Fairytale Legends: Mirror Mirror Review

Fairytale Legends: Mirror Mirror is a video slot from NetEnt with 5 reels and 243 paylines. That means any three adjacent symbols of the same kind starting on the leftmost reel will yield a win. You’ll be able to play Mirror Mirror at online casinos such as YoYo Casino, ComeOn or LeoVegas.

Theme and game basics

Fairytale Legends: Mirror Mirror is the third instalment in the Fairytale Legends series that NetEnt has started with Red Riding Hood and followed up with Hansel & Gretel. This time around, Snow White and the Evil Queen are the stars of the game, though they lack a certain charm. They’re among the highest paying symbols on the reels, offering up 7.5x your bet on a 5-of-a-kind win. The Fairytale Legends logo, however, is the highest paying symbol of them all and will give you 15x your bet on such a win. The gem and lantern follow with 5x your bet each. Additionally, you get playing card symbols from 9 to A.
Whilst the slot is pretty enough, with a serene soundtrack, the theme lacks somewhat in imagination. The dead-eyed stares of Snow White and the Evil Queen don’t help with this at all. The style of the slot fits in well with the rest of the series, but it no longer feels creative or original. Only during the free spin feature and the bonus feature things get more interesting. Darker during the free spins with a chilling soundtrack. And somehow quirkier when the seven dwarves make their only appearance.

Gameplay and features

The gameplay is also not the most imaginative NetEnt has to offer. For instance, there are no wilds or multipliers in the game. The random Mirror re-spins will be triggered in the base game when the mirror shows up on the third reel, where it spins around and then settles on either Snow White or the Evil Queen. Whatever matching symbols are on the reels at that moment will be fixed in place and you get a free re-spin. More matching symbols will also be held and the feature stops when no more appear. Hopefully, you’ll end up with a win, which you will only get as long as all the fixed symbols have landed on adjacent reels starting on the left.
The fairy that we have come to know in the other two Fairytale Legends slots also makes an appearance here. She can trigger the Mirror re-spins, give us a magic spin resulting in 5 to 9 of the same random symbol of medium value on the reels or give us a surprise on a no-win spin, once again turning symbols randomly until a win is created.
The Fairytale Legends: Mirror Mirror bonus features are triggered when the golden box appears on reels 1, 3 and 5 (on that note: zooming in on reel 5 when you already have a box on reels 1 and 3 seems like an unnecessary gimmick here). On average it will take you 200 spins to trigger the bonus. When that happens, you get to choose one of the three boxes and can receive one of the following bonuses:
Coin win of 15x your bet
10 free spins where the mirror symbol shows up on reels 1, 2 and 3, increasing your chances at triggering the Mirror re-spins
Mining bonus where the dwarves will pick out gems for you that have a value between 50 and 500 coins

Conclusion

The theoretical RTP (return to player) of Fairytale Legends: Mirror Mirror is 96.48%. That’s actually really good value, but this is a volatile slot, so it won’t often leave you feeling like a winner. Incidentally, the Mirror re-spins, whether in the base game or during free spins, was definitely the feature that paid out the most. But it doesn’t always hit big. Somehow, we found the game a little lacklustre. The theme and the dynamic between the protagonists, the very story itself, has more potential than what NetEnt made of it. There’s very little action here and the background music makes you sleepy. We would have had more fun with the seven dwarves or a darker slot exploring the many ways in which the Queen goes after Snow White. Still, give this slot a spin or two yourself and see how you like it. Some big wins are possible, but ultimately you’ll probably go elsewhere for more fun.