Reign of Rome

In the playing field you see Tribute symbols. These do not give a fixed payout from a table, but you can add the value of each piece together. The Multipliers can increase these sums even further to 15,000 times your bet.

This is a very volatile slot machine that leans towards the extreme. Fortunately, you have a solid RTP of 96.27%. Now the question is whether you should open the game, or wait for the next Hacksaw title? How Reign of Rome comes out of the test, you can read in this slot machine review.

The beating heart of Reign of Rome beats in the heart of the empire, where power is played between steel and blood. The game grid dominates the scene, framed by two imposing warriors who watch over every spin, ready to evoke the chaos of battle.

On the left, the red “Bonus” button offers the possibility of activating special features for those who want to add a touch of intensity to the game. All other controls, such as the Spin button and the betting options, are neatly arranged on the right for immediate control.

The game is perfectly optimized for any device in free demo mode with virtual money, whether you prefer to play on PC, tablet or smartphone. On mobile, the controls remain intuitive and well-placed, ensuring a smooth flow even in the most frenetic moments.

How do you play Reign of Rome?

Apart from the fact that the playing field of Reign of Rome is somewhat large, there is little special to note. You get 5 reels that are each 5 symbols high. To win, you have to try to get the same symbols on the 19 different paylines.

These are four card symbols that give you 0.20x, 1x and 2.5x for 3, 4 or 5 times the same symbol connected from left to right on the payline. These are already quite high payouts. The payouts are even higher for the premium symbols. They give you 5 to 10 times the bet when you fill a payline.

After each win, you trigger an Avalanche that makes used symbols disappear. Then everything falls as far down as possible and you get new symbols until there are no gaps left.

Bonus features of Reign of Rome

Reign of Rome is a LootLines slot where you can get extreme wins, even from the base game. These are limited to 15,000 times your bet as the maximum win of the slot machine.

LootLines

You will soon see special symbols in the playing field, the Tributes. These come in four different types. You have the blue ones with a value of 1x to 10x and the blue ones with a big plus sign. In addition, there are yellow ones with values ​​of x2 to x5 and yellow ones with a big X.

Thanks to the LootLines mechanic, these symbols give the win via a mathematical calculation. The Revealing symbols first change into a high value. A blue plus gets a value between 15x and 500x for this. The yellow X gets a Multiplier of x6 to x25.

Your calculation runs from left to right over the win line. You add each blue symbol to the previous value, while yellow symbols give a Multiplier to the value. On the first reel, however, they count as their value.

To illustrate, here is an example. You have x2, 7x, x10 and 4x in this order on a win line. Then you will get 94 times your stake for this thanks to the calculation (2+7)x10+4.

Plunder everything you can find in the name of the Roman Empire using LootLines in Hacksaw Gaming’s Reign of Rome.

Free Spins

Furthermore, there are three different Free Spins bonuses waiting for you. Which one you get depends on the number of FS-Scatters you manage to collect. It is always 10 Free Spins that you will receive. Plus you can win 2 or 4 extra spins by spinning 2 or 3 Scatters during the bonus round.

Path to Power

The Path to Power bonus game is activated when you get 3 Scatter FS symbols at the same time in the base game. This bonus game gives you 10 free spins. During the bonus game, the mechanics remain the same as in the base game, but with a higher chance of getting Tribute symbols with higher values.

Additionally, you can get extra free spins if FS symbols appear during the bonus:

• 2 FS symbols award 2 additional spins.
• 3 FS symbols award 4 additional spins.

This is Rome

The This is Rome bonus game is activated when you get 4 Scatter FS symbols at the same time in the base game. In this bonus, in addition to all the features of the base game, the Path to Power bonus is added. In addition, all Tribute symbols that have not led to a win, but appear on the same spin as at least one winning Tribute symbol, are progressively stored in the LootBar, which is located below the grid.

The LootBar has five positions, each corresponding to a reel of the main grid, and non-winning Tribute symbols are stored in the positions relative to the reel on which they appeared. When all five positions of the LootBar are filled with Tribute symbols, the stored values ​​are assigned following the LootLine rules and the values ​​are removed from the LootBar.

Every time you get FS symbols during the bonus, you can get extra free spins:

• 2 FS symbols award 2 additional spins.
• 3 FS symbols award 4 additional spins.

Reign of Rome vs. 4 different slots from Hacksaw Gaming

Fight for Glory

Hacksaw also calls Fight for Glory the Hidden Epic Bonus. You trigger it by spinning 5 Scatters. The same collection mechanism for Tribute symbols as in the This is Rome bonus remains active. However, the LootBar starts immediately at 20x under each reel.

Now you continue to add all unused Tributes throughout the entire bonus round after you first formed a profit with them. At the end of the bonus, you can receive the whole thing as Mega Win.

Buy Bonus

In order not to have to wait for spins that potentially bring very high profits, Reign of Rome has a Buy Bonus button. You pay 3 times the bet for Bonushunt, which increases your chance of a bonus round fivefold.

Then you have Shield Wall FeatureSpins for 50 times the bet. Then you guarantee a win with at least three Tribute symbols. The Spears Out FeatureSpins also cost 50 times the stake and give you at least three Tribute symbols. However, you are not guaranteed a win here, but you are guaranteed a Revealing.

And then you can buy Path to Power for 100 times your stake and This is Rome for 200 times your stake.

Our opinion

The LootLines is an interesting feature that can potentially yield very high winnings. During testing, we suddenly had a win of more than 800 times the stake. In addition, the payouts of the regular symbols are quite high. That is possible since there is a very limited number of winning lines.

But now follow on their points of criticism. Why Multipliers can also appear on the first reel, we do not understand. These could just as well have been just blue Adders, now it only causes confusion because in principle they would yield nothing since you would do zero but the Multiplier.

In addition, the theme is very superficial. The music supports it nicely, but with the visuals we do not really get into it.