Merlins Revenge Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Merlins Revenge Megaways Review

The Twisted Tales range from iSoftBet has been full of twists and turns so far, and Merlin's Revenge Megaways comes with the subtitle ‘Morgana Falling’. It’s a follow-up to the highly refreshing Morgana Megaways in case you wondered, and the main attraction is still a bonus round that’s all about collecting symbols to keep yourself going and upgrade the minimum number of win ways.

The regular 96 % RTP is more or less the same, but the bonus buy RTP is sliced down from 98.01 % to only 96.5 % in this release. You get the cascading wins mechanic in this version though, which can come in handy many times, and the Merlin’s Magic modifier comes in addition to the max megaways and mystery symbols features. The 28,988x potential is boosted significantly, making this follow-up well worth checking out.

Merlin's Revenge Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Merlin's Revenge Megaways Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 1.5 and 10 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and you also have a Wild symbol that steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete wins. The Wild does not hold any value of its own, and it can appear on reels 2-5 only. All winning symbols are removed via the Cascading mechanic, and new and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps. This process repeats indefinitely as long as you keep winning.

You can land Mystery Symbols anywhere on the grid, and these transform into a randomly selected pay symbol type after they land.

You can get mystery symbols both in the base game and in the bonus round. In addition to that, there are a few randomly triggered modifiers:

• Merlin’s Magic - triggers at random times on non-winning spins only, and it will either change the spin to a winner or activate the bonus round.
• Max Megaways - triggers at random times, and it gives you a maxed out grid with 117,649 ways to win.

You trigger the Merlin’s Free Spins round when 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters land anywhere in the same cascading sequence, and this awards 8, 10, 14 or 20 free spins, respectively. You can choose to gamble for more spins, up to 20 at best, but you risk losing the whole feature and you only win +1 extra spin per gamble wheel spin.

The bonus round is all about collecting symbols to win extra spins and increase the minimum number of win ways. The collected symbol starts at the bottom of the paytable, and you’ll work your way up towards the top. Here’s an overview of how it works:

• Collect 20 9 symbols to get +4 extra spins.
• Collect 20 10 symbols to get +4 extra spins and 500 minimum win ways.
• Collect 15 J symbols to get +4 extra spins and 500 minimum win ways.
• Collect 15 Q symbols to get +3 extra spins and 1,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 15 K symbols to get +3 extra spins and 1,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 15 A symbols to get +3 extra spins and 2,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 10 Blue Orb symbols to get +2 extra spins and 5,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 10 Green Crystal symbols to get +2 extra spins and 10,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 8 Pink Swirl symbols to get +1 extra spins and 50,000 minimum win ways.
• Collect 8 Merlin symbols to get +1 extra spins and a maxed out 117,649 win ways.

If available in your jurisdiction, which is never the case for UK players, you can purchase the bonus round directly from the in-game menu.

Simply hit the Bonus Buy button, and you can pay 80x your stake for the feature. This awards at least 3 scatters on the spin that follows, and the bonus round triggers organically 1 in 320 spins. The bonus buy RTP is 96.5 %.

The 200 Spins Merlin's Revenge Megaways Slot Experience

You get to see some smaller base game wins, before we purchase the bonus round at 1:25 into the 6:46-minute highlights video. This gave us 5 triggering scatters and 14 FS, but we still decided to try our luck in the gamble feature. This gave us 15 starting free spins, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We liked the soundtrack and the visuals in the original Morgana Megaways better, as the black tiles don’t go too well together with the dark backdrop. You never get to see any kind of revenge either, but Merlin's Revenge: Morgana Falling Megaways is still a solid follow-up with some twists to the ‘twisted tale’ that fans will probably appreciate. There are some drawbacks too however, as you get no cash prizes when you level up in the bonus round this time, for example.

The bonus buy RTP was a solid 98.01 % in the first game, but the 28,988x potential is almost 3x as high. Adding cascading wins to the mix can be quite helpful, and Merlin’s Magic can trigger the bonus round when you least expect it.

You get less free spins in this version also, but getting extra spins from the added gamble wheel didn’t seem all that hard. The changes might be somewhat subtle, but they add up to a different experience built around a similarly nerve-racking bonus round system.

Pros

• Cascading wins and mystery symbols
• Merlin’s Magic and Max Megaways modifiers
• FS w/ symbol collect extra spins and win ways upgrade
• Win up to 28,988x your stake

Cons

• No cash prizes in bonus round this time

If you enjoy Merlin's Revenge Megaways Slot you should also try:

Morgana Megaways - is iSoftBet’s cult classic original, and it too comes with up to 117,649 win ways. You get mystery symbols and the max megaways feature also here, and collecting symbols in the bonus round awards extra spins, cash prizes and higher minimum win ways for payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

Lord Merlin and the Lady of the Lake - is a follow-up release from Play’n Go, and it follows in the footsteps of the original Rise of Merlin. You get a new special expanding symbol per retrigger in the bonus round, with the possibility of Excalibur extra spins. The max win is 10,000x your stake, which is double the usual ‘Book slot’ potential.

Perfect Potions Megaways - is an alchemy dynamic reels slot from SG Digital, and it takes you into the chambers of the great Merlin. Red and blue potions expand the reels and trigger wild reels when they reach the bottom of the grid, and the grid never resets in the bonus round.

This can lead to payouts up to 72,000x your stake.

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