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Myth and Legend from Pragmatic Play

It’s been a while since I’ve had a session on a Pragmatic Play slot I must admit, but I just had to get my hands on this new one – it looked so good.

Don’t let the old school cartoon style appearance deceive you, this slot can be just as brutal as it can be rewarding, and can also provide solid bursts of entertainment that break up what can otherwise be quite a dry run of spins.

Still, with multiple wilds and freespins rounds to look forward to there is plenty to talk about, so let’s get to it.

Overall Impression

Hercules and Pegasus

When you first load the game up it is hard not to be impressed. It looks glorious and there is a lot of attention to detail in the visual design, with pretty basic but stylishly designed symbols and some great animation work that bring the game to life and make it pop.

As far as the spec goes, you’re looking at:

  • RTP – 96.5%, so decent without turning heads.
  • Volatility – High. It has a soft gooey centre but it’s a tough cookie.
  • Bet Min/Max – 20p min to £100 max makes it accessible for all but penny players, really.

It plays out on a standard 5×3 grid with 20 paylines and wins pay left to right with a potential 2500x available.

At first glance with a wild, three random features, and three freespins rounds it sounds like there’s plenty going on in Hercules and Pegasus, but as you will see, they don’t trigger often enough to retain interest and even when they do they can be worth precisely zip.

Features Explained

Hercules and Pegasus WildThe randomly triggered event displays 3 scrolls from which you must pick one to reveal the feature you will get:

  • Hercules Wilds – Random wilds appear. May re-trigger.
  • Pegasus Wilds – As above but may get a multiplier of 2x.
  • Bolts of Zeus – Zeus appears as a stacked mystery symbol.
  • Bonus – Feature trigger.

You might win £2 you might win £50, these can be pretty disappointing if it is your only sniff of a winning opportunity after more than 100 spins.

Hercules and Pegasus ScattersThe freespins round is triggered by landing a bonus symbol on reels 1 and 3, plus either a Hercules and/or Pegasus scatter on reel 5. Landing both symbols on reel 5 is when you are in for a real pay day:

  • Hercules Freespins – Unlimited spins. When an orange potion lands on reel 5 more wilds are added to the reels. This can happen five times. The freespins round will end on the 5th occurance.
  • Pegasus Freespins – Unlimited spins. When a blue potion lands on reel 5 the win multiplier increases by 1x. This can happen five times. The freespins round will end on the 5th occurance.
  • Hercules & Pegasus Freespins – Unlimited spins. Both of the above are active at the same time, but as soon as one of the potions appears on reel five for the 5th time, the round ends.

Sounds great in theory, right? Unlimited free spins! Triggering it in the first place, though, is a herculean task in itself.

My Experience

BoredAfter an initial tease where I got a biggish win after only 20 or so spins, I quickly burned through 200-250 spins without anything to show for it except 1 random scroll feature which was worthless.

Then I hit a legendary win that go me back in the game but I was still onto a loss. After 500ish spins I had about 60% of my bankroll left and hadn’t hit a single feature other than the scrolls.

Obviously no two players experiences on a game will be the same, but I would say you need a lot of patience and a big bank roll to get anywhere with this game. It looks fantastic but I didn’t find it all that entertaining I’m sorry to say, and those big wins felt to me like the stuff of legend.