The Three Musketeers and the Queen's Diamond comes with a 5 reel, 50 payline game engine. It has a more light-hearted feel than Quickspin's take on the famous tale by Alexandre Dumas as witnessed by the cartoon-style graphics. The reels include a selection of parchments, gauntlets, crowns, muskets and swords all set against a country backdrop featuring a beautiful chateau. It's all complemented by a regal sounding backing track. Overall, the sound and visuals are ‘tres bien’.
Each of the Three Musketeers is a scatter offering a unique bonus feature. Find a sword to the immediate right of Porthos and you'll be awarded a re-spin with 1 reel covered entirely in wilds. Find Aramis with the daggers to his immediate right and you'll be presented with 2 bags of gold coins - pick 1 to reveal your prize.
The muskets to the immediate right of Athos will give you a re-spin with wilds randomly distributed on reels 2, 3 and 4.
Look out on reels 1 and 3 for the +3 Free Spins symbol. For every symbol that appears, you'll be awarded 3 free spins so you'll receive between 6 and 24. It's possible to re-trigger more free spins during the feature. The Mighty Musketeers features can also be activated during free spins.
Finally there's the Queen's Bonus feature which is triggered when the d'Artagnan bonus symbol appears on reels 2 and 4. You'll start off with 2 lives before setting off on a series of pick me challenges. Make a correct pick and you'll advance to the next challenge - an incorrect choice will lose you a life. You can win extra lives and multipliers en route, with up to 7x possible. If you make it all the way and find the Queen's Diamond, you'll win 10 times your stake plus a multiplier.
The Mighty Musketeers features hit on a regular basis, the other less so. The free spins and Queen's Bonus can be lucrative when they do arrive though. Playtech has delivered another impressive slot here. The sound, graphics and animation make it extremely easy to play. Throw in a good selection of features and it adds up to an impressive overall package. Variance wise it’s low to medium I’d say so if you want a little more volatility, I’d recommend Sultan’s Gold or White King.
You probably won't get as rich as Tony Soprano playing the slot that bears his name. Saying that, I found the game a disappointment because I really love the television series. If you like branded slots, you cannot go wrong with Terminator 2 by Microgaming or Star Trek Red Alert by WMS.