Red Lady Slot Machine
Through the mists of time sails the Red Lady, a Pirate Captain aboard a large ship with vast sails, gothic architecture and seafaring artefacts that hint at the Napoleonic.
The beautifully hand-drawn effect illustrations to this game stand out in a sea of primary coloured, blingy graphics more commonly associated with online slots. The theme is enticing and would appeal to Pirates of the Caribbean or Master and Commander lovers.
So, can this beautifully tempting online slot from Novomatic, and exclusively at Bell Fruit Casino, live up to its allure?
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Red Lady
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The seafaring artefacts aboard our pirate ship make up the symbols for the 5x3 reels. There's the Red Lady herself, Pirate Captain of this scurvy vessel, a pirate ship with crossbones sails, a pirate's mate - the colourful parrot - and crossed duelling pistols. Of course A-10 symbols make up the remaining icons, and payouts increase according to the combinations of symbols that fall on a payline.
Bonus symbols are an intricately crafted compass framed in an ornately decorated square which substitute for all symbols except scatters. Scatters are the same compass symbol in close-up with no frame. 3 scatters trigger the bonus of 10 free spins.
So we've established that this is a great-looking game, but, for my money it heavily favours looks over content.
Red Lady is a very standard format - 5x3 reels with a reasonable 10 paylines to offer some potentially lucrative entertainment, but that's not quite how it panned out for me.
Action seems to be very slow, payouts are low and infrequent, and too few scatters on the reels meant the bonus was very rarely triggered. Over an afternoon I used 6,000 credits and my biggest winnings were just 600.
So, a high volatility slot, then? But, take a closer look at the paytable and the variance shouldn't be that extreme with a top fixed jackpot of 5 symbols paying out 2000 coins and the lowest being 100. Let's assume Red Lady is med-high and I've just hit calm winds.
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Conclusion
Red Lady is a sumptuous, visually attractive treat and a slot for those who like to invest in the long-game.
I don't mind an investment if there's incentive enough to keep me rapt whilst we're at sea. But, from my experience, you'd have to pay a fair bit to win big and I'd have bust out (and got bored) long before finding the treasure trove.
However, that's the beauty of online slots - the RTP dictates that whilst today's experience leaves us stuck in the doldrums tomorrow we could be sailing on high winds all the way to where X marks the spot!