John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches Slot Review
The natural beauty of Bermuda, the warm all-year-round climate of an island with endless stretches of pink-sand beaches and tranquil seas.
Bermuda Triangle, it makes people disappear
Bermuda Triangle, don’t go too near
Bermuda, a tropical, bucket-list destination that is close to nowhere. We are joining John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda by Pragmatic Play, together with his whip-cracking ways through another fortune-seeking adventure. John never gets enough. The pursuit of high tensions and high stakes is what drives him the most. A thrilling game with considerable swings, strap yourself in and hang around for more.
Tropical paradise, we are on our way. Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink. Give me coffee to change the things I can, and the beach to accept the things I can’t.
Game Play
Playable from 20 p/c to £/€100 per spin, all regular symbols pay in blocks of at least 5 matching tiles, connected vertically or horizontally. Winning clusters are blasted from the reels as part of the tumble mechanic, which fills any gap with new symbols, possibly leading to extra wins, only stopping when no new winning block hits. Seven regular pays appear, from low to high as diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades, telescope, goblets, and bejewelled rings. The latter three-picture premiums will get you a win equal to 90-150x your bet for a winning block consisting of 15+ symbols. Golden wilds land anywhere, too, substituting for all regular pay symbols.
Getting your hands on some of those Bermudan riches is helped by a few extra features – Cursed Wilds, a Money Collect Feature, and free spins.
When wild symbols hit, there is a chance they are transformed into Cursed Wilds. When this happens, either Cursed Wilds get a x2 multiplier, or wilds are added to the screen in random positions.
Money Collect Feature: Money Symbols can appear on all reels; each one takes a random cash value. If one or more Money Symbol hits at the same time as a Collect Symbol, the Money Symbol values in view are awarded. If there is more than one Collect Symbol, the Money Symbols are collected again, once for each Collect. Another thing to factor in is there are several types of Collect Symbols:
Collect – the regular version which simply collects the values of all Money Symbols currently on the screen.
Extra Credit Collect – the value on this symbol is added to all Money Symbols in view before collecting them.
Multiplier Collect – the value of all Money Symbols is multiplied by the value on the Multiplier Collect before being collected.
Extra Drop Collect – before the collect begins, extra Money Symbols are added to the screen.
Free Spins: Landing 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 scatters awards 3x, 5x, 10x, 20x, or 100x the bet, plus 12 free spins - 5 more free spins are awarded whenever 3 or more scatters land in the feature. During free spins, the same rules as the base game apply, with one addition. Whenever Money Symbols hit, their value is collected in a separate bonus pot – it does not matter if a Collect Symbol is present or not. When free spins end, a wheel with 3 winning and 7 losing segments spins. If players win, the amount of cash saved in the bonus pot is added to any other wins scored from free spins. Bermuda Riches' free spins round can be bought from the base game instantly for the cost of 100x the total bet.
Features
John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches, from here on shortened to 'Bermuda Riches' so we can get through this alive, is a cluster paying grid slot from developer Pragmatic Play. It's also a continuation of the wildly popular John Hunter series, which sees the Indiana Jones lookalike traipse the planet getting into wild escapades on a search for riches. This time John is on the Atlantic island of Bermuda. This isn't a destination that crops up in slots much, so players with extensive bucket lists will be stoked they get a chance to cross out somewhere a little off the beaten path.
The first thing that strikes about Bermuda Riches is its enormous game panel. While 7x7 is pretty normal for a grid slot, its sheer size is impressive. So much so that it blocks a lot of the background imagery, meaning we could be in any number of palm treed destinations. If you need a slot's location to really bring a game to life, flipping a mobile to portrait mode reveals a bit more of what's going on in Bermuda Riches than a desktop does.
Performance
It can be extraordinarily nail-biting when free spins end in Bermuda Riches and the bonus pot wheel is rotating. Don't count on winning it too much, yet when successful, the bonus pot tops up a round of free spins nicely. In addition to Tumble Wins and randomly triggered Cursed Wilds, you get a Money Symbol collection system with 3 modifier Collect symbols. You get plenty of money collect action in the bonus round, where a bonus wheel determines whether or not you win this racked up ‘extra pot’ in the end. All in all, this installment is well worth trying due to all the novelty, and it comes with a decent 5,000x potential.
Max Coin
Maximum win of x 5,000.
Conclusion
Mr Hunter certainly brings plenty of star power to Bermuda Riches, where the relatively simple visuals and gameplay might have been easier to overlook if he was absent. After the positive trajectory John Hunter's been on since he burst on the scene, it's hard to see Bermuda Riches not being a success as well. It's got the big bright look prevalent in previous incarnations that Pragmatic Play does so well, and the new location makes a welcome change. Overall a decent grid slot with lots of bonus features and the potential for decent wins.
Slot details
Software: Pragmatic Play
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: Cluster PaysUnlike traditional paylines, Cluster Pays can award wins when a minimum number of matching symbols land adjacent to each other (vertically or horizontally), forming a cluster.
Rows: 7
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.51%
Bonus Game: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Spins: Yes
Max Win: x 5,000
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