Rise of Olympus Origins

Rise of Olympus Origins: Slot Overview

If you've been keeping an eye on developer Play'n GO's output, it's not hard to work out the actual origins of Rise of Olympus Origins. Simply cast your online slot memories back to the anime-themed Moon Princess, then follow the trail. Rise of Olympus was the first of its kind before morphing into Rise of Olympus 100, and now the current iteration. In a nutshell, Rise of Olympus was like the 'big, tough, manly' version of Moon Princess, using buffed beefcakes to front the reused gameplay. Not a bad couple of slots they were either, so Rise of Olympus Origins, with its new twists and turns, promises to be pretty swell, too.

Just as Moon Princess had three princess characters, each one assigned a certain feature, so Rise of Olympus Origins has three deities of its own. They are Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, three of the most powerful brothers from antiquity. They certainly look powerful in Rise of Olympus Origins, none of them skipping training day, it seems. The graphical quality hasn't really changed much as the Rise of Olympus series has progressed, though that's no bad thing.

A gold-bordered 5x5 grid is Rise of Olympus Origins' active gaming area, dropping 25 symbols in on each spin, with one of the goals being to clear all of them from sight. On each spin, players can stake 10 c to $/€100 and can expect the highest RTP to be 96.2%, with lower configurations also swirling about the place. Rise of Olympus Origins boasts a highly volatile math model and high winning potential to match.

The game's pay symbols are divided into two classes - relics and Gods. Relics are the lower-paying lot, consisting of lightning, a trident, and a helmet, paying 2.5x the bet for a 5 OAK line. The Gods are Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, paying 10x the bet for 5 OAK or 5x the bet for combinations of the 3 Gods.

Rise of Olympus Origins: Slot Features

Rise of Olympus Origins is a cluster paying cascading game where wins are achieved by getting 3 or more identical symbols in a row, horizontally or vertically, starting from any position on the grid. Symbols can be part of more than one winning combination. Winning symbols are removed, and remaining symbols drop downwards, possibly forming new winning combinations. New symbols do not come in from the top. A wild symbol appears in a centre position when a winning combination of relic symbols is removed from the reels.

Wilds

Wilds substitute for all symbols and only appear on the grid by being created from wins or added by features. They appear in a middle position when a winning combination of 3, 4, or 5 relic symbols is removed. A full line of 5 wilds pay 20x the bet.

Hand of God

The Hand of God feature may trigger on God symbol wins. The probability of triggering is 50% with 3 OAK, 75% with 4 OAK, or 100% for 5 OAK. They must be matching symbols, not mix wins. The probability increases to 100% when winning with the same God symbol the second time. The increased probability remains until the matching God is triggered, Wrath of God triggers, free spins trigger, an instant prize is won, or the round ends.

Depending on the type of the God symbol win, a unique modifier is performed to help create a win:

• Hades converts one set of symbols to another symbol.
• Poseidon adds 1 or 2 wilds to the grid.
• Zeus removes 2 sets of symbols from the reels.

The Hand of God strength is empowered by filling the empowerment indicator by relic symbol wins. Winning with more than 5 of the same relic symbols empowers the matching God, like so: Helmet - Hades, Trident - Poseidon, Lightning - Zeus. Empowerment remains until the matching God is triggered, Wrath of God triggers, free spins trigger, an instant prize is won, or the round ends. With empowerment:

• Hades converts 2 or 3 sets of symbols into another symbol.
• Poseidon adds 2, 3, or 4 wilds to the grid.
• Zeus removes 2 or 3 sets of symbols from the reels.

Wrath of Olympus Feature

Completing the charge meter triggers the Wrath of Olympus feature. The charge meter is filled by wins, including all 3 God symbols. The wild can substitute for one God. The meter has 6 segments: combinations of 5 fills 5 segments, combinations of 4 fills 4 segments, and combinations of 3 fills 3 segments. When the meter is filled, and no more wins occur, 1 respin is awarded. A Hand of God feature triggers on each symbol drop that does not produce a win until all Gods have performed their ability. Three in total, in this order - Hades - Zeus, and Poseidon. As well as the Hand of God features, God symbol wins can trigger extra Hand of God features during the respin. Completely clearing the grid triggers free spins, though no instant prize is awarded.

Free Spins

A total of 10 free spins are awarded when clearing the grid. Clearing the grid in free spins awards instant prize chests. Three chests are available. The first chest from Hades has prizes of 5x to 150x, the second chest from Poseidon has prizes of 75x to 1,000x, while the third chest from Zeus has prizes of 1,000x to 10,000x. Opening the chest awards one prize from each chest. Extra spins are awarded for filling the meter.

Rise of Olympus Origins: Slot Verdict

It's a cynical old world at times, isn't it. Sorry to say that when another Rise of Olympus game was on the cards, a certain amount of 'oh, here go again' took place at the thought of yet another Moon Princess repeat. To some extent, this jaded reaction is valid since Play'n GO has recycled the Moon Princess vehicle in various forms numerous times now - perhaps enough to make some people feel like this run of slots is overdone. However, Rise of Olympus Origins was not a bad game at all, with new feature adjustments, greater winning potential, and more of the cascading, wild producing, grid-clearing action that has entertained or tantalised gamblers since the original slot hit oh so many years ago.

Might as well put this out there: Rise of Olympus Origins sits at the upper end of the payout spectrum for these sorts of games, putting on a max win figure of a hefty 20,000x the bet. The suspicion is that the biggest Zues chest prize will be needed to crack the top figure, which takes a fair amount of luck and grid clearing to accomplish (if achievable at all, that is - we all know by now that PnG's max win claims don't mean much). Fortunately, grid clearance, or attempting to do so, was a riveting challenge when Moon Princess originally charged players with the task and is so again in Rise of Olympus Origins - when the wins are linking, Gods are doing their Hand of God thing, and the meter is charging. Clearing the grid in free spins should provide a final jolt of suspense, if players are lucky enough to make it so far, when the trio of chest prizes appear.

Moon Princess and its offspring regularly reappear, with new characters (Moon Princess Power of Love), or in different settings (Sisters of the Sun), or God mode, the Olympus ones. Rise of Olympus Origins probably isn't going to change the minds of people who think Play'n GO is teetering on the edge of creative bankruptcy, but it is fun, though a strong dose of patience (and luck) may be needed to get to the better parts.