Celtic Queen Pokies
Anyone visiting the reels of Aristocrat’s Celtic Queen pokie for the first time may be a little surprised by the layout, but they should take a minute or 2 to get to grips with it, as within the multiple sets of reels is a fascinating game with the potential for decent rewards.
With an atmospheric appearance that looks a bit more Viking than Celtic, this game sees 6 sets of reels that are all in play at once, effectively giving players more winning chances with each spin as each will pay separately when rows of matching symbols land across 3 or more reels of any set.
With wild symbols and a scatter that takes players to the richer reels of a free spins game, this stunning-looking pokie is definitely one that they should try out, although understanding how it works first is probably a good idea.
Whatever else people can say about Celtic Queen, they can’t deny that it looks fantastic, with beautifully drawn and highly realistic images of a knight, the Queen herself and a background image of hills and castles that sets the theme off very nicely.
How Celtic Queen Works
The reels are split into 3 sections, with the left side of the game seeing 2 sets, each in a 5 reel, 3 row format, along with the game title and a picture to go with it. These are fairly conventional reels, but to the right of the game we see 4 smaller sets of reels stacked on top of each other and symbols spin through each set.
Aristocrat have given this feature the name Mega Reel Power and it sees stacked symbols spinning around, which should make it easier to line up the right symbols in the right places for a prize.
It also has the side effect of making the minimum stake a relatively high 0.60 and of course players with bigger budgets can adjust up from there, but all parts of the reels are permanently activated so there’s no option to just try them out for a mico-bet and see how it works.
Celtic Queen
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Payouts
Despite the seemingly complex arrangement of reels, the payouts are fairly straightforward, with the standard playing card symbols J, Q, K and A making up the lower value end of the scale and typically Celtic (or Viking) symbols of shields, swords, a horn, longship, harp and coins making up the higher winning combinations.
The Queen and knight symbols can take up anything from 2 rows to 5 and will pay from 10 to 50x when landing across any reels, which is easier to do when they are filling up so many spots.
Bonus Features
The wild symbol will appear on reels 2, 3 and 4 of any set, substituting for all except the scatter and bonus symbols if it can complete a winning combination, although it has no value on its own.
There’s a shield with a Celtic pattern on it that acts as a scatter symbol, paying 60x the bet when it stops in any 5 positions at once, after which it will launch a free spins game. 15 spins will play out and there’s bonus reels to help players score bigger and more frequent wins during the round, which can be retriggered from within if 5 more scatters appear at once.
A mini feature occurs with the appearance of the gold emblem on any reels of the left side games. Any time 3 or more appear stacked on a reel, the corresponding reel of the right side games will become fully wild, which should see some nice rewards being paid out.
The Verdict
An unusual reel structure isn’t the only appeal of Celtic Queen, although some people may be put off entirely as soon as they see how it’s all laid out. It certainly takes a bit of getting used to, but once they understand what’s is actually a pretty easy format, they can just enjoy watching the stylish symbols land for some decent rewards.
They are no more than decent however, as the maximum prize is just 60x the bet, but the bonuses should go some way to making up for this, as they can be quite lucrative and will add to the joys of spinning the multiple sets of reels in this impressive pokie.