Haunted Opera Slots
Haunted Opera is played on five reels, and features twenty total pay lines, and is a gothic opera house themed slot with a progressive jackpot, scatters, wild and even free spin rounds. Haunted Opera is themed around Phantom of The Opera, which was first novel by Gaston Leroux, but games notary and fame as a successful musical. Nonetheless, the actual stories' origins go back quite far. The book was written in 1909, and is based on a deformed and crazy musical genius, and his object of affection, who is the youthful soprano named Christine.
The game itself takes place within an opera house, on a theater stage. They have all of the classic Phantom of the opera motifs. There are red curtains, and a golden chandelier that hangs elegantly above everything. There are numerous special symbols. The symbols incorporate all of the game's thematic aspects, such as sheet music, wax sealed letters, an ornate mirror, the phantom's mask, and Christine herself, along with a number of golden colored letter and number symbols. The minimum bet you can place is $0.01 per spin, while the maximum bet you can place is $100 per spin. The pay lines are adjustable, so you can play 1 to 20 pay lines, which will change your total bet. You also need to adjust the individual coin size, which can range from $0.01 to $5.
Special Features
The substitute/wild feature is the phantom's mask. This symbol will substitute for most symbols on this board, excluding the scatter symbol, which is represented as the letter symbol. If you make up a winning pay line using the aforementioned wild, all associated winnings will be doubled. Also, on top of that the Phantom Mask symbol making an appearance during the free spin round will guarantee you that all of your winnings will be multiplied by six.
As I just mentioned, the scatter symbol is the Letter. So the bonus round can be triggered when you activate two letter symbols, but they need to land on the first and fifth reel at the same time. However, if you do manage to trigger this special feature, you'll receive five free spins. This is a small starting number, but you can land additional free spins while you play. If the phantom symbol appears on any of the reels of the game, you'll receive more free spins. The phantom appears randomly, and awards you up to three additional spins. This game also has a progressive jackpot feature, so if winning big is your overall goal, there is a chance to land a giant jackpot. With progressive jackpots, a portion of every bet made on the machine is stored in the jackpot, thus the progressive jackpot will continuously grow as bets are made before randomly paying its prize out. This game is also available to play in demo mode, so you can play as many free rounds as you'd like before committing and placing real money bets.
Final Thoughts
This RTG phantom of the opera themed slot is in a league of its own. To my knowledge, there are only a few other slot games that explore this particular theme, but if I were weighing my experience with this game compared to other similarly gothic opera house themed slots, I'd say this conquers its competition. The graphics are clever, incorporating all of the dark fantasy elements I'd expect from a Phantom of the Opera themed slot, along with incorporating some astonishing special features! Free spins, wilds and more make this game worthwhile.