Age of the Gods Slot (Playtech)

The Age of the Gods slot is played with 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 fixed paylines. Land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols from left to right, across any payline and starting from the leftmost reel will constitute a winning outcome/combination. With only the highest win available per payline, you need 2 or more Wilds to land a win and Scatters pay anywhere.

When it comes to bet options, you can spin away from 20p to £100 a spin. The maximum bet of £100 may be lower at certain UK casino sites though. Use the plus and/or minus buttons below the reels to change your stake accordingly. Players outside the UK can choose Auto Play (5 to 100 auto spins or until you trigger a bonus feature) and Turbo Mode (for quicker spins).

The Age of the Gods RTP rate is 95.02%. Now, 0.99% of that return is the contribute rate to the progressive jackpots meaning the actual RTP is 94.03%. This is quite good for a jackpot game.

Medium to high volatility, winning combinations land every 3.42 spins on average as the hit frequency rate is 29.2%. In terms of triggering bonus features, this will take approximately 200 spins (again, on average).

In terms of win potential, the Age of the Gods slot offers 50,000 times total bet max wins. This can be won in the Athena Free Games feature. As you’ll discover further down in the Age of the Gods review, there is much more to win from the progressive jackpots.

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Released on the 11^th of July 2016, the Age of the Gods slot was the first in the series. With an ancient Greek mythology theme, the game takes you to Mount Olympus which was regarded as the abode of the gods and Zeus’ throne. Basically, it’s the epicentre of Greek mythology.

Featuring Greek gods Zeus (god of Sky and Thunder), Athena (goddess of Wisdom), Aphrodite (goddess of Love), Hercules (god of War) and Hades (god of the Underworld), the game has a feeling of grandness. This is depicted by the classical/orchestral soundtrack which is rather uplifting.

With the reels set in a golden frame, symbols include low-value A, K and Q royals as well as a warrior’s helmet. The higher-value symbols are depicted by the Greek gods mentioned above. In order of value, they include Aphrodite, Hades, Hercules, Poseidon and Zeus. Zeus is the best-paying symbol giving you 50 times your total bet if you manage to land 5 across any payline. A screen full of Zeus symbols will result in a payout of 1,000 times your total bet.

Then you have the Wild symbol which substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter. 2, 3, 4 or 5 wilds in combination will pay 2.5, 20, 150 or 500 times your total bet. Lastly, there is a Scatter symbol which is key to triggering the free spins features. Below is a table showing all symbol payouts and functions:

• A/K/Q: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.6, 2.5 or 7.5 x bet
• Helmet: 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 3.75 or 12.5 x bet
• Aphrodite: 3, 4 or 5 = 1.25, 5 or 15 x bet
• Hades: 3, 4 or 5 = 1.25, 5 or 15 x bet
• Hercules: 3, 4 or 5 = 1.5, 6.25 or 20 x bet
• Poseidon: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 7.5 or 25 x bet
• Zeus: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 7.5 or 25 x bet
• Athena: 3, 4 or 5 = 3, 12.5 or 50 x bet
• Wild: Substitutes for paying symbols + 2, 3, 4 or 5 = 2.5, 20, 150 or 500 x bet
• Scatter: 3, 4 or 5 = 3, 10 or 100 x bet + triggers free spins

Age of the Gods Mobile

Compatible with desktop (laptop and PC), mobile and tablet devices, Age of the Gods was produced with HTML5 technology. Adapting to whatever device you play on, it’s available to play on iOS and Android smartphones. The 5x3 reel layout is perfect for play on handheld devices and mobile online casinos.

Age of the Gods has 6 bonus features. Gods can line up for a cash prize and each god has a free spins feature with their own modifier. Randomly, you can win 4 progressive jackpots with the Ultimate Power Jackpot being the biggest.

Pantheon of Power On Reels

The Pantheon of Power On Reels feature is triggered when gods Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, Hercules and Aphrodite appear in any order across any payline (beginning from the leftmost reel). Only available in the base game, a payout of 10 times your total bet will be awarded.

Free Spins 

The Age of the Gods slot comes with 4 different free spins features. To play them, you need to land 3 or more Scatter symbols anywhere during a base game spin. 3, 4 or 5 scatters will award a payout of 3, 10 or 100 times your total bet respectively.

Once the payout has taken place, you head to a wall containing 20 Age of the Gods coins. You need to pick and match 3 with each coin representing 1 of the 4 gods (Athena, Zeus, Poseidon or Hercules). Each free spins feature awards 9 free spins initially but has their own characteristics. Here are all the details:

Athena Free Games

Athena will apply a multiplier between 2x and 5x on your next free spin. If you’re lucky enough to be awarded a 5x multiplier, potential wins of 50,000 times your total bet can be achieved per free spin. This can occur if you fill the reels with Wilds and get a 5x multiplier (10,000 x bet with a 5x multiplier).

Zeus Free Games

You begin with a 1x multiplier. Once 3 free spins have taken place, the multiplier increases to 2x for the next 3 free spins (i.e. free spins 4, 5 and 6). On your final 3 free spins (i.e. free spins 7, 8 and 9), a 3x multiplier will apply. This can lead to 30,000 times bet max wins on your last free spin.

Poseidon Free Games

Poseidon’s trident will transform up to 5 symbol positions into added Wild symbols on each free spin. On every free spin, 10,000 times your total bet can be won.

Hercules Free Games

With Hercules acting as a stacked Wild symbol on reel 3 (the middle reel), it increases your chances of landing Wild wins. Like with Poseidon’s feature, 10,000 times your total bet is achievable on each free spin.

There’s more!

Once a free spins feature ends, you head back to pick more gold coins. If you uncover 3 matching god symbols, you’ll play that feature. This can happen multiple times unless you uncover the Hades icon which returns you to the base game. 

Age of the Gods Jackpot

Part of the Age of the Gods jackpot series, there are 4 progressive jackpots up for grabs. The Age of the Gods Jackpot feature will be triggered randomly on any spin. You then come across a grid of 20 gold coins where your aim to match 3 jackpot symbols.

With a guarantee you’ll win 1 of the 4 progressive jackpots, here is what the jackpots are seeded at and what the real-time values are:

In case you’re wondering, the Ultimate Power Jackpot is won every 44 days with an average amount of approximately £499,000. At the time of writing, the biggest-ever win came in October 2011 and was for €984,763.

Despite being the first in the series, the original Age of the Gods slot remains the most popular. I know it was released in 2016 but it still retains its charm due to a sweeping orchestral soundtrack and variety from its 4 free spins features.

For a jackpot game, the win potential in standard gameplay is excellent with Athena potentially rewarding you with 50,000 times bet max wins on each free spin. What I liked is that you can play multiple free spins features in 1 sitting by avoiding Hades.

You then have the added extra of 4 progressive jackpots. With the Ultimate Power Jackpot paying approximately £499,000 every 44 days, the maximum payout of nearly €1 million is pretty decent. It doesn’t offer the huge jackpots found in Microgaming’s Mega Moolah or NetEnt’s Mega Fortune but you have a combination of jackpots, 4 rewarding free spins features and good non-jackpot win potential.

With the first game being such a hit, Playtech has spawned a fully-fledged Age of the Gods slots series. They are based on different Greek gods and offer a variety of bonus features and mechanics. One of the most popular is Age of the Gods: God of Storms which is based on Aeolus, the divine keeper of the winds. 

Playtech has also created a Norse mythology-inspired Age of the Gods series including Norse gods such as Thor, Freya and Odin. These slots do have 3 different progressive jackpots though.

The Age of the Gods slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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