Viking Age slots review
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
So I logged into my email today and of course saw the top stories in Yahoo news. Really, isn’t there anything positive they can talk about? So, I went off in search of online slot games. Today I’ve decided to play Viking Age because Vikings took a more direct action to solving an economic crisis. Not that I recommend pillaging and plunder. But in a slots game it can be fun.
Now, let me set this one up. Stirring, thunderous music brings you into the game and a steady drumbeat encourages you to keep spinning on a “slot machine” that’s a giant stone structure set in a field and overseen by a Shield Maiden. Now, there were real shield maidens. These were women who chose to fight alongside the men and alert readers might recognize the term from Lord of the Rings. Tales of shield maidens were Tolkien’s inspiration for Eowyn. Though this shield maiden seems frustrated at me for stopping to type. She keeps waving at me and saying “any day now.”
This is the fun of an interactive 3D slot. Developers are creating characters within the game to interact with the players and fantastic animation sequences even for individual wins. These are slot games you want to take a little extra time to play. In Viking Age the symbols include Viking warriors (men this time), a ship, the prow of a Viking vessel, treasure, a rune stone, an axe and a shield. I’ve decided that has to be a shield (it explains the arrows when I win with it) and not a wheel unless Vikings had great rims.
The shield maiden is named Amma and she tends to yawn and get bored if I stop spinning. But she also cheers me on when I’m winning and if I hit 3 Amma symbols in a row, she summons the warriors to remove part of the carved stones and reveal the multipliers for the free spins. This shield maiden could be worth her weight in gold — or slot tokens.
Three or more shield maiden helmets awards the Doors to Valhalla feature where I choose a runestone and Amma checks the symbol to see if I’ve won credits , free spins or access to the bonus round. Since I didn’t win the bonus round, I need three or more arm wrestling Vikings to make it to the bonus round where I to choose if I’ll be Erik or Elgrim in an arm wrestling contest. Then choose coin tosses to determine which warrior wins and how much I win. The game includes snippets of dialogue between the warriors and who are set in a full rich 3D scene. Play this slot game with the sound on.
Viking Age is a great slot game. I’m posting this blog then heading back to play more!