Ever After Slot Machine
Get ready to meet the fairy of your dreams on Ever After, a fairytale-themed slot with a sinister twist. Set in a faraway place called Darkwood, it tells a different kind of story than you might know from the usual fairy tales. Darkwood has been cursed with never-ending night and relentless fog that refuses to lift. All hope rests on the shoulders of the good fairy Faye to enchant the town and lead to a ‘happily ever after’ on the reels.
The Dark Slot Reels
Ever After is a visual feast with an enchanted background in darkish colors. NextGen is not normally known for intricate graphics, but it seems no effort was spared to produce something spectacular with this slot.
A frameless game window, spectacular graphics and stunning animations add to the high-quality design. The characters on the reels change magically into wild Princess Adva, Rakaq ‘The Revealer’, ‘Dashing’ Doron Dangerfield, and Bria Delmy symbols after being enchanted by fairy Faye. A rather serene soundtrack is dramatically interrupted by thumping sounds when the bonus symbols land on the reels as well as on big wins.
The slot has eight pay symbols, one wild symbol and one scatter symbol. The low-paying symbols are the card suits – blue spades, green clubs, purple diamonds, and red hearts. The medium-value symbols are the four characters, namely a mouse with a blue background, an owl with a green background, a boy with a purple background and a girl with a red background. These transform into the wild symbols mentioned earlier when they are enchanted.
The colors play a significant role in the Mirror Magnificent feature. The wild and top-paying symbol is a red potion bottle. The standard scatters appear as a brightly lit meshed window, with a minimum of three needed to trigger the free spins. The light will change to a purple tone when the scatters are enchanted. Just two scatter symbols are sufficient to trigger the free spins round.
The Enchanted Numbers and Stats
Ever After is a video slot with five reels, three rows and 243 ways to win. The main features on the game are the random Mirror Magnificent Feature and a free spins round. The RTP of this medium-to-high-variance game is set at 96.46%. The modern HMTL5 format makes it available for play on any desktop or mobile device across all OS platforms. AutoPlay allows players to choose from 10 to 100 spins to be played consecutively.
Summoning the good fairy starts at a low-roller-friendly 0.15 coins and peaks at a modest 37.50 coins. Pays for a single five of a kind range from 1.25x to 20x the bet. The maximum win potential in a single spin is a staggering 4,860x your bet for a full screen of wild symbols.
The Random Mirror Magnificent Feature
Faye will randomly appear in a puff of pink smoke on the left of the game window. Her arrival is announced when the ornaments on reel one turn gold during the spin. She will wave a magic wand to trigger the Mirror Magnificent feature. She’ll also enchant one, two or three symbols that land on reel one, upgrading these and all other matching symbols on the reels.
The enchanted wild will turn itself and all other wild symbols on the reels into expanding wilds, covering the entire reel. Bonus symbols are upgraded to Enchanted Bonus symbols, with just two required – instead of three – to trigger the free spins round. Enchanted character symbols will be seen to transform into wild symbols, while enchanted low-value symbols will upgrade to the character symbol matching in color – for example, the green clubs become owl symbols. Wins are only evaluated and paid once all upgrades are completed.
The moment to hit the maximum win happens when wild symbols land on all five reels after the Mirror Magnificent feature has been triggered. If Faye enchants the wild symbol on reel one, all wild symbols turn into expanding wilds, covering the entire game window with a screen of wild symbols. One single five of a kind pays 20x the bet, and multiplied by 243 ways, that equals the top win of 4,860x the bet.
The Magical Free Spins
The free spins round will be triggered either by landing three to five scatters in one spin or via the enchanted bonus symbol feature. The game will activate six to 30 free spins for three to five standard scatters, and six to 60 free spins for two to five enchanted scatters. Additionally, a coin win of 2x to 100x the total bet is awarded for two to five scatters. The Mirror Magnificent feature will be activated on every spin in the round, providing more potential to score mega wins.
Other Reels With Enchanting Surprises
We would all enjoy having our favorite slot reels enchanted and magically producing mega wins at every occasion during our gaming sessions. This won’t happen, but it’s certainly worth trying some other slots with similar pay mechanics such as Enchanted Crystals from Play’n GO and Enchanting Spells from 2BY2 Gaming while we’re at it.
An Enchanted Verdict
Ever After is nothing short of spectacular. That’s quite a surprise, knowing that NextGen Gaming has not always produced the most entertaining slots. Once in a blue moon, though, the team seem to have a magical moment of enchantment that results in a real gem. Anyone who has played 300 Shields, Medusa I and II, or Cash Stampede will have seen what they are capable of.
We can now add Ever After to the list of outstanding games that are not just well-designed, but also carry huge win potential. Get ready for your enchanted moments!
