It’s that time of the year once again when all of the nasty and the grotesque is celebrated rather than shunned. For one month, and one very special day, all that is ugly is beautiful and all that is scary is fun.
Yes, it’s the Halloween season, and all the software developers are racing to put out offerings relating to this most ghoulish of holidays.
And here is one such title from Real Time Gaming , called Halloween Treasures that will scare and delight punters with four spine-tingling jackpots and a real horrific atmosphere (but in a good way).
Theme
The game comes fully decked out in season-appropriate iconography with a background featuring a gloomy street littered with vines, carved pumpkins and an ominous-looking black cat.
It’s everything you need to get into the Halloween spirit, as the symbols themselves also play into this aesthetic.
There is a strange magic potion possibly from a witch’s cauldron because there is also a pointy witch hat on display. In any case, there are definitely witches prowling about. Rounding off the rest of the fearsome symbols are a carved pumpkin, some candles, and the bloodsucking Dracula himself.
Suffice to say, if it was any other season there would be cause to panic, but on Halloween, all these things are a welcome sight.
Betting Options and Functions
It’s a Spooktober extravaganza and it takes place on a 5x3 grid. Paylines are out and consecutive symbols are in because all it takes to form a winning combination is three or more of the same symbol on consecutive reels. This means there are a total of 243 ways to win.
The stakes can be as low as 8 cents or as high as 8.80 dollars depending on how the players play the jackpot feature.
Requisite options like autoplay and turbo spin are also available.
Special Features
There are many offerings celebrating the largest secular holiday in the western hemisphere, such as Halloween Fortune by Playtech for instance.
But this offering shines when it comes to its special features because even ghosts and goblins like a good jackpot.
And yes, it’s all about the jackpots here, of which there are four. The mini, minor, major, and grand.
They can be won when a special symbol appears, and if more than one can be won then a jackpot feature activates a pick game where the punters must reveal three of the same signs in order to win one of the jackpots.
The available pots depend on the bet level which players can choose on a gauge on the left side of the field. The higher the gauge the more jackpots can be won but it also turns high-paying symbols even more high paying by turning them golden and multiplies the current active bet.
That’s not the end of the special features…
…as there are also extra spins. A wonderful thing about them is that they turn off the low paying symbols so the extra games are played only with items that bring a higher win.
Our Take
Real Time Gaming has definitely created a title that serves the holiday justice. It has the right atmosphere and feel and it also has some pretty terrific special features.
There’s no reason not to celebrate Halloween by giving this one a spin. And even if you’re reading this once the holiday has already passed, why not relive it? It doesn’t have to be October to enjoy a good spook.
