Game of Thrones

Basic Features

“Game of Thrones” is a very, very basic slot. It makes large promises of “bonus games” and “extra features”, but really, it doesn’t offer anything that we haven’t seen a billion times before. There are free spins, sure, but there isn’t anything that I would call a “game”, really. By far the most interesting part of the game is that certain online casinos offer two variants of it – a more traditional one with 15 paylines as well as one with 243. Both versions are entirely identical, and the number of paylines really doesn’t make much of a difference on how often you win, so feel free to play whichever one you want.

Game of Thrones Slot
		Software:	Microgaming	Double option:	No
		RTP:	95.00%	Mobile version:	Yes
		Progressive:	No	Coin value:	£0.01-£0.10
		Autoplay:	Yes	Bet value:	£0.30 – £30
		Quick spin:	No	Max. bet:	£30.00
		Reels:	5	Free spins:	Yes
		Paylines:	15/243	Bonus round:	Yes

Visually, the slot is a disappointment. No effort has gone into it whatsoever. The backgrounds and the symbols are all extremely simplistic, and 90% of the designs have been directly copy/pasted from the show. There are very, very few animations – when you win, most symbols just blink awkwardly. Only the two special symbols, Wild and Scatter, give you any kind of animation when triggered. There was very little craftsmanship put into the visual department, but the sound one is if you can believe it, even worse. The ONLY music in the game is the theme of the show, which just plays over and over and over and over again ad nauseam! You’d be excused for clicking that “Mute” button after even a short while.

Paytable

“Game of Thrones” has 10 different symbols, and as I said earlier, none of them have a lot of effort put into them. One of them, the Wild, is the “Game of Thrones” logo, as is tradition for Microgaming slots such as Thunderstruck II, so it’s forgivable. What is less excusable is that the remaining symbols are the 4 crests of the warring houses from the show (Stark, Lannister, Targaryen and Baratheon), which, again, have been taken directly from the TV show with little editing. The only symbol that’s not directly ripped off is the Scatter symbol, which is represented by the Iron Throne… But then again, the Throne has become such an iconic image in the show that it wouldn’t be surprising if that symbol was taken from promotional materials as well.

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All winnings presented in the images are in pounds and adjusted for the maximum bet of £30 per spin. To add insult to injury, the winnings aren’t really all that big anyway. It’s a little hard to talk about the particular winnings because “Game of Thrones” follows this annoying Microgaming tradition in which the paytable doesn’t give you a simple way of knowing just what you’d win since the values adjust depending on your bet. I had a little trouble understanding just what those values actually meant (did they represent pounds? Coins? Potatoes?), but ultimately, I believe that we’re talking about pounds. As such, the biggest win you can possibly get on the maximum bet of £30 per spin is £500, which is ridiculously low, especially for a licensed slot.

Bonus Rounds/Free Spins

An interesting feature of the slot is the ability to gamble your winnings on the flip of a coin. It’s essentially the same system as the one found in Gladiator, but a bit more elaborate, as subsequent successful winnings will unlock various bonuses. The problem is, as always with a system like that, you’ll more often than not just end up losing everything right away. The win/loss ratio isn’t NEARLY as bad as it was in Gladiator, but I’d still recommend sticking to your winnings and not risking everything, especially on bigger sums.

When you get 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols (represented by the Iron Throne), you automatically unlock the Free Spins round, which is definitely the most interesting part of this slot, even if it’s not too impressive. Each of the four Houses has a set of free spins and a multiplier, and the more free spins there are the smaller the multiplier is, and vice versa. As such, you need to make a choice between playing for longer, but getting relatively small rewards, or having just a handful of free spins, but with huge winnings. It’s a very similar system to the one used in Microgaming’s Thunderstruck II, except here all the Houses are unlocked right away, and you can choose whichever one you like even if you only activate the bonus once.

Experience of Playing the Slot and Other Recommended Games

“Game of Thrones”? More like “Game of Disappointment”. This slot isn’t nearly good enough to bear the game of one of the most beloved fantasy franchises in recent memory. It’s a bare-bones cash-grab with low winnings and ridiculously simplistic graphics and animations, most of which look like they were designed by a first-year college student (apologies to college students everywhere). Even if you’re a gigantic fan of the show and/or the books and are just begging to consume as much of it as possible, I’d still recommend that you stay away from it. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing inherently bad about it (hence why its rating is a 3.5 and not lower), but when there’s so many other brilliant slots out there, it’s just not worth bothering with the mediocre ones. If you’re looking for a better slot based on a TV show, then NetEnt’s South Park is for you – it’s absolutely brilliant. And if you want a good fantasy-themed Microgaming slot, then Thunderstruck II is also a good one that you can check out.