Majestic Mysteries Power Reels

Majestic Mysteries Power Reels: Slot Overview

With the sort of regularity you could set a clock to, Red Tiger's Power Reels range adds another slot to the collection called Majestic Mysteries Power Reels. With such an enigmatic title, Majestic Mysteries sounded like the sort of game that might lead players on any number of esoteric journeys. As it turns out, reality fell short of expectation, and Majestic Mysteries was pretty low key, even by Power Reels standards. But hey, we are getting ahead of ourselves, so let's quit the critic for a minute and bust out a magnifying glass to uncover what secrets lie in wait in Majestic Mysteries.

A touch of intrigue entered the scene when Majestic Mysteries first loaded. The game has the customary Red Tiger sheen to it, all sparkly symbols and metallic winning paylines, and is set in what could be a fancy bank vault or depository of valuable items, like a museum. However, Majestic Mysteries doesn't exude the same stateliness as, say, Push Gaming's Mystery Museum did, for example. No, it's less, well, mysterious and not trying to be mean, but the fairly plain visuals are matched with fairly plain gameplay.

Power Reels are infamous for their oversized game areas and low paylines combo. Majestic Mysteries, being no different, is equipped with a matrix comprised of 7 reels and 5 rows of symbols. Not quite as imposing are the 30 fixed paylines. However, like other Power Reels slots such as Dragon's Luck Power Reels, winning lines can start from anywhere as long as at least three identical symbols land left to right in adjacent reels. Behind the massive grid driving the action is a high volatile math model, producing a theoretical return to player figure of 95.73%. Stakes vary from 10 p/c to $/€40 per spin, and tablet, mobile, or desktop devices may be used to play the game.

Bling permeates the paytable where nine regular paying symbols are listed. Lower value symbols are padded metal objects in the shape of clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades, paying 1.6 to 3.2 times the stake for a seven of a kind hit. Increasing in value are the five higher value jewellery looking items, where a line of 7 premiums is worth 5 to 20 times the stake. No doubt, because winning combinations pay from any starting reel, Majestic Mysteries does not have wild symbols in the base or bonus game.

Majestic Mysteries Power Reels: Slot Features

If you were wondering where the mystery part comes in, your questions are about to be answered. Appearing on any reel are special Mystery Chests. When one or more Mystery Chests land on a reel, they lock into place and reveal a different symbol – all chests in view reveal the same symbol type. On each following spin, Mystery Chests clone themselves in vertical directions. When Mystery Chests clone themselves on an entire reel, they are unlocked and leave the grid.

Free Spins

Majestic Mysteries' bonus round is triggered when 3 scatter symbols land to award 10 free spins. If any Mystery Chests were locked to the reels when free spins are triggered, they carry over to the bonus round. Now, whenever Mystery Symbols appear in view, they remain locked in position for the rest of the feature. Scatter symbols are not present on the reels during the bonus round, so they cannot be retriggered. However, any Mystery Symbols which have not covered a reel at the end of free spins remain in place after the feature has ended.

Majestic Mysteries Power Reels: Slot Verdict

Scanning back, it was a surprise to see Majestic Mysteries is apparently the eleventh slot in the Power Reels range. The series has taken on a life of its own by now and appears unstoppable. Or does it? Majestic Mysteries is one of the weaker offerings, so perhaps the franchise is running out of steam. There's not much charm to be found in Majestic Mysteries, and none of the life Red Tiger injected into other Power Reels games like Reptizillions, Zeus Lightning, or Treasure Mine. Not saying they were great slots, but at least they had some sort of character. Majestic Mysteries, by contrast, is a slot full of trinkets and little in the way of intrigue.

The same assessment pretty much carries over to the gameplay as well. The Mystery Chest feature dies suit the pay from any reel system, so they can do positive things - even in the base game since they lock and clone. Mystery Chests can get even better in free spins, too, since they remain locked to the reels for the whole feature, which can lead to satisfactory results. Admittedly, it can be quite fun piling on a bunch of locked chests in this manner. If you like the idea of building mystery symbols, but prefer a more potent version, Relax Gaming's slot Santa's Stack might be a good choice - even if it's not Christmas time. Perhaps if Majestic Mysteries' potential was more enticing than the 2,499.1x the bet it comes with, it would be easier to stay motivated. Except it's not, and Majestic Mysteries' max win figure puts it at the lower end of the Power Reels scale in terms of payout possibilities.

Majestic Mysteries Power Reels is able to pull off a few neat tricks, and the locking/cloning of chests can be compelling, but it's hard to classify this as a twisty, turny mysterious voyage. There is substantial use of mystery symbols, that's true, though not much beyond them, and it's tricky to see Majestic Mysteries appealing to many except the most zealous Power Reels supporters.