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Slot Review: Achilles

We were not remarkably impressed with Achilles, the slot game based on the mythological Greek hero. This five-reel, twenty-payline online slot game is one of the newest efforts from Real Time Gaming, which has been struggling for market share in the face of strong competition from other software providers. They certainly won’t be getting far with this bore of historic proportions!

The myth goes that Achilles was a fierce warrior. His only weakness was his heel. He was dipped into the river Styx by his mother in the hopes of making him invincible – which worked, except for the spot by which she was holding him (his foot). Achilles would go on to become one of the great heroes of the Trojan War, and get killed by an arrow to the heel. You wouldn’t know any of this from playing Achilles’ eponymous slot, which offers very little in the way of intrigue. The reels feature pictures of the Trojan horse, Helen of Troy, a horse, a flag, and a shield. The colors are dull and the action is not very lively.

You can bet from one penny to five dollars in coin value on this online slot, with max coins of twenty. That makes for a one hundred dollars top bet, which should make this title of at least negligible attention to high rollers. There is a top jackpot of five thousand coins, with wild, scatter, and bonus opportunities compensating at least partially for the small (twenty-five thousand dollar) top prize.

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