Kingdoms Rise Battle Beast Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Kingdoms Rise Battle Beast Review

The Ways Plus mechanic was first introduced in Blazing Bells, and it also took center stage in Playtech’s Age Of The Gods: Glorious Griffin. The latter is very similar to the game at hand, but Kingdoms Rise: Battle Beast cannot be called a reskin/clone due to the different math models and jackpot features.

We much prefer Glorious Griffin to this game however, as the potential has been reduced from 40,960x your stake to “only” 10,000x. The Ways Plus mechanic doesn’t really have the A-list “star power” to carry a game on its own (like the Book of … mechanic can), and you’ll not see all that much of it in the base game anyway. Getting more of it in the bonus round is not a very exciting prospect, and the whole game reeks of being a watered down version of Griffin.

Kingdoms Rise: Battle Beast Features

The wild symbol can land on reels 2 to 6 only, and it will step in for all regular pay symbols like wilds usually do. Whenever you see a regular pay symbol surrounded by a golden flame, you’ve triggered the random Ways Plus feature. The symbol will then expand one step in all directions, effectively making a cross on the grid.

The Sabretooth Slash Bonus Round is triggered when you land at least 3 scatters anywhere on the same spin. You win 8, 15, 25 or 100 free spins respectively, when you land 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters.

Per usual in this series, you can take advantage of the Kingdom Rise Shop feature. Symbols land with tokens attached, and these are collected when you play. Collected tokens can be used to buy features in the shop. In this game you can buy a Wild Beast Respins feature.

• 500 tokens - 5 Battle Beast Respins + 1 Super Spin with up to 2 chosen symbols.
• 1,000 tokens - 5 Raging Beast Respins + 1 Super Spin with up to 3 chosen symbols.
• 2,000 tokens - 5 Ferocious Beast Respins + 1 Super Spin with up to 5 chosen symbols.

It’s also possible to use the tokens you collect to purchase features in other slots in the Kingdom Rise series. Finally, you have the Jackpot feature that can be triggered at random times during gameplay:

• Epic Jackpot - seeds at £100,000 and is progressive with no upper limit.
• Power Strike Jackpot - drops when it has reached a certain limit.
• Daily Strike Jackpot - drops within a given time every day.

The 200 Spins Kingdoms Rise: Battle Beast Experience

We landed a few decent wins in the base game, and the Free Games bonus round is triggered around the 1-minute mark. We didn’t see all that much to the Ways Plus feature however, and it seems a bit hard to trigger. The highlights video is only 2 minutes long this time, and you can see how we fared by hitting the play button.

Review Summary

Playtech has chosen a somewhat misleading name for the Ways Plus mechanic. It sounds like the number of win ways will increase (like NoLimit City’s xWays), but that’s not the case at all. The symbol merely clones itself one instance in all directions, and it’s not really all that impressive those rare times when it actually does manifest.

You will always win when the Ways Plus feature triggers however, as it will not bother unless a winning combo can be created or improved upon. The bonus round gives you more of this feature, but it’s certainly possible to burn through plenty of free spins without seeing much of it. We have grown a bit weary of this whole series at this point, and Kingdoms Rise: Battle Beast does very little to lift our spirit.

Pros

• Ways Plus™ expanding symbol mechanic
• Bonus round with 3x more Ways Plus triggers
• Token collection and in-game feature shop
• Progressive jackpot starts at £100,000
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• Ways Plus is a misleading feature name

If you appreciate Kingdoms Rise: Battle Beast you should also try:

Blazing Bells - comes from Playtech partner, Ash Gaming, and it was the first game that introduced the Ways Plus mechanic.

Age Of The Gods Glorious Griffin - is another Playtech jackpot series title where the Ways Plus feature takes center stage. It’s very similar to the game at hand, and the Ways Plus feature is 3x more likely to trigger in the bonus round also here. The big difference is the eye-watering 40,960x potential.

Age of the Gods Norse: Book of Dwarves - is our favorite in the series so far, as it comes with a very interesting Book of … mechanic twist. The chosen symbol expands to 3x3 mega symbols on the 5x5 grid in the bonus round, and you can level up for more chosen symbols and extra spins.

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