The imagery on show in Tower Quest is excellent - symbols on the reels includes an array of fearsome orcs, skeletons and dragons as well as our elfin hero and his obligatory lovely assistant. Joining them are playing card values from A to J. The Tower is the wild, substituting for all other symbols apart from the scatter and bonus symbols.
The wizard is that bonus symbol - find 3 of them and you'll trigger the Bonus feature which has a hint of Dungeons and Dragons about it. Once active, you'll get to play a Top Trumps style card game against the Evil Wizard. If you manage to defeat him and conquer the Dark Tower, bonuses of up to 500 times your total stake are on offer.
Available to play on desktop, tablet and mobile, Tower Quest comes with two scatter symbols, both of which deliver different bonuses. Whenever the bottles filled with blue or red potion hit, they will be collected in meters at the side of the reels.
In terms of red bottles, there are 3 free spins options available:
- Collect 10 red bottles and you can opt for 5 free spins where all winning paylines will be trebled (3x multiplier).
- Collect 20 and you can choose 5 free spins with the hero and heroine both becoming extra wilds.
- Collect 30 and you can have 5 free spins with a sticky wild added to the reels for each spin.
The blue scatters are slightly different with the options below:
- Collect 5 and you can choose 1 free spin where the middle reel is wild. This spin will also be subject to a 2x multiplier with any payouts doubled.
- 10 blue scatters and you can opt for 1 free spin with the hero, heroine, dragon, skeleton and orc all wild.
- Finally, if you find collect 15 blue scatters you can try 1 free spin where reels 1, 3 and 5 will all be wild.
There is plenty of keep you occupied in Tower Quest - the visuals are quality with the sweeping orchestral soundtrack adding to the epic feel. The features are impressive too, including a good collection of bonus rounds. The Dungeons and Dragons style card game is a quality addition and should really appeal to fans of this genre.
Some of the single spin bonuses are certainly risky but can deliver impressively from just that one spin. The overall variance is in the medium range with the bonus round the most likely way to win big.
Play 'N Go has matched slick imagery with quality features to create an impressive overall package. Tower Quest is a slot we'll be coming back to again and again. If you’re impressed, Microgaming’s Avalon II is similar in terms of number of bonus features and theme. You also have Dungeons & Dragons Treasures of Icewind Dale which is the best of 3 Dungeons & Dragons slots to be produced by IGT.