Muse Pokie
Ancient cultures are always a popular topic for online casino pokies to follow and Net Ent have released yet another game themed around classical Greece. The Muse video pokie has a classical style, with 5 reels and 25 paylines, although it’s got a couple of features that are right up to date such as special wilds that do a variety of different things when they land, along with a free spins round.
In Greek history, a Muse was someone who inspired poets, writers and artists in their work and we see 3 of them in this game, along with various items that your average poet, writer or artist will need and it’s all in a bright cartoon style, with simple but effective graphics. There’s a background picture of a coastal town, with a colourful purple sky contrasting nicely with the white houses, while purples and pinks dominate the game, from the symbols on the reels, to the control panel below them.
It’s here that players set their bet sizes and they can choose to go from a low limit of just 0.01 per spin, although this only activates 1 of the 25 lines and means that wins will be few and far between. To get all lines activated, we are looking at a minimum of 0.25 and the maximum is set at 125.00 a spin. Free Muse video pokies are available if someone just wants to test things out and in normal gameplay, winlines are created when 3 or more of the same symbol stop across an active line on adjacent reels from the left.
Playing Muse
Playing card symbols in a Greek-style typeface make up the smaller wins, ranging from a maximum of 50x the line bet for a full line of the number 10 to 100x when the A stops across all reels. Grapes are a popular symbol on traditional fruit machines and there’s a tasty purple bunch here which are worth 10, 50 or 100x the line bet when they land on 3, 4 or 5 reels, and going up in value we see the best use of grapes, as there’s a goblet of wine that’s worth up to 200x.
An artist’s paint tray, feather pen with scroll and a harp fill out the rest of the standard symbols, with the top prize for a full line of the harp being 500x the line bet.
Muse
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Wild Inspirations
The 3 Muses are all beautiful women, or beautiful for cartoon characters anyway, and each has special qualities given to them by the inspired game developers at Net Ent. Each is a wild symbol, so they can act as any playing card or picture symbol and complete winning combinations by bridging gaps in a line or extending a win across extra reels, although they will only land on reels 2, 3 and 4.
The dark-haired Muse will also expand across any reel she lands on, improving the chances that she will be able to complete a line, while the purple-haired one is a sticky wild that will stay in place while all other positions spin once again, giving players another chance of getting a win, either from the wild or by any other combination being spun up.
The blonde Muse doubles the values of any winning lines that she becomes a part of, although like all of these Wild Inspirations, it’s not actually certain that players will get a prize from these bonus features.
Free Spins
Greek god Hermes was a messenger, travelling around the place on winged sandals, and this unlikely method of transport is a scatter symbol that doesn’t have any actual value on its own but when 3 appear in any places at once, players are awarded 10 free spins, while 4 or 5 sandals will trigger 20 or 30 spins.
Special wild symbols will land in this round, each of which sees 2 Muses combining their skills, although which combination appears is a random event and again, there’s no actual guarantee that it will lead to a win. The blond and purple-haired Muses will become a sticky wild that stays in place for another spin, while also doubling any win it’s part of, the dark-haired and blonde Muses are expanding wilds that double wins, while the purple-haired and dark girls will be an expanding wild that sticks around for a free reels re-spin.
The Verdict
It might not have the most sophisticated graphics, but Muse is still an excellent pokie which looks good in a cartoon-y way and certainly inspires players with the great bonus features that can turn up in both the base games and free spins.
Reliable coin wins and a good return to player percentage are standard with Net Ent games and this is one we can highly recommend.