Fortunes of Atlantis Pokies
Themed around the legendary lost city, Fortunes of Atlantis is an online pokie from Aristocrat that sets the action in an underwater world where ships, crowns, mysterious mermaids and more spin along 5 reels and line up in any of 243 ways to land players with a prize.
Alongside regular winning combinations, players can also be treated to free spins played out over more lines, along with wild substitutions and multiplier payouts, making this a potentially rewarding, as well as very attractive-looking pokie from a trusted developer.
It’s been designed with care and has some very impressive images, from the backdrop of a blue stone wall, to the columns on either side of the reels, to the intricate Greek pattern surrounding the individual reels. Everything about Fortunes of Atlantis suggests it’s been well thought out and the gameplay doesn’t disappoint either, so let’s head to a watery world and see how everything works.
Playing Fortunes of Atlantis
As all lines are permanently active, players will find the least they can wager per spin is 0.40, with bigger stakes possible at the click of a button. Potential wins and details of how bonuses work are found on the paytable, with prizes awarded whenever 2 , 3 or more matching symbols stop on adjacent reels running left to right. Scatter payouts can be in any positions however and while most wins are multiples of the bet amount divided by 40, scatters are multiples of the total stake per spin.
The classic card icons from 9 through to King are found here, with winnings from the lowest value 9 symbol being 5x, 10x, 20x or 100x when 2, 3, 4 or 5 stop on a line and the K being worth 20x, 40x or 200x for getting 3, 4 or 5.
Beautifully drawn picture symbols include an ancient Greek warship, a helmet that looks like it has gills, a trident and a crown that has something of a seaweed pattern to it. There’s a strange female character who pays the most out of the standard symbols, with wins of 500x, 1000x or 2500x when 3, 4 or 5 examples of this enigmatic lady lands across a line.
Fortunes of Atlantis
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Fishy Features
A black mountain is the wild symbol in this game and if it can complete a winning line by acting as any other standard icon when it lands on reels 2 or 4, players will get a prize.
The scatter symbol is a coin which comes in 2 forms. The basic scatter will pay out 3x, 5x or 70x the stake when it stops on 3, 4 or 5 adjacent reels before taking players to 10, 15 or 20 free spins, depending on ow many appeared.
During these games, any time the wild lands on reel 2 and completes a line, the value will be multiplied by 2x and if it completes one by landing on reel 4, the value is multiplied by 5x. If it stops on both reels 2 and 4 to complete a combination, the subsequent win is boosted by 15x.
A Super Feature version of the scatter can appear on reel 1 only and triggers some extra treats, with a new set of reels where there are 4 rows of symbols rather than the standard 3 and 1,024 different ways for them to line up for a win. The same wild multiplier is in play throughout these games and they can be retriggered if 3 or more scatters appear after a spin, with the new games added to the end of any still left to play in the current round.
If just 2 scatters appeared, with either the standard or Super Feature being on reel 1, players get a second chance at triggering the free spins, as 3 playing cards will appear, 1 of which hides another scatter. Players just click a card and hopefully enter the free spins round, with a random 10, 15 or 20 spins awarded.
The Verdict
An attractive design and some interesting bonus rounds should bring in plenty of players to the mysterious reels of Atlantis. Aristocrat are well known for producing attractive games and while it’s a matter of personal taste, many will find this to be one of the best looking around.
But looks are not everything, so thankfully there are some potentially rewarding features to back them up. The free spins are particularly good, especially if they are payed in Super Feature mode, where 4 rows that pay out across 1,024 possible ways should ensure that there are plenty of winning combinations appearing throughout.