Football Gladiators Slots
Football Gladiators is a high quality video slot from Stakelogic, its theme being a quirky blend between football and ancient Roman gladiators a la Russell Crowe. Football is the most popular sport in the world, while gladiator fights might be the most famously hardcore combat type in history.
A lengthy intro scene of the gladiators entering the field leads you to a 5-reel, 25-payline slot with a jackpot of 1000 coins, accompanied by some great bonus features. Both Roman gladiators and football would be great choices of theme for a video slot so bringing the two together is a creative move which should appeal to fans of both themes.
Do as the Romans Do
We’re seriously impressed with the quality of the graphics of this video slot, the intro scene of the football gladiators preparing to fight bears the quality of a console game rather than an online slot. From the rippling muscles of the gladiators backs to the lustre of their armour, the realistic 3D quality really brings a sense of anticipation to the slot game itself.
Also like a console game, you can choose between four popular footballer characters including Pirlo, Van Persie and Rio Ferdinand. Once you’ve picked your character, they will appear beside the reels as you spin.
The backing music sounds like something straight out of a Greek, Roman or Medieval set movie and is paired with traditional slot sounds each time the reels stop. The visual backdrop is a Roman amphitheatre, with the reels set in stone flanked by bulls, lions or other mascots depending on the player you’ve chosen. Each player is accompanied by a big cat pet/weapon such as a lion or tiger.
The attention to detail with the theme and the graphics of this game is top notch and the symbols include the players, an old leather football, shields, helmets and the historic Arena Wild. Two of these Wilds appearing will transport you to one of two bonus games; the Chariot Race or the Battle Bonus game.
The Gladiator’s Armoury
This is a 5-reel, 25-payline standard format game, with a top jackpot of 1000 coins. Coin values range from 0.01 to a 50.00 maximum bet and active betting lines from 1 to 4. The symbols of interest here are the character Wild and the Arena Bonus symbol.
The bonus symbol appears only on reels 2 and 4 and when landed on both of these reels triggers the bonus games of either a Chariot Race or a Battle Bonus game, both well-designed features to add a bit of interest between spins.
The Chariot Race offers various free spin and multiplier prizes depending on the size of track you choose to race on, from 7 free spins with a 5x multiplier to 15 free spins with a 2x multiplier. Your player must be a race leader to make use of the multiplier and if he wins the race then you’ll get an extra bonus of 10x your stake. The other bonus game is the Battle Bonus, where the players battle against a selection of mythical-looking big beasts which you will have seen in the intro.
You can select which beast you want to battle and they each have different awards on offer, with each time you strike a beast giving you a cash prize. Once all 4 players have battled the beast, the bonus game comes to an end. Pays range from 10 coins to the top jackpot of 1000, full details in the pay table below.
Fight like a Gladiator for Those Wins
This theme is a bizarre mash up between Roman Gladiators and Football, being decidedly more gladiator than it is football. Strangely, we do like the concept and it’s improved even further by the excellent 3D graphics, which are definitely in the same league of some of the most modern popular slots such as Gonzo’s Quest and others of its class. The theme, albeit weird is also very well executed with great attention to detail.
We particularly love the bonus games which are what gives this game the final top mark it needs to get the thumbs up. This macho game could suit anyone, on any budget and we’d definitely recommend giving it a spin.
