Online casino developer, Yggdrasil Gaming, named their firm after a mythical tree of power from Nordic mythology. But when it comes to mythical super heroes, the online slots maker knows a thing or two about developing games.
A relatively new title, Super Heroes looks a treat, has a lovely intro cut sequence, and comes packed with bonus symbols and features. But is there too much packed into this game for players to enjoy the wins? Let's review and take a closer look.
The Super Heroes video slot is a slick 5-reel online slot that can be loaded via the gambler's web browser. Like many of the newest Yggdrasil slots, it works in any browser with HTML5, but we found our Internet Explorer just far too glitch. A better option is Google Chrome or Firefox.
There are 20 fixed paylines, and you can adjust their coins from 0.01 to 5.00. In a rather neat touch, you can click on the symbols on the reels to reveal their bonus details and/or payout structure.
There are eight regular symbols in the slot, all denoting the bad guys (the goodies will come in later). The "royal symbols" - blue diamond, green spade, purple club, and red heart, pay from 10x (3-of-a-kind) to 120x (5-of-a-kind).
Further up the list, the high limit bad guys pay around 20-40x for 3OAK, up to 250-500x for a full payline of matching symbols. The shining WILD symbol can be pretty lucrative, appearing on the reels to substitute all regular icons other than the Scatter symbol.
While the base game itself can be fairly volatile, it's helped by a randomly-triggered Super Hero Feature. When this triggers, two random Super Heroes are summoned and will perform their special power, adding coins, spins or multipliers to the reels.
There are six heroes in total, all performing a cool power, although only five of them appear in the base game:
If you manage to land three Free Spin Scatters anywhere, the bonus game triggers. The round will also activate the Super Hero Feature, with each randomly-summoned hero starting at a low Level 1, building up to Level 4 every time they are called.
There aren't too many free spins to start with (4, 5 or 7, depending on how many Scatter symbols you trigger the round with) but we managed to win 700 coins from the bonus. In addition, another hero will be added to the list - Trance. Trance conjures up a time portal and can award up to 4 extra free spins for the round.
Like most superhero-themed slot games online, Super Heroes is packed with nice graphics and exciting bonuses. But the volatility can be a killer. We rarely found any random heroes doing the business during the base game, and even when they did it amounted to a 2-3x total stake win.
Much better is the Free Spins feature that can easily add a few hundred coins to your balance. Play for free and see for yourself, and if you love a bit of Kapow!-filled action on your gambling reels, check out any of Playtech's Marvel Jackpot slots like Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, or Fantastic Four.