A Roman cityscape full of villas, statues and temples forms the backdrop to the reels in Glorious Empire. The symbols on the reels maintain the historic feel. Joining the lower value playing cards are a warrior mask and a chariot, both of which pay between 10 and 100 coins.
The winged horse Pegasus comes next, paying 125 coins for a 5 symbol combination. The Roman centurion awards 20, 40 or 150 coins with the blonde goddess the most lucrative of the standard symbols. Landing 2, 3, 4 or 5 on a payline will get you 5, 20, 40 or 200 coins.
The regular symbols are joined by a lion and swords emblem which is the game's wild, replacing everything apart from the scatter. The Roman temple symbol is that scatter - land 3, 4 or 5 of these anywhere on the reels and you'll win 200, 800 or 4,000 coins. You'll also trigger the Free Games feature.
You'll be given 7, 10 or 15 free spins depending on how many scatters you landed on the triggering spin. Every time a wild lands throughout the feature, it will remain locked in place for the remainder of the free spins. You can also retrigger the feature giving you potentially 30 free spins in total.
Glorious Empire is a fairly simple slot game - the imagery and animations are nicely realised and the haunting backing track springs into life on winning spins. As far as gameplay goes, it's all about the bonus feature. The allocation of 7-15 free spins (initially) may seem on the light side but an early sprinkling of frozen wilds those free spins can quickly pay dividends. If you retrigger the feature, it can lead to colossal wins fit for any emperor.
It may not be as world conquering as the Romans but Glorious Empire is a solid game and worth investigating if you enjoy simple gameplay and the historic theme. If you do like the theme, Victorious by Net Entertainment or Gladiator Jackpot by Playtech are worth trying.