Shield of Sparta Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Shield of Sparta Review

The courage of the Spartan warriors became world famous in modern times via the Hollywood blockbuster simply called ‘300’, and you get to meet a few of them in Pragmatic Play’s Shield of Sparta. The ‘shield’ part of the title refers to the 2 unique bonus symbols that play a central part in this game, and one of them has magnetic abilities that become useful in the bonus round.

Visually, we have seen better things from this developer, and the presentation is mostly static with the exception of the close-up of the warrior face on the wild symbol. You get to hear the war cry plenty of times from this symbol, and everything revolves around the upgradable multiplier frames bonus round. The 3,000x potential is a bit below the 5,000x we are used to from Pragmatic, but fans of climactic final free spins should dive in for a closer look.

Shield of Sparta Slot - Reels Screen

Shield of Sparta Slot Features

The high paying symbols award between 15 and 25 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the warrior Wild symbol can appear anywhere to step in for pay symbols and thus help complete winning lines. The Bonus Symbols are either regular or magnetic, and landing 2 of either on the same spin makes them sticky for a respin.

You need at least 3 bonus and/or magnetic bonus symbols in view to trigger the Bonus Round, and you get 10, 15 or 20 free spins from 3, 4 or 5 bonus symbols, respectively. The triggering positions are highlighted by a frame, and the frames are upgraded by new bonus symbols that land inside them. There are 3 upgrade tiers, and magnetic frames pull any bonus symbol that lands on the same reel into the frame.

Non-magnetic frames can be upgraded to become magnetic if a magnetic bonus symbol lands inside the frame.

The last bonus round spin is where the magic happens, as all the framed positions reveal a random multiplier. The multiplier depends on the level the frame has achieved, as follows:

• Level 1 frames reveal a multiplier of x1, x2 or x3.
• Level 2 frames reveal a multiplier of x5, x6 or x8.
• Level 3 frames reveal a multiplier of x10, x12, x15 or x20.

All the multipliers that are revealed are added together, and the total multiplier will then boost the total bonus round win. You can retrigger the bonus round to get 10, 15 or 20 extra spins, and this is done by landing 3, 4 or 5 bonus and/or magnetic bonus symbols on the same free spin.

The 200 Spins Shield of Sparta Slot Experience

You get to see a bunch of dead spins in the base game, before we trigger the bonus round at 0:35 into the 2-minute highlights video. It happened thanks to the 2 locked bonus symbols respin feature, and you can see for yourself what kind of bonus round multiplier we achieved by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The visual presentation comes across as a tad generic and dated, but perhaps that’s the style Pragmatic Play was aiming for, who knows. You get some decent warrior symbol animations though, but the battle roar the wild unleashes each time gets repetitive after a while.

You can expect plenty of dead spins in the rather tedious base game, and winnings up to 500x is the most you can hope for there.

The good news is that the bonus round triggers once every 125 spins on average, which is a significantly higher hit rate than the 200-300 spins you usually get from most slots. The tension keeps building the more and better multiplier frames you manage to rack up, but the 3,000x potential puts somewhat of a damper on the grand finale reveal spin. Shield of Sparta is still worth checking out though, but a 5,000x win cap would’ve better suited this level of volatility.

Pros

• 2 bonus symbols become sticky for respin
• FS w/ multiplier frame upgrade build up
• Climactic multiplier reveal final FS
• Max win probability is 1 in 7.7 million

Cons

• High volatility and “only” 3,000x potential
• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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