Mermaid Quest – A Deep Sea Adventure

With an overall score of 9.72 out of 10 (according to Casino Advisor, the largest guide to online casinos and software) Mermaids Quest is one of Vegas Technology’s highest ranked slot games. This slot has 5 reels with up to 8 paylines and features auto play and Bet Max, as well as speed control and sound options. The only things missing are player statistics, a drawback for anyone wishing to keep an eye on their performance.

The theme is based around the popular scene of underwater sea life and cute, colourful characters used for the symbols are set against a background colour of deep ocean blue. Very reminiscent of Disney’s film The Little Mermaid, these symbols include a Treasure Chest (the wild symbol) and King Neptune (the scatter symbol), as well as a Mermaid (the bonus symbol). The remaining symbols include the Fish, Clam, Dolphin, Shell, Turtle, Seahorse, Lobster, Starfish and Crab.
The graphics are brilliantly bold and colourful and many symbols are animated, such as the seahorse wobbling about, or the shell overturning.
The accompanying sound effects and music are perfect for the theme and really should be kept enabled, as they add to the overall feel of the game.

Before play commences, players need to select the coin value. Available values start from 0.01 and rise through 0.05 and 0.10 to 0.25, followed by 0.50 and the higher values of 1.00 and 5.00 up to 10.00. This range compensates for the default single coin line bet. Next the paylines have to be enabled. Clicking Bet One will add pay lines one by one, while Bet Max will enable all lines. With the settings completed, play is started by clicking on Spin.

The wild symbol (the Treasure Chest) doesn’t multiply payouts, but offers a 10000-coin jackpot if it appears 5 times on an enabled line. Two or more King Neptune scatter symbols result in scatter payouts, with 5 symbols paying out 1000 coins. 3 or more scatters will trigger a free spins round with 10 free spins at double payout. Additional free spins can be triggered during this round, but they will result in normal payouts. 3 Mermaids in a line will trigger the bonus game, played on the second screen. The reels will be engulfed by the sea and the player is guided to three different sea bed locations by the mermaid. Each location has various treasure chests and players choose one to reveal a number of bonus credits.

Overall, this is a fun game packed with brilliant graphics and audio worth listening to. It’s a shame that many winning opportunities don’t include a progressive jackpot. Although the highest fixed jackpot (10000 coins, $100000) does compensate a little, secondary jackpots offering a maximum 500-coin payout are rather disappointing.

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