Most of you have probably noticed that when you're playing MGS' Tomb Raiders II, you always get the first 4 books pretty quickly but the last one takes forever (and cost a fortune) to get. That's the problem with these slots where you need to collect things in order to get a bonus round. Now if it were purely random, I'd not have a big problem with it, but these slots are blatantly made to quickly get unsuspecting fools at a place where they can't leave, which is a shame.
Relic Raiders is one of these "collect" slots...you need 4 "relics" to get a "bonus prize".
To start collecting relics, you need to get 3 "bonus" symbols on a paying line, from left to right. This will trigger a "pick me" bonus round with hidden stuff: random small prizes, a relic and a tarantula. If you pick the hairy spider, the bonus ends. So the trick is to pick the relic before picking the spider. Each bonus round has one relic and one spider (so a 50% chance to pick one or the other, am I right?).
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So I found this game and started playing for the first time earlier tonight. I didn't plan to play much but decided to try it for a few spins to see how it is. I got a bonus round and didn't get a relic, no big deal. Kept playing a little and found my first relic on the next bonus round. Then found the 2nd and 3rd ones on my following 2 bonus rounds. Not bad! 4 bonus rounds, 3 relics!
Now, you need 4 of them to get the bonus prize (and I've no idea what kind of bonus prize it is since it isn't mentionned on the pay table). For all I know it could be 5x stake or 2000x stake. I wasn't going to leave since I got "lucky" D) and got the first 3 in only 4 rounds. The slot is extremely boring and doesn't pay, but since nothing on the pay table suggests that you can win anything, I had to conclude that a large part of the RTP was hiding in that bonus*.
Anyways, hundreds and hundreds of spins, two hours and two deposits later, I still didn't get the 4th. Amazing isn't it? Just like Tomb Raiders II! TWELVE ROUNDS where I picked the spider instead of the relic. TWELVE. That's like flipping a coin and landing on "tails" 12 times in a row (odds: 1 chance in 4096). Talk about bad luck.
On top of that, my relics will expire in 36 hours.
I've been sucked in like a newbie, stuck at chasing a bonus. Rule #1 of slot machines: "never chase anything". Well, this one makes you break that rule by design.
Fool me once...
* I later learned that this POS is running at 90% RTP! 90%! Are you kidding me?
Relic Raiders is one of these "collect" slots...you need 4 "relics" to get a "bonus prize".
To start collecting relics, you need to get 3 "bonus" symbols on a paying line, from left to right. This will trigger a "pick me" bonus round with hidden stuff: random small prizes, a relic and a tarantula. If you pick the hairy spider, the bonus ends. So the trick is to pick the relic before picking the spider. Each bonus round has one relic and one spider (so a 50% chance to pick one or the other, am I right?).
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So I found this game and started playing for the first time earlier tonight. I didn't plan to play much but decided to try it for a few spins to see how it is. I got a bonus round and didn't get a relic, no big deal. Kept playing a little and found my first relic on the next bonus round. Then found the 2nd and 3rd ones on my following 2 bonus rounds. Not bad! 4 bonus rounds, 3 relics!
Now, you need 4 of them to get the bonus prize (and I've no idea what kind of bonus prize it is since it isn't mentionned on the pay table). For all I know it could be 5x stake or 2000x stake. I wasn't going to leave since I got "lucky" D) and got the first 3 in only 4 rounds. The slot is extremely boring and doesn't pay, but since nothing on the pay table suggests that you can win anything, I had to conclude that a large part of the RTP was hiding in that bonus*.
Anyways, hundreds and hundreds of spins, two hours and two deposits later, I still didn't get the 4th. Amazing isn't it? Just like Tomb Raiders II! TWELVE ROUNDS where I picked the spider instead of the relic. TWELVE. That's like flipping a coin and landing on "tails" 12 times in a row (odds: 1 chance in 4096). Talk about bad luck.
On top of that, my relics will expire in 36 hours.
I've been sucked in like a newbie, stuck at chasing a bonus. Rule #1 of slot machines: "never chase anything". Well, this one makes you break that rule by design.
Fool me once...
* I later learned that this POS is running at 90% RTP! 90%! Are you kidding me?