Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid

Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid Review

This slot game is part of the Diamond Tales series, and it's called Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid. It takes place on a large playing field with 5 reels, 4 rows and 40 paylines, and it is a complex game with a lot to offer!

As its title suggests, Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid is a game about one of the most popular fairy tales. Its production values are astonishingly high, and you can look forward to not only an animated background, but also detailed symbols and a gorgeous book that shows your progress in the game’s story. It’s a fabulous package no matter how you look at it!

The math model of Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid comes with a high volatility level, though you can win up to 50,000x your bet if you get lucky. The least that you can play for is then £0.20, while high rollers can risk up to £40 per round. Unfortunately, the slot’s theoretical RTP is a bit low yet again, clocking in at just 95.04%.

Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid Slot Features

The paytable of Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid offers a set of 9 pay symbols, which are divided into 4 low pays and 5 high pays. First up, there are 4 shells that pay out 0.5x your bet at best, while the game’s high pays show daggers, vials, witches, princes, and mermaids. Mermaids are naturally worth the most, and you’ll get 12.5x your bet if you manage to line up five of them on a payline.

Aside from pay symbols, there are also various Heart symbols, Book Bonus symbols, and Snap Drop Scatters. They are all essential for the game’s bonus features, so let’s take a look at those now!

Kicking off the gameplay, we have the special reel that’s placed above the playing field. If you land a Pearl Heart symbol, it will get placed onto that reel, while getting a spin without any Pearl Heart symbols will take all those that are already on the reel and transfer them to the Heart Collection Counter. Filling that counter allows you to progress through the game’s story, and this has an effect on both the visuals and the bonus features. Crucially, the best possible Diamond Tales feature can be triggered only during the final chapter. Note that your final chapter unlock will remain in place for seven days – after that period, your progress will get reset back to the first chapter.

To trigger the aforementioned Diamond Tales feature, you have to land three Book Bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5. The feature itself plays out a bit like a Hold and Wild feature of sorts, and it’s all about landing Pearl Heart symbols and special Gold Diamond Heart symbols. They all come with various values, and your goal is to find as many as possible. You’ll get 3 respins to do so, and the tally will reset with each symbol you manage to land.

Landing a Snap Drop Scatter on reel 5 with Pearl Heart symbols in the special reel triggers the Snap Drop feature, which will give you one re-spin with only Pearl Hearts with multipliers for an instant win.

Finally, you can use the Buy Bonus option and get a spin on the Wheel of Features, which will then always trigger the Diamond Tales feature.

Review Summary

All in all, Diamond Tales: The Little Mermaid is an excellent addition to the Diamond Tales series, and it really is a treat that everyone should check out. Its production values are astonishingly good, its gameplay is fabulous, and its high jackpot means that there’s always a lot to play for. The only minus, then, is the slot’s subpar theoretical RTP.