Regal Riches (IGT)

Regal Riches Review

They are one of the industry’s legends, but, to be absolutely honest, they haven’t been able to compete with the very best in recent times. The Regal Riches slot should generate some buzz, however, as it offers free spins with a lot of guaranteed Wilds. We’ll walk you through all the important details in this online slot review, of course, and there’s no better place to start than the game’s playing field, which is classic and features 5 reels, 4 rows and 30 paylines.

The slot’s title indicates a regal theme, and that’s indeed what you’ll get. The designers decided to give it a futuristic touch, however, and we aren’t quite sure if that was the right idea. The symbol designs are fine, but the color palette is perhaps too striking and a bit hit-or-miss overall.

The volatility of Regal Riches is medium, and there’s no official info about the slot’s jackpot. You can jump in for stakes between £0.10 and £500, while the slot’s theoretical RTP is always between 87.49% and 96.27%.

Regal Riches Slot Features

There are 10 pay symbols in Regal Riches, and you can look forward to 6 low-paying symbols and 4 high-paying symbols. For low-paying symbols, there are card ranks from Jacks to Aces. For high-paying symbols, on the other hand, there are two musical instruments, chalices, rings, crowns, and the top-paying shields.

Aside from pay symbols, there are also as many as 6 special symbols. There are 3 Wilds and 3 Scatter symbols in 3 color combos, and the color distinction is actually meaningful.

Moving on to the slot’s gameplay, we should start by saying that the paytable of Regal Riches is rather confusing and that it doesn’t explain things particularly well. We’ll try our best to give you an accurate overview, however, and we reckon that we should start by explaining the game’s Wilds.

Blue Wilds can appear only on the first 4 reels, while Green Wilds and Golden Wilds can appear only on the final reel. They can come with attached win multipliers, too, to up to 5x.

Each bet level comes with its own Progressive Wilds meter, one for the Major Free Spins feature and the other one for the base game. If you get a Green Wild, it will increase the meter for the Major Free Spins feature, while Blue Wilds will increase the meter for the base game. Any base game spin without Green Wilds and Blue Wilds can trigger the Guaranteed Wilds feature, which will unleash the base game meter onto the playing field, giving you Blue Wilds and/or increasing the win multipliers of Blue Wilds that are already present.

If you get 2 Blue Scatters and one Green Scatter in a spin, you’ll trigger the Major Free Spins feature, which will also trigger if you fill the feature’s meter. You’ll get 10 free spins, and all accumulated Green Wilds from the meter (which always starts at 40) will be unleashed in the same way as we’ve described above.

If you get 2 Blue Scatters and a Golden Scatter in a spin, you’ll trigger the Mega Free Spins feature with 10 free spins instead. It’s basically the same as the Major Free Spins feature, though the number of guaranteed Wilds that get unleashed onto the board is always 88.

Review Summary

Truth be told, we have mixed feelings about Regal Riches. On one hand, it’s clear that they tried hard to come up with something interesting, and the idea with free spins and collected Wilds that get unleashed onto the board is indeed quite intriguing. On the other hand, we aren’t too fond of the slot’s visuals, and the overall execution feels rather heavy-handed. The bottom line? Regal Riches is by no means a bad slot, but it’s not polished enough for us to be able to give it a general recommendation.