Mystical Unicorn Slot
‘If it isn’t broken don’t fix it’ is a phrase common to almost every industry or walk of life in the world, slot game manufacturers like everyone else do tend to often play it safe - churning out multiple themes on the same gameplay platform or improving slightly on an old range without being drastically dynamic in providing new creative ideas at every release date.
Mystical Unicorn is guilty of both these historic ideals, but it is still a very popular land based casino slot which means this tried and tested principle may not always be a negative path to follow, after all customers know what they like.
On the face of it this is simply another WMS G+ Deluxe title, it features all the familiar concepts from games like Napoleon and Josephine; larger than stock symbols with increased art detail, synchronised cabinet lighting, and cheesy voice over big win celebrations. The key to this ‘Deluxe 5x4’ range is that all this is now available on 40, 50 and even 100 pay-lines for more possible win combinations.
Theme & Gameplay
Mystical unicorn can easily feel like a game which is confused with its own identity, on the one hand it comes across like a classic Alice in Wonderland remake, bunny rabbits, an attractive maiden, woodland mushrooms and the like. Then it goes medieval with castles and a Robin Hood styled gentleman (Complete with a bow and grinning goatee) sitting on the reels alongside the glowing white unicorn of the games name.
The obligatory low value playing card symbols are nicely rendered as Jewels but there is only really two symbols you will care to see appear out of the mist of fairy tale theme music, those being at least 3x Castle scatter symbols to trigger the bonus spins or the dazzling Unicorn wild which replaces all symbols except for the aforementioned Scatter.
3 Scatters will grant you the starting 10 Free Spins and increased chance of Unicorn Wilds; 4 Scatters gets you 20 Free Spins and 5 Scatters gets you 50 Free Spins.
You will be praying for the Castle Scatter in more than just standard game mode on this slot as the bonus free spins are re-triggerable at any time to maximise your win and increase your chances at popping either the minor or major progressive jackpot.
Summary
This is a game series which has stood the test of several seasons on the Las Vegas Casino floors whilst many other types of slot have come and gone.
The notoriously high variance on this game can be off putting to some players but given its playable from a fairly low limit and there is two progressive jackpots to be potentially dropped it is likely players will keep coming back to feed the unicorn for plenty of time to come. If the theme itself isn’t your bag – there are other games in the series to choose from such as Pirate Ship, The King & The Sword and King of Africa.
