The design in Ancient Fortunes: Zeus is very nicely done. With a cloud-filled sky in the background, the reels are set within an ornately designed brick columned building. Rather than playing card values all the symbols here relate to the theme. You’ll see a selection of carved animal face symbols alongside higher value and Greek gods and goddesses. Ares (the god of war) is the best payer, offering awards of up to 62.5 times your stake per payline. The bearded figure of Zeus is the wild. He replaces all other symbols bar the scatter.
The action in this 5 reel, 10 payline game takes place using the Rolling Reels feature - after a winning spin, the successful symbols are removed and new ones drop in and replace them. Winning combinations can start from both reels 1 and 5. Successive wins also brings a multiplier into play. This figure keeps on rising as long as a new win is created. In the base game, this can boost payouts by 2x, 3x or 7x.
Those multipliers can get even bigger if you manage to trigger the Free Spins feature - to do that, you’ll need to land 3, 4 or 5 of the Zeus lightning bolt scatter symbol on the same spin. Your reward then will be 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Once again, the Rolling Reels are in play.
Instead of multipliers of 2x, 3x or 7x, you could see payouts soar by 3x, 7x, 11x or even 21x if you manage 3 or more successive wins. Retriggers are possible here too, offering up to a maximum of 50 extra free spins (giving you 70 free spins altogether).
This take on the classic ancient Greek-themed slot game is a relatively simple one. The design is clean and crisp and done rather well. There’s nothing very complex about the gameplay which revolves around the Rolling Reels and the associated multipliers. Those multipliers can deliver some pretty epic results though, especially if you get on a roll during the Free Spins feature. The overall variance is in the medium range with top wins of 1,399.3 times your stake per free spin.
Ancient Fortunes: Zeus is an enjoyable slot game. If you like the theme, then this trek up mighty Mount Olympus is one well worth making. I would also suggest Age of the Gods by Playtech which offers payouts of up to 7,000 times your stake on each free spin. If you like the rolling reels/multiplier extras, Gonzo’s Quest by Net Entertainment is quite similar.