4 Masks of Inca

4 Masks of Inca: Slot Overview

One thing about some of the Games Global family of studios, they do like their masks. Here's another example from provider Foxium going by the name of 4 Masks of Inca. One thing about the title is clear; one thing may be a little misleading. For one, 4 Masks of Inca is indeed a South American-themed game packing in much of the audio-visuals one would expect to find on an online slot based in that region. The less clear thing is that, while 4 Masks of Inca might sound like 9 Masks of Fire, the two games are actually very different beasts altogether, like totally different, really, other than having masks in them.

One neat thing we've come to expect from Foxium is the studio's attention to detail and its ability to craft a handsome picture. 4 Masks of Inca might not be the most stunning Inca slot you've ever seen, but it begins with an atmospheric opening with a moody ruler on his throne before leading into the game proper. Once in, Foxium has picked a bird's eye view of its domain which is popular at the moment and filled the view with attractive Incan stonework, loads of classy animations, and various UI/gaming elements. The soundtrack is pretty darn moody as well. Like the visuals, the tunes don't try to be too flashy, yet possess a pleasing quality that adds to the class.

Hovering above the temple, or palace, or whatever 4 Masks of Inca's setting may be is its game grid. It's got 5 reels, each reel holding 3 rows which are crossed by 20 paylines. A medium volatile slot, 4 Masks of Inca, is available in four RTP settings, with a maximum return to player of 96.22%. Players choose a stake of 20 p/c to $/€12 per spin and decide if they would like to activate the Boost. Switching the Boost on ups the stake by 50% in return for getting better chances of triggering free spins, Inca Battles, and Wild Puma Awards.

Regular wins are made up of at least 3 matching pay symbols, starting from the first reel onwards. Inca-ish looking 9-A card royals are the low pay symbols worth 1.25 to 3.75 times the bet for a 5 OAK winning line, while the high pays are four elaborately designed masks. Masks pay 7.5 to 10 times the bet for a 5-of-a-kind hit. Puma wilds may land on any reel to substitute for any regular pay symbol. Wilds land with a multiplier of up to x5, and when a win has more than one wild, multipliers are multiplied together. Hitting a 5 wild winning line pays 25 times the bet.

4 Masks of Inca: Slot Features

Wilds also feed into a feature called Wild Puma Collect, and players should also be aware of the game's free spins round, Inca Battle, and bonus buy option.

Inca Battle

The base game has 4 tokens coloured red, purple, blue, and green. Tokens may land on high-pay symbols and are collected by their respective meter when they do. When 3 tokens of the same colour have been collected, an Inca Battle is triggered. When active, 5 spins are awarded, and each mask is given a value of 10x to 10,000x the bet. During the 5 spins, the mask that lands the most awards its prize.

Wild Puma Collect

Wilds landing in the base game are collected by the Wild Puma Collect meter. This can lead to a random trigger whereby the Wild Puma Award doles out a prize of 10x to 50x the bet.

Free Spins

Landing 3 scatter symbols in the base game on reels 1, 3, and 5 activates the free spins round. At the start, 3 free spins are awarded. However, landing a wild symbol sticks it to the reels with an x1 multiplier for the remainder of the feature and resets the spin count. On each spin, the multiplier of a random wild is increased by +1. As before, wins with more than one wild in them sees the multiplier values multiplied.

Buy Free Spins

Once the free spins round has been triggered once organically, players then have the chance to buy them from then on. The cost is 60x the bet.

4 Masks of Inca: Slot Verdict

If you're conversant with the Gameburger Studios hit 9 Masks of Fire, it won't take long to clock the fact 4 Masks of Inca is by no means a copycat slot or wannabe in any way. Never mind the similar names. Another positive thing about 4 Masks of Inca is that it doesn't hugely resemble any other slot set in this part of the world either, despite the large number of Inca/Aztec-themed games. Sure, some of the artwork is recognisable, it'd be difficult to pull off something completely fresh when picking this subject matter; but Foxium has done a great job on the visuals, making sure 4 Masks of Inca is full of pleasing things to look at, be they static or animate. The audio is sound, as well.

Just as sound is 4 Masks of Inca's gameplay. The medium volatility might not be as juiced as some would like it, yet its features have an inherent volatility to them all the same. The Inca Battle, to a lesser degree perhaps, since it's basically a race to see which mask symbols will hit the most within the allocated set of spins and then collect its respective prize. Fingers crossed, it'll be the 10,000x one or something close. Free spins felt like it was capable of some daring levels of hit or miss. Sticky wild multipliers, with a rising multiplier component, came across as very anything goes, in the manner of Relax Gaming's Top Dawg$ or even Dead or Alive 2 at a stretch. The action in 4 Masks of Inca might not be as edge of your seat, sweat pouring off your brow as NetEnt's classic, but it is theoretically capable of firing off wins up to 20,000x the bet, so there is room here to wriggle for sure.

Add it all up, and 4 Masks of Inca might not be a Foxium flagship release, but it's a well-put-together unit all the same. Mix in a great look, good sounds, and some well-oiled features, and the Inca empire shows it's got plenty more fertile ground for slot makers to plunder.