Mysterious

Become a reel detective on the slot from Pragmatic Play to uncover the harrowing secrets guarded by medieval ghosts. Mysterious is taking you back to the Victorian era where you will be visiting a haunted village covered in mist and fog to find three spooky characters roaming not only the mansion on the hill but also the variable reel set with a range of modifiers. Trigger the free spins and you will be able to choose between two modes, locking multipliers or resurrecting roaming wilds, that an lead to wins in excess of 20,000 times your bet.

Slot Details

Mysterious is a video slot in a 4×4 format with 256 ways to win in the base game. The grid will increase to a 6×4 size with 4,096 ways during the two free spin features. Wins are awarded for three to four and three two six matching symbols respectively on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can enter the haunted mansion on desktop or mobile from 0.10 to 100 credits per spin. The game has maximum volatility (5/5) with a default RTP of 96.50%. Some operators might opt for a lower RTP setting, always read the help file to find out which version you will be playing.

If there ever was a Pragmatic Play slot that impressed me visually it must be this creation. The graphics and animations are perfectly executed with high definition and quality while an immensely suspenseful and downright harrowing soundtrack is minutely synchronized to the action on the reels. The backdrop is a village from the Victorian era on a stormy full-moon night. Wagering fog and mist blurs the sparse light coming from street lanterns and house windows while the haunted mansion is visible in the distance. Sitting on top of a hill it will become the centre point in the bonus rounds. The three ghostly characters calling the mansion their eternal home are shown on the side of the intricately designed reel set with one being highlighted at a time to indicate which modifier can come into play on any spin in the base game.

The pay symbols start at the low end with the card suits – orange diamonds, green clubs, red hearts and blue spades, beautifully crafted on structured icons. A four of a kind will yield 0.5x your bet while during the free spins you can hit six of a kind for 2x to 2.5x your stake. They are followed by haunted creature masks – purple ox, brown ram, grey owl and golden lion – and the slot logo. Hit four or six across the reels to win 1x to 5x your bet and 3x to 25x your bet respectively.

There are no less than three wild symbols in the base game – the Lord, the Lady and the Baron – each with its own unique feature. All perform the usual substitution duties, however, they cannot substitute each other. A standard wild icon will appear during the bonus rounds while an intricate icon marked with ‘Free Spins’ acts as the scatter.

Mysterious Slot Features

Prepare for two completely different parts when you are about to start spinning the reels on this Pragmatic Play creation.  The designers decided to make both as individual as possible, each with its own highlights and big win potential, although the biggest wins will still come from the free spins modes. The result is a highly likeable slot that will keep you on your edge at any point in your session.

In the base game, keep an eye on the three ghostly characters shown on the side of the game window. Only one will be highlighted at any one time, indicating which of the three possible modifiers can trigger on any spin. Other than awarding a modifier, they act as a wild symbol and substitute for all regular symbols except the scatter or the two inactive characters. Here’s what you can expect:

• The Lord: Any time the Lord Wild lands in a winning combo he will unveil an x2 or x3 multiplier. More than one appearing on a spin are multiplied by each other.
• The Lady: After any wins landing on the triggering spin are paid the Lady will expand to unveil a mystery stacked symbol and create potential more winners.
• The Baron: Land a Baron Wild on a spin to see him infect vertically adjacent symbols, turning them into wilds.

Get ready to enter the haunted mansion when you land three or four scatters anywhere on the reels in one spin. The game will award 8 and 12 Free Spins respectively and lead you to a second screen where you can pick one of two modes for your bonus round. You can select any of them on each trigger. Before the round starts, the scenery is changing to the inside of the mansion and the game window increases to a 6×4 format with 4,096 ways to win. Worth noting is that the free spins cannot be retriggered and none of the three wild modifiers is active during the features.

• Locking Multiplier Free Spins: Keep an eye on the clock that will appear on top of the game window. Land one on any reel in a free spin and it will award a random win multiplier of x3, x6, x9 or x12. Even better, hit two and you’ll get two extra free spins with the awarded win multiplier locked in.
• Resurrecting Roaming Wild Free Spins: Any wilds appearing on a free spin will fade away before the next spin but roam the reels as ghosting wilds. They can resurrect on any free spin when further wilds land and will settle in a random position on reels two to six. Any wild landing will join the others as roaming wild, however, they will not activate for every spin.

Final Verdict

After releasing two what we call filler slots with Super 7s and Master Joker that left as deeply unimpressed, the team at Pragmatic Play made a huge leap forward with Mysterious. The slot is as good as it can get, full of suspense, a variety of modifiers, different reel sets and free spin features, all superbly put together into a visual masterpiece. And not to forget, a win potential that would have probably bought you such a mansion in the Victorian era. Highly recommended to add it to your playing list when it is released on 20th February 2020.

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