The design in Medusa Strike is nicely done. You’ll see a mountain full of marble columned buildings in the background. On the reels are A to 9 royal values as well as a winged white horse, a bull, a lion and a warrior. The best payer is Medusa who will get you just over 5.26 times your stake if you land 5 on adjacent reels.
The temple is the wild. This replaces everything apart from the scatter and can hit anywhere apart from reel 1. There are a couple of features to note in Medusa Strike.
Jackpot Bonus feature - this can strike at random on any spin that includes a wild. Once triggered, pick from the coins to reveal Mini, Minor, Major or Grand jackpot symbols. Land 3 that match and that’s the one you’ll win. Prizes here are equal to 30, 50, 100 or 1,000 times your stake.
Free Spins feature - this round is triggered by landing 3 or more of the golden serpent scatter on adjacent reels from left to right on the same spin. After a payout of 0.5, 10 or 50 times your stake, you’ll then go on to play 10 free spins. These take place on a new set of reels where all of the lower value royal symbols are removed. Re-triggers are possible too, each one awarding 10 more free spins with no limits.
Medusa Strike is a relatively simple slot game. The features are rather basic and ones we’ve seen in plenty of other titles. The comic book-style design is pretty good though, as is the almost operatic backing track. It can be a fiery slot game though with the variance in the medium to high range – you can win up to 1,378 times your stake on each spin/free spin which is more likely in the Free Spins feature due to low value symbols being removed from play.
There’s nothing earth-shatteringly original here but it’s all solid enough. If you like and the myth and legend theme and volatile play, then you’ll find enough to enjoy in Medusa Strike. Basically, Medusa Strike is the same as Pragmatic Play’s Caishen’s Gold – if you like Medusa, she features in the volatile Medusa MegaWays from NextGen Gaming.