spin win. Also, the wilds hit in this mode expand the same as in the base gameplay. But one landed before an expansion awards all on-screen substitution symbols an x2 value. Two give an x4 multiplier, and three produce an x6 one.

For a cost of x100, you can enter the free spin round by exploiting the feature buy option, meaning paying this price will guarantee that three scatters will materialize on your display in the following spin.

GOSU Verdict

For the most part, Heroic Spins feels and plays like many other online reel spinners from Pragmatic Play. For us, the highlight of this Internet gaming product is its max exposure of x10,000 on a max bet of $240. That is impressive and a non-jackpot top prize you will rarely see from many other entries in this gambling category. The expanding wilds are cool, and the bonus (free spin) mode in this slot is more dynamic than the one in most other games from this provider.

All that said, we do not feel comfortable telling you that this title is of a certain degree of quality, making us feel that we should suggest you look for it. It is Okay, but nothing we would go out of our way to find and play.