Age of Asgard Slot Review
Released in October 2019, this game can be played at online casinos such as PlayOjo, Unibet or Casumo.
Theme and general information
Age of Asgard is, as the title would suggest, yet another slot that borrows its theme from Norse mythology. Often, these slots are epic, stunningly made and have big features. Age of Asgard is no exception here, though at first you may not find it epic. More on that later, though.
The setup is quite unique. Two sets of 5×3 reels sit on top of each other. The whole setup is framed by statues. A Valkyrie on the left and a demon on the right. In the background, we see a snowed in Viking village. There’s a warm orange flame on the left side and a cold blue one on the right.
The whole slot is featuring opposites – good vs evil, if you will. As such, the top reels are ruled by the good guys in the shape of the Valkyries and on the bottom reels we find their evil counterparts in the shape of demons and dangerous animals.
When you take a moment to appreciate the details and the thought that has gone into the setup, you’ll actually enjoy the game a lot more.
Even the low-value card suit symbols are set up as antipodes. The good ones are brighter in colour and upright. The bad ones are negative in colour and upside down.
We get three beautiful and heroic Valkyries and the corresponding monsters are a giant snake, a demonic warrior and a troll. They are worth between 4.5x and 6x our stake for five on a payline.
There’s also a Valkyrie wild that sits on the top reels and a wolf wild on the bottom reels. The wilds and all high-value symbols are always 1×3 symbols large.
You can play this game from 0.20 to 200.00 per spin.
Clashing wilds and re-spins
The most interesting feature in the base game are the clashing wilds. Wilds are 1×3 symbols high and when they land only partially on the reels, they can nudge themselves to move fully onto the reels. When that happens, a re-spin is awarded.
But that aside, if both kinds of wilds land on opposing reels (each on their own reel set but in the same position), the two ‘clash’, which results in up to 4 single wilds randomly landing anywhere on the reels. If those wilds land on a high-value symbol, the entire 1×3 symbol becomes wild.
This can result in great wins even in the base game.
Merging reels in the free spins
Three scatters on the top or bottom reels will trigger the free spin feature. Now the reels merge and we get a reel set of 5×6 reels and 50 paylines. The wilds can also land 6 symbols high, resulting in super wilds, which have the ability to nudge, clash and give us a re-spin when they land fully on a reel.
The regular free spins triggered this way give us 10 spins in one round.
Should we land 3 scatters each on the top and bottom reels, we actually get 20 Ragnarok free spins. Now only the high-value symbols land on the reels and whenever a 1×6 wild lands on the reels it will nudge itself into position to cover the reel fully, give us a clash feature adding random single wilds and we also get a re-spin.
Naturally, this feature is super rare, but it would also be super rewarding.
Lastly, the Randomizer is triggered if we land 5 out of the 6 possible scatters across both reel sets. Now, we either get the 10 regular free spins, a consolation prize of 50x our bet or the 20 Ragnarok free spins.
Conclusion: A slot with the potential to be epic
The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Age of Asgard is 96.2%, which is good for a slot of medium volatility such as this one. The maximum win is 2,444x our stake, which is not massive but at the highest stake would still result in nearly €500,000. Of course, such a win is only really possible during the Ragnarok spins, which can be amazing.
The problem with some of Yggdrasil’s best features is that they are so hard to come by. Even if you trigger the free spins once every 150 to 200 spins, you will probably need to spin the reels 1,000x or more to trigger the Ragnarok spins once.
In many ways, Age of Asgard has the potential to be an epic slot. At first, we were a little underwhelmed with the game, though it began to grow on us once we understood the basic concept. There’s fun to be had here and decent wins are possible. But don’t hold your breath for the epic Ragnarok spins.
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0.20
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40
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200
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5
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96.30%
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