Beauty’s Beast Slots

Bearing more than a passing resemblance – both in title and in theme – to a similarly-named Disney movie from 1991, Beauty’s Beast is a gorgeously designed 5-reel slot from the team at Cayetano.

Featuring 243 ways to win and a maximum regular jackpot of $1 million, players will instantly be drawn to the frequent and sizeable payouts that occur on the slot, but if you scratch below the surface and actually explore the features in Beauty’s Beast, you’ll also find a hugely engaging title.

With wilds, prize multipliers, a bonus round and even a re-spin feature all included in the game, players will soon find themselves getting caught up in the fairytale romance of the titular beautiful young lady and monstrous creature as they look to secure themselves a seven-figure happy ending.

Tale As Old As Time

With Beauty’s Beast featuring 243 ways to win rather than fixed paylines per se, the user interface simply requires players to choose their total stake rather than dithering between coin sizes, coin amounts and active paylines. The bet sizes on offer range from $0.25 all the way up to $500, but essentially 25 coins are at risk at each stake increment and you are merely increasing their value.

The $1 million jackpot quoted by the slot is only achievable when the maximum $500 stake is being wagered and is awarded whenever five wild rose symbols appear across each of the game’s reels. This results in a win of 2,000x your stake, so at the minimum bet it pays out a much smaller $500.

Regular wins in the game, meanwhile, range from $300 to $1,500 at the maximum stake level, meaning you will often have to trigger multiple paylines to break even on your spin. Additionally, the beast symbol is an instant win icon which will award 5x-30x your total stake whenever it features.

Beauty On The Inside

Visually-speaking, Beauty’s Beast is a stunning slot to look at. The game features the beast’s dilapidated castle as its backdrop, with many of the symbols that appear on the reels being items that offer more than a slight nod to the characters and objects featured in the classic animated film.

While the standard ace-through-ten playing card symbols are also present, these have been stylised to give them a fairytale look, while all of the higher value icons have their own unique charm. These include gold rings, mirrors, castles, both beauty and the beast and a cursed red rose wild symbol.

With the wheels magically rolling into place and featuring additional animations whenever a re-spin is triggered, the fairytale ambience is pretty consistent throughout the game and a nice selection of sound effects and music are also included to make Beauty’s Beast a highly immersive experience.

A Rose By Any Other Name

The bonus features in Beauty’s Beast are triggered a little differently than in most conventional slots and can potentially be activated whenever a winning three-of-a-kind combination appears on the first three reels. If your winning combination is comprised of three higher value symbols, you’ll instantly be taken to a new bonus screen, while lower value symbols will only award this at random.

When the bonus feature is successfully activated, players will be presented with three roses under glass domes and picking one will award one of three prizes. The first is a re-spin feature that locks the three highest value symbols matched in your previous spin in place while the fourth reel spins again. Should this spin result in four-of-a-kind, an additional spin will be activated on the fifth reel.

The second feature is a magic re-spin, which is similar to the previous prize but also offers a 4x multiplier and guarantees the reels will keep spinning until a five-of-a-kind win is displayed. The final option, meanwhile, is an instant win prize that simply awards bonus cash before the game resumes.

Fairy-tale Ending

Beauty’s Beast is certainly an impressive slot, both in terms of its awesome visuals and its innovative bonus feature. Though the advertised $1 million jackpot can only be won at the highest bet level, there are still enough prizes in the game to make it suitable for those playing on tighter bankrolls and the re-spins feature is a nice addition that often guarantees a decent return on your investment.