Gates of Olympus Super Scatter

Gates of Olympus Super Scatter: Slot Overview

Sometimes, for whatever reason, the stars align, fate smiles, and you've got a smash-hit slot on your hands. Such was the case when developer Pragmatic Play dropped Gates of Olympus back in 2021, a slot which really helped spark the scatter pays movement and which remains hugely popular several years later and counting. It is so popular that the game has spawned a stack of follow-ups and clones. Here, we've got one of the biggest follow-ups to date. Titled Gates of Olympus Super Scatter, it delivers all the bits and bobs that made the original so playable, capped by new features as well as monstrous winning potential.

Spin your office chair around a few times before peering at the screen, and it might be tough to tell which version of Gates of Olympus you've got, as Gates of Olympus, Gates of Olympus 1000, and now Gates of Olympus Super Scatter share a similar appearance. A big 6x5 matrix takes up most of the space, bordered by a celestial representation of Olympus in the background with Zues on one side. It's a fine view, very in theme, and familiar at the same time.

Operating a scatter pays win system means Gates of Olympus Super Scatter creates a winning combination when 8 or more matching symbols land anywhere on the grid. Players may wager 20 c to $/€240 per spin, buy free spins or super free spins, and activate an ante bet, where the default RTP when regular betting comes in at 96.5%. The ante bet puts 50% onto the stake when activated to double the chance of triggering the free spins feature.

Lower-paying symbols are blue, green, yellow, purple and red precious stones, while the higher-paying symbols are a cup, a ring, an hourglass, and a crown. Scatter wins of 8-9 OAK are worth 0.25x to 10x, or get lucky and hit 12+ of a kind to win 2 to 50 times the bet. Substitutions do not occur in this game since Gates of Olympus Super Scatter does not have wild symbols on any of its reels. As before, the game utilises a tumble mechanic, which means that when a win hits, the winning symbols disappear, and new ones fall in from above. This continues as long as new wins keep landing.

Gates of Olympus Super Scatter: Slot Features

A tumble feature is one of the keys to Gates of Olympus Super Scatter's flow. It is joined by multiplier symbols, super scatters, free spins, and feature buys.

Multiplier Symbols

Multiplier symbols are present on all reels and hit randomly on spins or tumbles in the base game and in free spins. When a multiplier symbol hits, it has a multiplier of x2 to x500. When a winning sequence ends, the values of all multiplier symbols are added together, and the total win is multiplied by the final multiplier value.

Super Scatter

The super scatter appears on all reels in the base game. Combinations of 4 or more scatters and super scatter symbols trigger the free spins feature and a payout. Landing 1, 2, 3, or 4 super scatters in combinations of 4 or more scatters of any kind pays 100x, 500x, 5,000x, or 50,000x the bet, respectively.

Free Spins

Hitting 4, 5, or 6 regular scatters awards 15 free spins plus 3x, 5x, or 100x the stake, respectively. During free spins, when a multiplier symbol hits and the spin results in a win, the multiplier is added to the total multiplier. Whenever a new multiplier symbol hits and results in a win, the total multiplier is used to multiply the win. Hitting 3 scatters awards +5 free spins. Super scatters do not appear during free spins.

Feature Buys

Paying 100 times the bet means 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols will land on a spin to trigger free spins. Super free spins can be bought for 500x the bet. In super free spins, the minimum multiplier symbol value is x10.

Gates of Olympus Super Scatter: Slot Verdict

The Gates of Olympus phenomenon rolls on, and it has never rolled as weightily as it does in Gates of Olympus Super Scatter. Potentially, that is. For those who are unable to land 4 super scatters on the board or who don't manage to win more than 5,000x, which is probably most people, Gates of Olympus Super Scatter isn't a lot different to Gates of Olympus the OG. This isn't a bad thing per se. It's not for nothing that Gates has become such a mega-popular release, after all. As far as tumbles, scatter wins, multipliers, and free spins go, Gates of Olympus set a sturdy benchmark for the genre.

There is little doubt that Gates of Olympus Super Scatter will attract a lot of attention. The series it is part of already did, and the 50,000x win cap significantly ups the stakes. Not sure about the super scatter delivery system though. It's not like Pragmatic Play has injected an enormous new multiplier value or tacked on a crazy new feature. Basically, instantly winning the big one or not basically boils down to landing 4 super scatters when 4 or more scatter symbols of any type are on the grid. It definitely makes triggering free spins a more exciting proposal, however, that's for sure, and who knows, there's nothing in the rules that says regular multiplied scatter wins can't blast past the 5,000x cap of the original.

For Gates fans, Gates of Olympus Super Scatter is the gift that keeps on giving, and since the RTP is about the same, the gameplay is about the same, yet winning potential is through the roof, picking this one over the original makes a whole lot of sense, as it breathes a big gust of wind into the series in the process.