Dream of Knight Slots
There is nothing like a classic fairy tale to warm your heart on a cold, dank evening - the lure of romance, a journey of discovery, and of course the happy ending, make it a truly heady medium to engage with. You only have to look at the success of Disney and their brother’s Grimm adaptations to see that.
Try as we might though, most of us never get to experience what it’s like to be a damsel in distress rescued by their beloved, nor do we know how it feels playing the role of the dashing knight rushing in to save someone from a hideous beast. And it’s a darn shame, we want our fairy tale and a happy ending.
As if in answer to our cries, Alps Gaming has created such a slot machine that allows us to partake and become central to the unravelling of the story depicted through the 5 reels of Dream of Knight.
Yonder Castle
These things always start with a castle and true enough, in the background of the reels in a deep rich purple hue, is the outline of a castle reflected in what we assume to be a lake. It is a glorious setting and one fit for the likes of Disney any day, as are several of the icons upon the spinning reels themselves.
As you come to understand with the vast majority of slot games, many of the tiles presented to you will be nothing more than decorated card values, identical to those you’ve seen in a deck of cards. However, in amongst those are special symbols which are so well crafted and designed that it makes up for the others.
Six base game icons are exactly like this in Dream of Knight, consisting of doves, gold roses locked away in a love heart brooch, a foreboding castle partly in shadow, a stained glass woman so beautiful she’ll mesmerise you, and a knight’s helmet with a ribbon draped over it. Out of all of those we’ve listed, the wild or what Alps has named the joker, is the most valuable at 10,000 credits per five of them. This tile will also sub 9 of the icons you see before you.
The red jewelled heart encrusted with diamonds is the scatter symbol, and with it comes a combination of money and free games, from 8 to 20 of them to be exact. Not all of the scatter gemstones reward you so handsomely, but they still gift you enough money to make living a happily ever after a lot more affordable. And you do want to be comfortable once you rescue your princess, it’s part of the archetype of fairytales - you don’t see Cinders back to scrubbing kitchen floors once she’s been saved.
A Gambling Knight
Perils and trials are numerous along your journey, but the user interface of this slot machine isn’t one of them. Placing your bets and getting the ball rolling is as simple as it comes, with all the necessary tools found underneath the main body of the slot machine.
There are eight buttons in total, though one of them isn’t always lit up for use – this is the Gamble feature. What this does is allow you the chance to double or lose your current winnings, which means you need to have won some cash in the first place for it to trigger.
Customers will see that beside that option is where they will sort the number of paylines and credits they wish to play with, with 9 being the maximum number of lines available to this title. Furthermore, a bet of up to a 100 credits can be made, valued at between 0.01 and 5.00, which means you could have a very large punt worth 900 in total. You can set this value yourself or allow the maximum bet configuration to do that for you, the latter of which is much simpler.
Is the Dream Better Than Reality?
Dream of Knight is another success for the Alps Gaming brand, for it has a classic underbelly with a contemporary edge that makes it the perfect marriage of all the aspects of slot machines we’ve become so familiar with. The story doesn’t dominate but nor does it take a backseat; it is just right enough for all players to get involved.
It is rare such a game has been so well received, because old school gamers and avid new game players alike tend to disagree on just about everything. What a breath of fresh air it is to see a title that can bring them together and call truce on the debate of whether older activities are better than new and vice versa.
