Strength of Hercules

Standing on the right of the screen, our body-built colossus is ready to win divine winnings for players. His muscles are enough to amaze Ronnie Coleman, and he wears his famous Nemean lion skin as a cape with an oversized club.

We are truly immersed in ancient Greece, with a gate carved into the stone decorated with Hellenic motifs. On one side, we see a frightened snake, hidden in a Roman helmet, a little behind, statues of divinities from their hills, and far behind, the temple of Zeus in Olympia or something like that. To design Strength Of Hercules, the graphic designers deliberately used a cartoonish and offbeat tone, transforming the terrifying mythological creatures into rather nice comic book characters, the groove and electric musical background also contributes to this rendering more pleasant and engaging than mythical.

Technically speaking, Strength of Hercules is a medium to high volatility slot machine offering an RTP of 96.31%. It is played on a 5×5 reel grid composed of 3125 lines and its gameplay works with the RotoGrid mechanic, connected Wilds and a choice of a variety of bonuses allowing to reach prizes up to 10000x the stake.

To receive a win, you will need to find at least 3, 4 or 5 identical symbols and from left to right starting from the leftmost reel. The strong symbols are represented by the lion, the Nemea, the Minotaur, the Hydra, the dog Cerberus and Hercules himself, capable of paying between 0.30x and 5x the stake. In addition, the symbols A, K, Q, J and 10 can pay between 0.10x and 0.50x the stake and the Wild can pay the equivalent of 5x the stake for a combination of 5 aligned while replacing all paying symbols.

This innovative mechanism allows you to rotate the grid at the end of the turn in one direction or another, offering the later possibility of rotating the vincent combination with a new spin.

RotoGrid

The RotoGrid symbols that appear are activated after the wins on the grid have been awarded. This allows the grid to spin for one to three spins clockwise. The RotoGrid symbol then transforms into a Wild.

Each spin rotates the grid a quarter turn, creating new winning opportunities and wins are assessed before the next spin. If multiple RotoGrid symbols are present, they are activated one after the other once the previous ROtoGrid has finished spinning. Up to 3 RotoGrid symbols can appear at once.

Connecting Wilds

After each grid spin, each Wild that is on the same reel will connect, filling all positions between them with additional Wild symbols. If the grid is spun again, the original Wild symbols and the new Wild symbols can connect with other Wilds on their respective reels, potentially filling the entire grid with Wilds.

Might Of Hercules

The grid can be struck by Hercules’ club, which will cause all weak symbols to disappear and be replaced by Wilds.

Bonus Choice

By landing 3 or 4 Scatter symbols at the same time in the base game, you will access the Bonus Choice menu where you will be able to choose between two bonus options depending on the number of Scatter symbols discovered.

With 3 Scatter symbols, you can choose either the Labors Bonus Games, or the Labyrinth Bonus Games while with 4 Scatter symbols, you can choose either the Godly Labors or the Godly Labyrinth Bonus Games.

Labors Bonus Game

By choosing this option, you will win 10 Free Spins. This bonus keeps the same mechanics as the base game with more chances to make the RotoGrid and Wild symbols appear. By landing 2 or 3 additional Scatter symbols, you will win 2 or 4 additional Free Spins symbols. The Godly Labors version is a variation with even more RotoGrid and Wilds on the grid.

Labyrinth Bonus Game

By choosing this bonus, you will receive 8 Free Spins. The non-paying Skull and Cracked Stone symbols as well as the FS, Adding and Multiplying Coin symbols will appear. The objective will be to collect Coin and FS symbols in the treasure chests at the bottom of the grid.

When a coin or FS symbol appears under a Cracked Stone, it will explode and disappear from the grid, leaving the Coin or FS symbols to fall to the bottom. This process repeats until a Skull is on its way or Coin or FS symbols reach the bottom of the grid to be collected in the treasure chest corresponding to the reel.

Each treasure chest has a progressive multiplier that is paid at the end of the bonus and multiplied by the bet to determine the final win. Collected Coin symbols can either add their value to the existing chest value or multiply it. Adding Coins can have values ​​between 1x and 100x while Multiplying Coins can have values ​​between 2x and 20x. Collected FS symbols will award an additional free spin.

Once all Coin and FS symbols on the grid have moved as far as possible, there is a chance that the grid will rotate in either direction, which can allow the Coin and FS symbols to move to new positions by breaking cracked stones, leading them to the skull maze at the bottom of the grid.

If the Might of Hercules feature is triggered in this bonus, a random number of skulls or cracked stones will be destroyed. If these blocks are destroyed, more FS or Coin symbols will appear on the grid.

In the Godly Labyrinth version, you will have 10 Free Spins and the Coin symbols will have higher values ​​and appear more often.

Strength of Hercules vs. 3 other slots from Hacksaw Gaming

Buy Bonus

Here are all the bonus purchase options offered in Strength of Hercules:

• BonusHunt Featurespins: For 3x the stake, each spin has a 5x chance of triggering the bonus.
• RotoGrid Featurespins: For 60x the stake, each spin guarantees the appearance of at least 1 RotoGrid symbol and 2 Wilds.
• Extreme RotoGrid Featurespins: For 60x the stake, each spin guarantees the appearance of at least 1 RotoGrid.
• Strength Is My Legacy: You will be able to choose between the Labors or Labyrinth bonuses for 100x the stake.
• Victory Is My Destiny: You will be able to choose between the two versions Godly Labors or Godly Labyrinth for 200x the stake.

Put Herculean Strength to Use

You know our penchant for Hacksaw Gaming slots. Even when using popular gaming environments like Greek mythology, they always have a touch of uniqueness that surprises. Once again in Strength of Hercules, the studio does not rest on its laurels and is constantly evolving to improve previous features while adding new ones.

We will definitely appreciate the clever RotoGrid mechanic, already seen before, which this time allows more Wilds to be spread on the grid during spins. Hercules can also be of great use to us by hitting the grid to reveal wilds instead of secondary symbols. Finally, the choice of different bonuses and the improved “Godly” version set the bar very high, as does the potential for winnings reaching up to 10,000x the stake.