Divine Divas

Divine Divas: Slot Overview

According to interpretations of Ancient Greek Mythology, the goddess of strife, Eris, was left off the guest list for the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, despite all other gods getting an invite. To get revenge, she threw the Apple of Discord into the crowd, with the words 'To The Fairest' written on it, triggering a dispute between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera that led to the famous Trojan War. This story from antiquity lays the foundation for Divine Divas, an online slot developed by software provider Play'n GO featuring scatter pays, mystery symbols, free spins, multipliers, and more.

Players are invited into Divine Divas' world by warm, dreamy graphics that lay out an attractive realm up in the clouds, with Greek-style buildings dotting the landscape, burning braziers by the grid, ivy wrapped around columns and so on. Divine Divas throws out hints of the mythical story backing the game, which does not affect the action, of course, but adds a measure of depth if you're aware of it.

Divine Divas is a 5x5 scatter-paying cascading slot, where getting on board means picking a stake of 10 c to $/€100 per spin. The game might look like a light-hearted Greek God cartoon show on the outside, but it's actually a highly volatile machine. Play'n GO usually creates several RTP configurations for its slots, and Divine Divas is no exception, so if you're looking for the most favourable version, that would be the 96.25% one.

Landing 6 or more matching symbols in any position of the matrix creates a winning combination. The winning symbols vanish after paying out, and symbols drop downwards to fill the gaps, continuing like this until no new win appears. Paying 10-20 times the bet for 14+ combinations are the low-pay diamonds, clubs, spades, hearts, and hexagons. Next are the 3 high pay symbols, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, worth 100x the bet for 14+ OAK. Six-of-a-kind wins award 0.1 to 0.4 times the stake.

Divine Divas: Slot Features

Players hop on quests in Divine Divas via Tri-symbols while attempting to hit mystery symbols and trigger free spins where each Goddess may be picked, altering the way the bonus round plays out.

Tri-Symbols

Tri-Symbols present what's called a quest and act as wild for the high pay symbols on the spin it appears. It substitutes for any of the high-paying symbols once per spin. When used in a win, it is highlighted with the colour of the high pay symbol that used it. The quest is complete when the Tri-Symbol has been used by all 3 high pay symbols. Tri-Symbols in the base game award 1x to 5x the bet after completing their quest.

Mystery Symbols

Mystery symbols may appear on any spin, though only on the initial spin, not on cascades. At least 5 mystery symbols appear when triggered. In the base game, mystery symbols reveal any of the 3 high pay symbols or Tri-symbols. Mystery symbols do not all reveal the same symbol type.

Free Spins

Landing 3 or more scatter symbols triggers the Pick Bonus. Players choose between:

• Athena - awards 16 free spins with a chance for revealed high pay symbols from Mystery symbols to turn into golden versions with random multipliers of x2, x3, or x5.
• Hera - awards 12 free spins with a chance for revealed high pay symbols from Mystery symbols to turn into golden versions with a multiplier of x5.
• Aphrodite - awards 6 free spins guaranteeing Mystery symbols on every spin where revealed high pay symbols from Mystery symbols can turn into golden versions with random multipliers of x2, x3, or x5.

In free spins, mystery symbols may reveal Tri-symbols or golden versions of the high-pay symbols, holding multipliers of x2, x3, or x5 - unless affected by the chosen Goddess in the Pick Bonus. Tri-symbols in free award 1x to 5x the bet plus 1 free spin. Free spins are capped at 75 spins.

Divine Divas: Slot Verdict

Divine Divas set itself up nicely, what with the animated intro nodding to the mythological story underpinning the slot, before leading into the pleasing sights and accompanying sounds of the actual game. Six matching symbols is quite a low requirement for a scatter-paying slot, so wins, repeat wins, and so forth were plentiful during the test session. However, it was interesting, a lot of the time, to see how much activity was needed to create even meagre to modest-sized wins. Divine Divas kept the pace going, but it was mostly low-thrill action that might get irritating and even come across as somewhat slow-paced.

Tri-symbols were revealed every so often to break up the flow, but completing their associated quest could be tricky to accomplish. And even when completed 1-5 times the bet isn't amazing. Ho hum, on to free spins, where players anguish over which bonus round to pick from the three available options. Each has its ups and downs, though it was hard to look past Aphrodite and her Mystery symbol on each free spin guarantee. Multipliers are critical to Divine Divas, so any help you can get putting them up on the screen is appreciated.

When pushed to the limit, Divine Divas can knock out wins of up to 5,000 times the stake, so all the questing, mystery, and multipliers can lead somewhere of value. Divine Divas is an active game, which looks nice, but it can drag despite this due to an abundance of low-value payouts. There is potential here as well, however, should the slot's more potent elements flex.