Titans Of The Sun Hyperion Pokies
Before we look at the Titans of the Sun – Hyperion online pokie from Microgaming, it’s time for a quick lesson in Greek Mythology. Hyperion was one of 12 children of the Greek Gods who along with Cronus, overthrew the Gods and were then in turn kicked out by the Olympians. Hyperion and his sister Theia got up to no good and had several children including the Sun, Moon and Dawn.
Ancient myths are a popular theme and this is one of a pair of similar games, with the other being Titans of the Sun – Theia. Each game looks and plays in a pretty much identical way, and even share symbols and styles.
Despite the dodgy lovers/siblings theme, the games look very good and play out against a backdrop of an ancient Greek city complete with mountains, the sea, temples and waterfalls. Titans of the Sun – Hyperion has 5 reels and the number of paylines is fixed at 15, so players will need to stake at least 0.15 per spin.
This amount can then be adjusted up to suit the budget, with the value of a coin maxing out at 0.10 and up to 10 coins allowed per line to give an overall maximum stake per spin of 15.00. This is fairly low for an online pokie, although most players will find it perfectly adequate.
The ‘View Pays’ button takes players to information about how much they can win whenever 3 or more of the same symbols stop across a line, with each one needing to be on sequential reels running from the left side, while it also carries details about the various bonus features.
The lowest paying symbols are the classic playing card 10, J, Q, K and A. Many players like to see these, as they automatically know how valuable they are in relation to each other, but it seems a shame that Microgaming haven’t redesigned them to look even vaguely ancient, Greek, or anything other than standard.
Pictures related to the theme make a welcome appearance higher up the payscale, starting with a flaming eagle and continuing with a winged horse and a rather smug looking Hyperion himself.
Titans of The Sun - Hyperion
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Bonus Features
A picture of the Sun has some special features in this game, as it’s got the ability to transform into any other symbol when it appears on the reels. It does this in a little animation and since it will be stacked several high on a reel, there’s a good chance that players could see it turn into enough symbols to complete a number of winning lines at once.
While Microgaming have chosen to call this a Mystery Symbol feature, most players will recognise it as a fancy name for the wild substitutions, because that’s basically what it is.
There is still, however, a separate wild symbol and that’s simply the Titans of the Sun logo. It will pay out some of the biggest prizes when making up a line on its own and can act as all but the scatter.
A picture of Hyperion embracing his sister (did Microgaming not research the backstory before they made these games?!), acts as a scatter symbol, with 1x, 5x, 20x or 100x the total bet per spin paid out when 2, 3, 4 or 5 of them land in any positions at once.
Any time 3 or more land, in addition to the payout, players are treated to 15 free spins, and should more scatters appear, they can be retriggered. During the free spins, the Mystery Symbol feature can also see the Sun transforming into an extra wild, which can lead to some bigger rewards.
The Verdict
In many ways this is a high quality game that has some colourful symbols set against a beautiful backdrop. The playing card symbols clash a bit with the otherwise ornate design though, but despite this, Titans of the Sun Hyperion is a decent all-rounder.
By having what is in effect, 2 wild symbols, players should see plenty of extra winning combinations completed, while the free spins round is fairly standard, but is always a welcome addition.