As you'd hope from a slot celebrating an outlandish Venetian ball, the visuals on show in Royal Masquerade are terrific. Look out for masked guests sporting king, queen, princess, jester and musician costumes on the reels. They're joined by A-10 playing card symbols. The hook nosed symbol is the wild, substituting for all other symbols apart from the scatter. Five wilds in a payline will net you a haul of 1,000 coins. The wild can appear stacked in both the base game and during the free spins feature.
The reels are set against a beautiful Venetian canalside backdrop with the on-screen action accompanied by a sweeping orchestral score that veers into opera and rock depending on how the symbols hit. It all makes for a superb ambiance and gives the game something of an epic feel. Gold star then for the sound and visuals. How about the features?
Royal Masquerade is all about the Free Spins feature - find 3 or more scatters (the lady in the shimmering gold mask) anywhere on the reels and you'll be awarded an initial 5 win spins. Every time a scatter appears during the round, 2 more free games will be added to that tally, up to a maximum total of 20 free spins.
Each free spin during the bonus round is a guaranteed winner – hence the name Win Spins. If you're lucky to find some scatters and increase your spins some very impressive payouts can be had.
In theory, there's a maximum payout of 10,000 times your stake on offer in Royal Masquerade - you're unlikely to hit that dream amount but big wins are certainly possible. I've managed to score over 300 times my total stake during the free spins feature.
Royal Masquerade is very easy on the eye - it's not overly packed on the features front but the free spins with guaranteed wins is an impressive offering. If you like high variance slot that offer shots at enormous jackpots then this is one masked ball where you won't need a second invitation.
I found this game to be a high variance version is the popular Pimped slot game (also by Play ‘N Go). Saying that, if you like volatility, Aztec Idols is also highly recommended.