Betosft's Take Olympus is epic, gorgeous, and in possession of a gloriously depicted theme of the divine mountain and how the Greek Gods rule it. The background imagery is an overwhelming storm of vibrant colors and shows Athens in all of its dazzling beauty, with the Acropolis and a statue of Zeus standing out the most.
Every single god that appears on the reels is done justice and is presented within a golden frame. There are no standard symbols here – every single one of them is connected to the theme. To the left and the right of the reel network, Poseidon's underwater kingdom is depicted with an impressive level of detail. The reels spin with subtle and smooth, high-frame-rate animations that add to the game's polished feel.
Take Olympus Offers Multi-Layered and Profitable Gameplay
Players will be able to spin five reels with four positions each. The number of pay lines is 50, and their type is fixed. The maximum limit for the total bet is 45 credits. The gameplay offers a paytable full of generously paying symbols and spectacularly looking and highly effective God symbols. The most impressive aspect of the rules is perhaps the inclusion of God Cycles; during a specific cycle, a certain god's effects are more powerful. Wild symbols, mystery boxes, re-spins, and free spins will be awarded continuously through the bonus features.
Olympus' Divinely Rewarding Paytable
There are ten symbols in the game's paytable – neither a low nor a high number. Five of those are gods, and the rest are stylized depictions of items that belong to each of the five gods. All the symbols have three winning combinations – 3, 4, and 5 matching symbols. Zeus is understandably the highest-paying one, offering 18, 54, and 270 credits.
His brother Poseidon is next, paying 13, 27, and 90 credits. Hades, Apollo, and Aphrodite all offer the same prizes as Poseidon. The purple symbol of the lightning grants 9, 18, and 54 credits. The other four symbols – the trident, the wolf's head, the bow, and the arrow and the leaves all deliver 4, 9, and 36 credits.
The Mighty Prize-Delivering Powers of the Olympus Gods
The unique cycles of Take Olympus change every ten spins, with a different God taking over each time. Throughout the cycle, every god builds up his or her power, which culminates in an enormously profitable God event right at the very end of the cycle. Gods can't take over multiple times in a row, and the next reigning god is chosen randomly.
During the reign of Apollo, his symbol and his corresponding bow and arrow one will be highlighted. On the tenth spin, the sun god's event will be activated, powerful light will shine upon the reels, and all the marked symbols will transform into wilds, which will result in massive prizes. The wilds of Apollo can replace all the other symbols in the game except for Zeus. Aphrodite's rule will end similarly with every symbol depicting the Goddess and her leaf and every symbol in between them becoming a Mystery Box. That mystery box will transform into a single symbol that is not a wild.
As the main screen hints at, Poseidon's reign is a lot different. Every Poseidon or Trident symbol that makes an appearance will contribute to a special counter visible next to the reels. The special event at the end of the rule of the god of the sea awards many free re-spins, the number of which is equal to the number depicted on the counter. Even though he is the most villainous of the bunch, Hades just might be the most generous of the gods. With every Hades or Cerberus (the hound symbol), a multiplier value that affects earnings will keep increasing. The prize of the tenth spin of Hades' rule will be affected by that giant final multiplier.
Zeus is the greatest of them all, and the effects of his cycle fully prove it. He can take the powers of all the other gods. Zeus is permanently a wild symbol. When he shows up in a 4-symbol configuration, meaning that he takes up an entire reel, he will grant ten free spins, provided that the rest of the four gods are also on the reels during that spin. The presence of all of these symbols will allow Zeus to implement various profitable effects. Through Apollo, he will award five free spins. Because of Aphrodite, five symbols will be turned into mystery symbols by the king of the Gods. Hades will make Zeus apply a massive multiplier to the spin. The presence of Poseidon will encourage Zeus to grant a random number of free re-spins.
Take Olympus is one of the best and most profitable representations of Greek mythology and their Gods in slot form, and it is only right that it belongs to Betsoft – a provider that is fully capable of doing justice to the epic theme and proves it in the case of this game.
