Mayan Gold Slot Machine
A lot if not all of you will have heard the term ‘Mayan’, be that referring to the civilisation, the language, the people and so on. However, it’s unlikely you’ve heard it being used to refer to the gold from the region, that is until now. Mayan Gold is a slot machine from PlayPearls that takes you back to when the region was thriving with the local culture, and it achieves this in a rather stunning way.
From its looks to the sounds used, this 5-reel activity really goes all out to capture the most authentic aesthetic it can. By choosing to do this, it means the boring looking card tiles we so frequently see have been banished, leaving us to appreciate only the very best that the software designers have to offer us.
Heralding in a total of 20 paylines, it’s quite a chunky slot machine to start off with if you’re new to them, but we’re on hand to try and make your transition into casual gaming as effortless as possible. All you need to really know is how to bet, what money you can hope to win, and whether anything special is hidden away in that 3x5 grid.
A Lost Culture
You can rediscover everything you need to from inside your own home, or wherever you happen to find yourself seeing as this is a game compatible with slots apps. Regardless of what device you happen to be playing on, the results will always be the same: you need to get the minimum of three of each icon for a winning combo to trigger.
In total, players have 11 symbols to find along the way, and so we’ll start with the ones of least value and work our way to the top; the kneeling Mayan with a brightly coloured headdress of some kind is your lowest valued. This particular tile will reward you no more than 5 credits, and that’s if you get the full five, should you get three you’re then looking at 0.50.
At the other end of the spectrum is where you’ll find a Mayan decorated in white face paint and an equally impressive head garment, only this time it is made from red and black feathers; he will gift you a total of 30 credits. This icon is only second to the free spins symbol which rewards 40, as well as the series of free spins. How many of those you get is determined by how many tiles you find, and so you may only get 8 or you may get the full 40.
Users will then note the wild, which is always seen as the icon that complements the free spins because, if they successfully come together, it can equal big gains for you. Although it only subs most of the symbols found, it does so in a way that tries and creates a winning line, therefore potentially gifting you more rewards. It doesn’t always work, but when it does you’ll notice the difference.
An Offering
Think of this slot machine as a Mayan god, and like any god it needs an offering in order to function and deliver you good fortune. Luckily for all concerned, this ‘god’ is a very merciful one and one that isn’t interested in huge pay-ins, and so you can bet with only 2 credits. Nonetheless, as anyone well versed in rituals will know, usually the more you put in the better you receive, and therefore you can increase the bet up to 80.
If at anytime you’re unsure of how much you’ve staked, the control panel will keep you informed to ensure you don’t overspend. Furthermore, it also helps you keep tabs on the number of paylines you have active due to the way it lists the number of paylines: numbers surround the grid.
Customers have an autospin option, but that’s about the only feature they can tweak and play about with when they’re gaming, and even then they can’t do much other than begin and end the automatic reels.
The End Result
After all this playing about and betting, we found Mayan Gold to be a hit and miss slot machine that looks fantastic but isn’t impressive anywhere else. Basically, it is one of Play Pearls slot machines you may forget in time, but it also isn’t the worst they offer. It’s the same old story of being an average joe in a world filled with plenty of other middling games.
