Added: March 3, 2016
Spoofs serve a purpose greater than entertainment. They teach us not to get overly serious about life and to laugh at ourselves. Spoofs have penetrated online slot machines as well. Sometime back Playtech released one on King Arthur legends titled Monty Python Spamalot. A more recent release is a spoof on Alexandre Dumas’ classic and is titled The Three Musketeers and the Queen’s Diamonds. It is live at online casinos like Omni Casino and Mansion Casino.
The first aspect of a slot machine that gets noticed by players is the visual appeal. The Three Musketeers scores high in this respect with a fascinating introductory clip, 3D symbols and comic win animations. Structurally it is a 5x4 online slot with 50 paylines. The Wild logo is the wild symbol and it can appear stacked on reels 2, 3 and 4. You need to be aware that it does not substitute for all the other symbols. When you land at least one Free Spins logo symbol simultaneously on reels 1 and 5, the feature is triggered. This can happen more often than you expect because the symbols appear stacked. For each symbol that appears in the trigger you get three free spins. You can be awarded 6 and 24 free spins. Each Free Spins logo during the feature awards three more free spins.
An interesting feature in this Playtech slot game is the Mighty Musketeers Features. Each musketeer can trigger his own feature. When Athos lands on the reels with his pair of muskets on the symbol to the right, you will be awarded one re-spin with additional wild symbols randomly distributed. Similarly the Splendid Sword of Porthos awards one re-spin with one reel turned totally wild. The Golden Daggers of Aramis feature is a bit different from the other two. You have to choose one from two bags of gold and are awarded bonus credits.
As suggested by the title, the main feature in this video slot game is the Queen’s Diamond bonus. It is played on the second screen in five stages. You are started with 2 hearts and collect hearts and spheres as you go along. At any stage, if you make a correct choice then you advance to the next stage with your accumulated hearts and spheres. If you make an incorrect choice you lose one heart and pick again. If you make an incorrect pick when you have no hearts left then the bonus game ends. Each sphere with you at the end awards you with a bonus equal to your total bet.
