New Mg-slot "Lord of the rings"

[maphesto]

It's definately something extra. I like it.

I'm now whopping 2 bucks ahead..
I hit freespins and the win was 53x bet.

Only disappointment so far is that 5oak can be a loss. 5 10's = less than your bet.. A signs says "5 of a kind" and you lose..

I turned cinematic spins off, my headache became worse with it on. But to "normal" people I guess that the cinematic spins are great.

 

[Lucky Loser]

The new slot is fun.

Prefer Thunderstruck 2 though.

 

[jenn1381]

hmmm can't wait to give it a go! Stupid work, guess it'll have to wait! Hope to see more screen shots as the day goes on!

 

[Zoozie]

Ladbrokes promotion

The freespin ladbrokes promotion adds about 2.85% to the payout% from the slot. That is assuming 95% standard payout for the slot.

It is still a -EV deal, but it is a very low house edge slot during the promotion.
Payout ~ 98%.

 

[Simmo!]

The freespin ladbrokes promotion adds about 2.85% to the payout% from the slot. That is assuming 95% standard payout for the slot.

It's quoted by Ladbrokes in their early PR as being Medium volatility and between 96-97% RTP.

Wow, thi slooks promising. cant wait to try it out - will have to though since my days are so filled up with work =(

LOL. I should update that post to say that it ate those winnings without so much as a 20x win LOL. Definitely has a bit of variance about it but have to say it's lovely to play.

 

[shadow123]

I will probably be in the minority here,but from first impressions, the game does not live up all the hype. The 5 of a kind win values are very low, and the reels fading at the start of each game kind of irritated me after a while.
Having said that I did make a profit on the first session due to a bunch of wilds on the first 3 reels but the general game play seemed pretty boring.
Early days yet, I didnt get free spins so I dont know how good they are.
TS2 grabbed me the first time I played and I still enjoy playing it,I didnt get the same feeling from this game.

 

[shadow123]

Just finished a second session on the game,played for ages without free
spins then got them 3 times in a short space of time,
2 free spins retriggered giving 75x and 60x so I am well up on the game but somehow it seems more attractive to hit withdraw than to carry on playing.
I still think the general gameplay it not interesting enough.

 

[LinkinFart]

5oak which is not paying less than spin.

Second is the same with different view on the win

 

[steveh35]

Have to say Ladbrokes offer of 1000 free spins is a good deal for just playing £20.

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[steveh35]

These are my observations playing on Ladbrokes - by the way the slot won't be available on Ladbrokes download casino until 9 September only on the flash player on the website.

I played the demo with 10000 coins and 600 a bet I played from 2.25pm to 2.35pm when all my 10000 coins had gone my biggest wins were 5200 and 5400 twice no free spins were won.

The main issues with this game are as previously stated the annoying fade at the start and I think what is missing most on here is a feature you have a game that has so much potential and the only thing you get are free spins the feature like on Thunderstruck II would have been ideal for this game I think it makes it boring to be honest I assume they will use features on Lord of The Rings II in a few years but a great opportunity has been missed.

 

[shadow123]

Have to say Ladbrokes offer of 1000 free spins is a good deal for just playing £20.

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would be a wonderful offer. Unfortunately if you read all the terms of the offer you will see you have to turn over 10k to get the 1000 spins.
I was going to go for it until I started playing the game

 

[DepositSpinLose]

yawn

not impressed. all they did was add a stacked wild to burning desire.

 

[steveh35]

would be a wonderful offer. Unfortunately if you read all the terms of the offer you will see you have to turn over 10k to get the 1000 spins.
I was going to go for it until I started playing the game

I asked live help she said only needed to deposit and play £20 on LOTR. Thought there must be a catch somewhere

 

[steveh35]

Just have to say Go Wild Casino is now my favourite casino not only have they offered me bonuses on every deposit this week and free spins they have just give me 15 spins on LOTR not a lot i grant you but it is the best offer I have had from any casino so far.

So far my experience of this casino is the best of any I have played.

 

[chayton]

Just have to say Go Wild Casino is now my favourite casino not only have they offered me bonuses on every deposit this week and free spins they have just give me 15 spins on LOTR not a lot i grant you but it is the best offer I have had from any casino so far.

So far my experience of this casino is the best of any I have played.

Yeah they do like handing out the free spins on new games. However, you are aware that you can only withdraw $100 maximum after wagering is met from the free spin promos, right?

Actually I'd have been happy with that - my 15 free spins netted me 49 cents.

 

[steveh35]

I asked live help she said only needed to deposit and play £20 on LOTR. Thought there must be a catch somewhere

Yes here is the catch

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[AudiManinBoro]

Have to say not impressed. In the slightest. Zero innovation, zero originality apart from thrown in clips of the film, which I turned off. Gee thanks.
As for the playability of the slot itself, one word springs to mind boring. As to the payouts? Absolutely Pathetic! 5 of a kinds paying less than your stake? Is this what were reduced to now? a Good win being classed as 40-50 X times your bet?? :S I was lucky to receive more than my initial stake back on less than 1 in every 50 spins,with most giving zero. Truly a dire slot, MG should be ashamed after all this hype.

Then again the payouts could be associated with having made my deposit at 32Red, as usual what a mistake. Sorry for all you people who like 32Red out there but i find them just to be deposit suckers.

Rant over

 

[aceking123]

lol audiman .me & red just dont get on as they already know by the ammounts me & my mrs spent there over the years , always crap returns didnt matter what you was playing other than a good run at live roulette which they no longer have .

 

[gokkie]

My first impression is that allthough this slot looks beautiful it is also pretty boring.

You can have nice wins on a single spin or in the bonus rounds but on the other hand you can spin for ages without a single win at all.

I started with about 120$, went down to 40 with lots of dead spins where nothing much happened. Then got it up to about 200$ with a nice hit in regular spins and a 100*bet bonus round.

From 200$ I started playing 1,80$ a spin. Only 145 spins later my balance was 0$. Meaning in these last 145 spins my RTP was 24% (60$ return/260$ wagered)

 

[me_and_ed]

All this hype, what a bust!! Sad that the most exciting part of the game is that expanding vagina on the centre reel.

 

[maphesto]

Sad that the most exciting part of the game is that expanding vagina on the centre reel.

I thought they imitated the look of an Edsel, another successful product!

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[jenn1381]

Overall, definitely disappointed

Started with $100... was down to less than $10 in half an hour with 60 cent spins. Finally it started to hit, some nice regular spins followed by some ok bonus rounds. I did end up ahead, cashed out $200, left $100 to play with tonight. Not sure I'll play this game though!

The cinematic theme drove me NUTS... turned it off within 3 spins. And then you still get the fading in and out in the backround to different scenes. Caused one big migraine.

I can't even believe we are seeing the day when we bet 60 cents, get 5 symbols, (10's) and LOSE 10 cents - wtf? I know it's the lowest paying symbol but shouldn't 5 of anything not at LEAST give you back twice your bet? And what the heck is that on the middle reel???? I am not a fan of the movies, never watched them... I don't even need to say what I thought it looked like, seems I'm not alone I DO like the expanding wilds, but it feels like we're being punished for them with a very poor paytable.

Really, I think the hype was (as usual) way too big for something really not all that interesting. Thunderstruck 2 at least sucked me in for a while.. this one had me disappointed from the get go.

 

[Jasminebed]

I actually did pretty well on LOTR. The "Cinematic" aspect is really annoying, it was gone within a few minutes.

I got lucky, and hit a feature within the first $15 or so, paid back over 200x bet. Got a couple of more rounds that paid back around 50x bets, then into a downward spiral for a bit.

Came back a little later for a few more spins at higher play, hit a feature for about 70x, so I took the money and ran.

While the game is pretty, it lacks something. There seems to be little anticipation playing it, maybe it is partly the sound.

Seems more like it was designed by people more interested in special effects rather than game play.

And the Eye of Sauron looks more like a cat's anus. That is what everyone else thinks it looks like I assume.

 

[Setag]

Not quite sure what to make of this slot.

Pro's:

A great license.
Cinematic spins do look great (albeit they can get annoying for some)

Con's:

Paytable is very weak. You might as well ignore ANY win apart from when you get a bunch of stacked LOTR wilds or the expanding wild. The wins were so diluted it was a bit of a painful death waiting for the bonus... .and what a wait that was....

It took me 950 spins to get my first (and only) free spins bonus. 950... what the hell?? I know its down to luck at the end of the day but I almost felt the game was malfunctioning constantly giving me 2 scatters.

So when it did eventually trigger it was with 4 scatters. A £1.20 stake gave a sub £100 free spins. Maybe I was unlucky.

I am not a fan of free spins when they are at 1x, regardless of the modifier.

So after the long wait its just a 243 way game with a 1x free spin mode.

errrr, Yay!

 

[footdr]

Got an email about it and followed the link...

since it was from the Palace Group and I am U.S. talked with CS only to find not available to U.S. even have old account. Which they apparently never have closed as the email had my old account number.

Whats up with that? Why is my account still active but I can't play?

Too bad the slot looked cool!

 

[Deeplay]

Got 50 free games from 32red today, graphics very nice, payouts are a joke, apart from the eye candy no idea what the hype was about. Made me go half blind after 10 mins with all the fades god knows why MG think this is cool. Won £40 odd though on free games which I then promptly lost in around 1 minute on break Da *my* bank. Like thundersuck2 I wont play this one unless Im really up or very drunk.

 

[margie]

never heard of that

i never heard of it but i will check a cool site to find it onlineglobalcasino has blogs so if its new they will be chatting

 

[Nifty29]

i never heard of it but i will check a cool site to find it onlineglobalcasino has blogs so if its new they will be chatting

Gee thanks Margie for the cloaked advertisement for a site that is actually a casino

You wouldnt happen to be the owner of that site would you?? (you state in your first post at CM you are a casino owner...)

Oh and before people start saying "this is why newbies dont want to post etc etc", think about this: Why would you mention a 'cool' site and name it and say 'if it's new they'll be chatting about it'. After all, the game is new and WE ARE CHATTING ABOUT IT RIGHT HERE!! LOL!! So why would they need to go somewhere else??? Or specifically name that site and the advantages it has...AND knowing full well it is a casino not a forum or blog!!!

Simple - because it is a lame attempt to promote your own casino, and it is an insult to CM and other members here who actually respect the place.

P.S. You might also see that the casino being shilled here is called 888 INET BET CASINO (which is just a skin for Windows Casino) - how pathetic is that? Only a slimeball would attempt to trade on the good name of an operator like Inetbet. Its people like you who give online gaming a bad name IMO.

 

[love2winalot]

Hiya: Every single part of their name is copied from other places.
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Inetbet
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[maxd]

i never heard of it but i will check a cool site to find it ....

The boss warned you about spamming, I'm going to show you what happens when you don't listen to the boss. I'm going to waggle my pointy finger and poof!, you are history. How's that for 'cool'?

 

[jetset]

Clumsy, Margie - very clumsy.

 

[Simmo!]

Wonder what they have lined up for the next two in the series. I'd really like to see a version of this keeping the stacked wilds and adding bigger multipliers in the bonus round. Something like Playtechs' Great Blue (which is a totally brilliant high-variance slot IMO) where you can get up to like 20 spins at 10x would make it much more exciting rather than 1x free spins. Maybe drop the Eye of Sauron feature (which does seem a bit pointless considering it has stacked wilds already).

But as far as evolution goes, while not everyone likes it, I have to say it's great that these games are evolving in such interesting ways.

 

[Perc]

Not quite sure what to make of this slot.

Pro's:

A great license.
Cinematic spins do look great (albeit they can get annoying for some)

Con's:

Paytable is very weak. You might as well ignore ANY win apart from when you get a bunch of stacked LOTR wilds or the expanding wild. The wins were so diluted it was a bit of a painful death waiting for the bonus... .and what a wait that was....

It took me 950 spins to get my first (and only) free spins bonus. 950... what the hell?? I know its down to luck at the end of the day but I almost felt the game was malfunctioning constantly giving me 2 scatters.

So when it did eventually trigger it was with 4 scatters. A £1.20 stake gave a sub £100 free spins. Maybe I was unlucky.

I am not a fan of free spins when they are at 1x, regardless of the modifier.

So after the long wait its just a 243 way game with a 1x free spin mode.

errrr, Yay!

Totally agree, that was almost exactly the same experience I had. I deposited $50 for 50 free spins on LOTR, hit one good spin and ended up with a bonus of $49 from those spins (not even a sniff of a bonus, any time two scatters showed the second one was on the last reel).

Played down from $99 to $50 on 60 cent spins, then 30 cent spins down to $10 before I finally hit the bonus triggered on 4 scatters. Free spins plus scatters gave me a whopping $10, then hit 3 scatters a few spins later and free spins gave me just under $3.

I thought for sure since it was so cheap with the scatters that the free spins would be worth something...

Pretty disappointed since I enjoyed everything else about the game. I'd much rather have an ugly slot with gameboy-like graphics that pays better.

 

[Jasminebed]

Oh, you guys killed on your free spins. I got $3.42 on 50 spins. If you don't hit a feature, or a lot of stacked wilds, there is little hope.

 

[aceking123]

didnt even get to those free spins @£3 per spin but did get a hit for £596 straight in. so it can pay reasonable on the stacked side ,but i didnt carry on playing.

 

[Zoozie]

Small review on LOTR slot

A few thoughts about "Lord of the Ring Slot". To put it short I am very disappointed.

MG have shown with "Tomb Raider 2" and "Thunderstruck 2" that they can make the best and most
advanced video slots ever build. LOTR does not match these for several reasons which I will state below.

Gameplay/Features:
The normal(non-feature) game play is exciting enough because of the stacked wild on all reels. Every spin anything can happen
with all the stacked wilds.

The freespin feature with random stacked wild is also a new idea for a feature and it works great with the many
stacked wilds on the reels already.

My problem is that I had expected a lot more than just 1 feature from a release of this magnitude and with
rights to use the full LOTR lore.

Compare to Tomb Raider 2.
1. Random trigger "held wilds" freespin.
2. Freespins feature with exploding symbols.
3. Global Adventure feature. And this feature even has a complete sub-feature game in itself.

Compare to Thunderstruck 2:
1. Random trigger multiple stacked wilds freespin.
2. Feature game 1
3. Feature game 2
4. Feature game 3
5. Feature game 4

As you can see I really feel there is so much feature game content missing in LOTR.

Lore:
The graphics is state of the arts as always. But I doubt anyone plays for long with the
"Cinematic Spins" option turned on. Who want to see the same movie clips over and over again?
This is a video-slot, not a trailer for a movie. There is simply too much focus on showing
a few movie clips instead of making a videoslot. And how can they possible forget to
add characters like Gollum and Gandalf? I know there is only a limited number of symbols to use
, but I still feel the TJQKA symbols should be replaced with something that fits the lore better.
I would have created the slot with at least 2 more feature games and these could involve Gollum
and Gandalf and I would definately also add the Balrog as well. Adding 2 more feature games would make it
one hell of a video slot like TR 2 and TS 2. I can not believe MG made the slot mechanics so simple after they
knew what a succes TR2/TS2 turned into.

 

[Simmo!]

My problem is that I had expected a lot more than just 1 feature from a release of this magnitude and with
rights to use the full LOTR lore.

Actually I agree on that - I expected 2 or 3 features. The problem is, and you'll probably know this better than anyone Z, if you have stacked wilds on a game then balancing the variance has got to be much harder. If you start building in several features aswell, I would expect you would either a) end up with some very boring low-paying features or b) end up with a very, very high variance slot that never pays anything at all without lots of stacked wilds or features. I never play TR2 because of (a) in fact.

IMO you'll just never find a low variance slot with stacked wilds, certainly I can't think of one: it seems to be the nature of the beast.

Players mostly judge a slot on how much it pays out. Most don't care about variance or calculations, as we often see here, and that's the challenge for a slots manufacturer. Spring Break, Thunderstruck and Cleopatra are excellent examples of where MG and IGT have got the balance of entertainment/variance pretty much spot on, but they all share a common denominator. One feature, all identical. The challenge of new generation slots is to balance exciting and innovative gameplay with the feeling of being able to win.

Thunderstruck 2 and LOTR have done the first very well, TS2 has *almost* made it on the 2nd but just fallen short IMO and I'm not convinced that LOTR has the balance right though.

 

[hausse222]

I think the clue is the missing multiplier at free spins. You can only win big at this slot, if there are some stacked wilds at the right place. But wilds - especially stacked - seem to be very rare...
In my opinion its not a medium but a high-variance slot

 

[steveh35]

A few thoughts about "Lord of the Ring Slot". To put it short I am very disappointed.

.

Compare to Tomb Raider 2.
1. Random trigger "held wilds" freespin.
2. Freespins feature with exploding symbols.
3. Global Adventure feature. And this feature even has a complete sub-feature game in itself.

Compare to Thunderstruck 2:
1. Random trigger multiple stacked wilds freespin.
2. Feature game 1
3. Feature game 2
4. Feature game 3
5. Feature game 4

As you can see I really feel there is so much feature game content missing in LOTR.

Lore:
The graphics is state of the arts as always. But I doubt anyone plays for long with the
"Cinematic Spins" option turned on. Who want to see the same movie clips over and over again?
This is a video-slot, not a trailer for a movie. There is simply too much focus on showing
a few movie clips instead of making a videoslot. And how can they possible forget to
add characters like Gollum and Gandalf? I know there is only a limited number of symbols to use
, but I still feel the TJQKA symbols should be replaced with something that fits the lore better.
I would have created the slot with at least 2 more feature games and these could involve Gollum
and Gandalf and I would definately also add the Balrog as well. Adding 2 more feature games would make it
one hell of a video slot like TR 2 and TS 2. I can not believe MG made the slot mechanics so simple after they
knew what a succes TR2/TS2 turned into.

The simple answer is this is Lord Of The Rings 1 and they obviously intend to improve it with 2 eg Thunderstruck 1 is terrible 9 lines barley any hits for ages no feature and dire graphics then Thunderstruck 2 completely different all about marketing no point making it the best how will they make 2 better if they do.

Have to agree about Tomb Raider 2 1 was just simple spins and free spins No.2 probably one of the best games MG has a pleasure to play.

If MG wanna develop there gaming more they need to look into developing features and perhaps moving away from the now static lifeless free spin market and start having interesting and challenging bonus playable features for example not the most interesting game but Queen Of The Jungle you have numerous features to play when you get three monkeys maybe develop that sort of example make you wanna know what the features are make you play to find out not simply this gets you a free spin and ermmm it doesn'r do a lot else.

 

[Tengil]

Transfered a bit from my sports balance at Expekt to try it out. After some 400 spins I was so bored that quit the game. Better than Thunderstruck 2 and way better than one of the worst slots ever Tomb Raider 2. Still Hitman is the best if we talk about "hyped" MG slots.

Too many symbols and the feature is nothing extra. On the plus side it runs smooth in Instant casino and finally a MG slot that has the stop button. And it has the feel that a decent win is around the corner.

 

[Simmo!]

...Thunderstruck 1 is terrible 9 lines barley any hits for ages no feature and dire graphics

It also happens to be the most popular slot ever at Microgaming casinos and even now, some 5 years after it was released, it still tops the charts at most casinos

Still Hitman is the best if we talk about "hyped" MG slots.

No arguments there

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[steveh35]

It also happens to be the most popular slot ever at Microgaming casinos and even now, some 5 years after it was released, it still tops the charts at most casinos

That be where the casinos make all there money from then I can't even win on it on tournaments, maybe its the challenge that one day it might pay something and people keep going back thinking today it must pay.

 

[hausse222]

After "losing" 1000,- with 1,50,- bets in fun-mode rapidly i came to the conclusion that i will no more risk any real money with this slot. Biggest win was 50 X bet in freespins. Most of the time 4- or 5-of the kind "wins" that doesnt reach the initial bet. You could think that the licence for the game is included in the pay out rate

 

[skiny]

Bloody waste of time. And I had to deposit at least 32 bucks to get these spins.

 

[kidgloves]

First post here guys and girls.
I have to echo the dissapointment others have aired regarding the lack of innovation on the feature front, but do think that they are purposely holding back for future releases.
Not sure they've got the balance right though on what they've not put in this time round as people will just ignore the slot.
Yes, very pretty and you admire that for the first few minutes - how about an interactive feature or two that uses clips and graphics to take our breath away??
I played through Ladbrokes and have qualified for the full 1000 free spins. I consider myself lucky that my total loss for this qualification is around £1000. Hope to get £150-£200 back off the free spins and then my LOTR chapter will be closed.
Thunderstruck II held my interest for around 6 weeks, LOTR didn't manage 6 days.

 

[hausse222]

Yesterday i wrote here that this slot sucks because of its high variance and bad payouts. The last two day i only invested a little and the result is unbelievable (-> Winner Thread (. :notworthy

Btw. i still think that this slot is crap

 

[Webzcas]

Thunderstruck 1 isn't affectionately known as THUNDERSUCKS without good reason.

Still a very good slot but I might as well of chucked all my money down the toilet playing TS.

 

[gokkie]

Just a warning about this piece of **** slot.

Started with 300$ playing at 0.90$ a spin.

591 spins later my balance reads 0

Wagered 591* 0,90 = 531$
Return (531-300 lost) = 231$

Payout percentage over 591 spins= 43%

Number of free spins rounds hit : ZERO, ZIP, NADA NOT ONE

A small sample, I know but still really bad run.
I can't recall I ever had a worse run than this at any MG slot in years.
Well maybe on deck the halls or break da bank ....

It can suck you dry in no time, blehhhh (disgust)

 

[Webzcas]

I'm sure it will level out over time. For instance Great Blue on Playtech can be a money sucker too for example. I have gone over 600 spins before being awarded the free spins feature. But when it pays out, it seriously pays out.

 

[gokkie]

I'm sure it will level out over time. For instance Great Blue on Playtech can be a money sucker too for example. I have gone over 600 spins before being awarded the free spins feature. But when it pays out, it seriously pays out.

I know Great blue on playtech very well. But the difference is that when you hit the free spins there it gives you 20 free spins at 10x multiplier.
And LOTR: 15 spins at 1xmultiplier, there's a huge difference.

On the other hand LOTR can give you a big return in a single spin.

I know it evens out but just wanted to warn players that the LOTR slot can really lose you money fast compared to most other MG slots which have lower variance.

I am at 900 spins now, hit the feature once for 30*bet, balance 0.. I think I will stop playing, that's enough for the night.