Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways Slot Review

Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways slot is powered by Big Time Gaming’s Megaways engine. This means that the number of symbols on each of the 6 reels varies with each spin. This alters the number of potential ways you can create a winning combination. If all 6 reels contain the maximum number of symbols, you’ll have 117,649 ways to create a winner.

Winning combinations are created by landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 matching symbols or wilds on adjoining reels, starting from reel 1. Stake levels here range from between 40p and £40 per spin. Use the + and – tabs in the bottom left-hand corner of the reels to adjust your stake.

The Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways RTP is 95.98% which is just below the 96% average. It comes with a 33.1% hit frequency rate meaning nearly a third of spins will result in a winning outcome.

Medium variance, you can win up to 10,000 x your stake in the Free Spins feature.

Theme – join Poseidon in his underwater lair

The sea god’s underwater palace is the setting in the Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways. With a Greek mythology theme, it’s based on the Greek God of the Sea (Poseidon). As you might expect given the theme, shades of blue and turquoise dominate the colour scheme.

There’s a rather haunting orchestral soundtrack playing in the background while you spin. It’s rather atmospheric and is an ideal complement for the rather psychedelic imagery.

On the reels are stylized shell, crab, dolphin, bull’s head, sea horse and octopus symbols as well as 3 brightly coloured gemstones. The most lucrative standard symbol is the gold icon of the head of Poseidon which pays 50 x your total stake if you land 6 in combination.

There’s also a trident wild that can land in the top position on the middle 4 reels. This replaces all the standard symbols when it makes up part of a winning combination. Finally, there are gold scatter symbols which trigger the game’s Free Spins feature.

Symbol	Payout/Info
Shell	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 or 0.8 x stake
Crab	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 or 0.9 x stake
Dolphin	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Bull's Head	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.6 or 1 x stake
Seahorse	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1.8 x stake
Octopus	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1.8 x stake
Green Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.6, 0.8 or 2 x stake
Blue Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 1, 1.5 or 2 x stake
Pink Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 2.5 or 7.5 x stake
Head of Poseidon	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 2, 5, 10, 25 or 50 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for all except Scatter & appears on extra reel only
Gold Scatter	Land 4 (GOLD) to trigger Free Spins feature
Free Spins Scatter	3 or 4 on top reel in bonus round awards 5 or 10 more free spins

Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways Mobile

You can dive deep beneath the waves on mobiles and tablets if you wish. The unusual design works well enough on the smaller screen devices but it’s a game I preferred to play on a larger screen.

Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways Bonus Features

With 3 bonus features, the gameplay here is pretty standard for a slot with the Megaways mechanic. The main extra is the Free Spins feature with an increasing multiplier. Poseidon also offers a chance to scoop one of 4 jackpot prizes courtesy of a pick-and-click feature.

Rolling Reels feature

The Rolling Reels feature is in play here. After a winner is formed, the successful symbols are blasted off the reels and new symbols drop in and replace them and a new payout consideration is made. If a new winner is formed here, the process is repeated. The Reel Rolls keep on coming as long as there’s a new winner on show.

Jackpot Pick Game feature

The Jackpot Pick Game feature can activate at random on any spin when all the Reel Rolls have been completed. Once triggered, you’ll be offered the pick of 12 tokens.

Each token has an associated jackpot prize. Keep on picking until you uncover 3 that feature the same jackpot. You’ll then win that prize. With the fixed jackpots displayed to the left of the reels, the top prize is 5,000 x your total stake:

Free Spins feature

Spell out the word GOLD with scatter symbols and you’ll trigger the game’s Free Spins feature. Your reward is 12 free spins. Any extra scatters that appear on the triggering spin will add another 5 free spins to that initial haul of 12. This means triggering with 5 or 6 scatters will give you 17 or 22 free spins respectively.

The win multiplier starts at a standard 1x. Each time you land a Rolling Reel win, that multiplier increases by 1. Multipliers don’t reset following a winless Roll either, they keep on rising throughout the feature and with no limits.

Land 3 or 4 scatters in the window at the top of the reels and you’ll get another 5 or 10 free spins. Again, the number of free spins is unlimited. You can land the Jackpot Pick Game feature from within the free spins, just like in the base game.

Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways Review Summary – a simple Megaways title

The Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways slot is a pretty standard Megaways slot. The basic Rolling Reels mechanic delivers steady gameplay but there’s little in the way of embellishments to liven up the base game.

It’s a similar story to the Free Spins feature. I’ve seen the same free spins and increasing multiplier combinations in loads of other slots. The Jackpot Pick Game feature offers some decent opportunities but that’s the only tweak that Games Global has made to the standard Megaways offering.

It’s all perfectly solid but Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon Megaways doesn’t have much in the way of a wow factor. It’s decent but not spectacular. As the name suggests, Games Global will release more Ancient Fortunes Megaways slots. Let’s hope future games have more variety in the gameplay.

If you want more underwater adventures, Lord of the Ocean by Novomatic is a hugely popular land-based and online favourite. Poseidon also features in Playtech’s Age of the Gods which comes with 4 free spins features as well as 4 progressive jackpots. Alternatively, check out our Megaways slots page for a list of the best games around using this popular mechanic.