Pied Piper Slot Machine
Quickspin have made giant strides in the iGaming industry over the last few years by releasing a flurry of graphic-rich games, with Wild symbols and respins featuring predominantly on the feature front, and they’re kicking things off in 2018 as they mean to go on with another exceptional release.
Retelling the classic story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pied Piper by Quickspin sees the legend return to the German medieval village of Hamelin, armed with his famous pipe, as there is yet another infestation of mice for him to lure away.
Boasting beautifully rendered graphics that have been designed using soft pastel colours, the cobbled streets of Hamelin set the scene in the background with bags of gold coins, silver keys, the mayor, his wife and daughter all appearing on the reels alongside the Pied Piper and an abundance of mice that you will grow very fond of.
Music to Your Ears
The splendid soundtrack has a medieval vibe and the pipe playing even louder will be music to your ears as it so often means that the Pied Piper, who can wander across the reels as a Walking Wild, is about to make an appearance on the 5-reeled slot.
With 40 fixed paylines to form winning combinations across, Quickspin have been very kind with the staking options as they begin at a low limit of just 0.20 credits, rather than 0.40 credits like myself and many other players expected when we first heard about the structure, and rise to a maximum of 100.00 credits for those who are most confident that the Pied Piper will lure plenty of mice across the reels.
Quickspin have reported that the Pied Piper video slot boasts an impressive payout percentage of 96.32% and that it’s a medium volatility slot that can pay out up to 1,456x your stake on a single spin, so cross your fingers that you hear that pipe playing very loudly!
Walk the Cobbled Streets of Hamelin
Developed using HTML5 technology, you can rest assured that the cobbled streets of Hamelin look sublime whether you play on your desktop, tablet or smartphone as it’s been mobile-optimised, however, it’s rather disappointing that eight of the thirteen symbols that feature on the pay table consist of low-paying playing card symbols.
The Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 playing card symbols have all been designed with a medieval twist in keeping with the era the children’s story is set. Accompanying them are bags filled with gold coins, silver keys, the mayor, his wife and daughter who all make up the highest-paying symbols, plus there are three very special symbols to watch out for – two Wild symbols, represented by the Pied Piper and the mouse, plus a Bonus Scatter symbol.
Symbol of Hope
The Pied Piper was said to be a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin, who were sick and tired of their beautiful village being overran with rats, and he will be to you too as the talented musician represents the Stacked Wild symbol and his appearance is key to you leaving the town richer than when you arrived.
A flurry of musical clefs creating a border around the third, fourth or fifth reel means that he could be about to grace you with his presence, however, you’ll have to endure plenty of teasing too as this doesn’t always result in him landing fully.
Whenever he does land in full view, prepare yourself for some magical wins as the Piper Respins feature kicks into action. This sees him play his pipe and walk one reel to the left after each respin until a spin has been played with him positioned on the leftmost reel and plenty of mouse Wilds follow him out of town to drastically boost your winnings. On top of this, you could be lucky enough to activate the Mystery Re-trigger on the final respin which results in him starting his tune all over again from the fifth reel.
Another symbol that you’ll be hoping to see while playing this free Pied Piper slot machine is the Bonus Scatter symbol, represented by a stunning birds-eye view of Hamelin, as a trio of these trigger free spins and see him play his pipe even louder. You’ll secure 10 free spins with between one and six mouse Wilds randomly added to the reels during each spin – trust me when I tell you that these combined with the Pied Piper strutting across reels so often results in epic fairytale wins!
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
The Pied Piper isn’t the only video slots character who struts his stuff from one side of the reels to the other as the Walking Wilds feature has become increasingly popular over the last few years, especially with NetEnt who have included it in several of their most popular casino slot machines.
The dreamy graphics of Jack and the Beanstalk are mightily impressive, but you’ll be even more chuffed whenever you see the games logos appear on the reels as it is the Walking Wild that substitutes for all standard symbols, moving one reel to the left each time with the reels being respun until they disappear.
Based on the H. G. Wells novel of the same name, The Invisible Man slot boasts two Walking Wilds with the policeman appearing on the first reel and moving to the right, while the Invisible Man appears on the fifth reel and moves to the left.
Play That Pipe All Night!
You’ll be praying that the Pied Piper plays his pipe all night long and makes regular appearances on the reels followed by a mischief of mice as the Piper Respins feature is key to you leaving the beautiful village of Hamelin with your pockets filled with cash!
