Nordic Heroes Pokie
A truly epic adventure awaits players who venture to the world of Nordic Heroes, a pokie from IGT that takes them through several levels of achievements as they battle various creatures across Scandinavia.
Presented in stunning detail, with high-quality graphics, this pokie has IGT’s Level Up format, where players earn higher rewards as they progress from Wanderer to Champion, moving through 8 levels in total as they trigger the bonus games. The software remembers the IP address that it was played from, so anyone worried about having to spin the reels for hours on end before moving to the top levels can relax, it doesn’t all need to be done at once.
Presented over 5 reels, with 3 rows of symbols, players win a prize by landing 3 or more of the same symbol across any of the 30 fixed paylines, on adjacent reels running left to right. A bet range of 0.30 to 90.00 per spin gives them plenty of flexibility in their stakes, and in normal play, wins are multiples of the amount wagered per line.
Playing Nordic Heroes
Beautifully drawn images fill this game and behind the symbols, there’s a picture of an enchanted forest, while symbols themselves include coins, berries, mushrooms, hawks, arrows, wolves and a big hammer. Heading up the game, we see our heroes, the beautiful Thora and handsome Ragnar, who is the spitting image of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, but I’m sue it’s just a co-incidence and we won’t dwell on that.
All players start as Wanderers and are helping Thora in her quest. ‘XP’ Points are earned when a Battle Bonus is triggered, during which Thora must fight a monster and once enough XP’s have been collected, players move on to further levels. At level 3, Ragnar is unlocked and from this point on, plyers can decide which character they want to play as, with different symbols on the reels and different challenges ahead depending on who is used.
New weapons, new locations and new adversaries will appear across the levels, but most importantly, new opportunities to collect wins as well. For example, getting to the Traveller level adds boots to the reels, which are used to evade monsters, while Adventurers get flaming hammers and arrows that make it easier to kill things, and win multipliers of up to 30x are awaiting players who reach the Hero level.
Nordic Heroes
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Battle Bonus
The Battle Bonus starts when 3 bonus symbols appear at once, and this consists of a free spins round where players are given a Life Meter that gets boosted or depleted as they fight monsters. The fights occur after each free game and there’s technically an unlimited number of spins to play, although in practice, 10 or so seems about the normal number.Different offensive and defensive weapons at each stage will decide how the fights go, and the opponents will vary as well, with a wolf for example causing damage in round 1, but flaming boots evading all damage in round 3.
Extra wilds will help along the way and defeating 3 monsters earns Victory Spins that contain even more wilds along with mystery multiplier wins.The wild symbol will help to complete winning lines, although there are multiplier wilds in play at certain times at the higher levels.
The Verdict
This pokie is aimed at those players who are used to console games and like an interactive adventure to unfold as they spin the reels. While base game wins are all perfectly adequate, Nordic Heroes is all about levelling up through the different rounds as XP points are collected, battles fought and monsters defeated.
It could well have the most complicated paytable structure ever seen in a pokie and understanding it all is largely a matter of reading through the various features on offer and then spinning the reels to see what happens. Once playing, it all becomes much clearer, and by the time anyone gets to a second level, they will have fought a couple of battles and gained a much better understanding of how it all works.
But those players who just like to spin the reels to line up symbols and maybe get the odd wild substitution or free spins round will possibly find Nordic Heroes a little overwhelming, as it’s definitely a game for people who enjoy taking a journey through mythical lands as they play.