Hand of Midas 2 Slot Free Demo

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Pros Tips

The game has a high volatility setting and I could feel that throughout my experience of playing the game. Wins and special feature triggers don’t come by all that often, making for quite a challenging time at the reels. It took me almost 500 spins to get my first free spins trigger, although this was quickly followed by a second activation, five spins later.

So, patience is key and you’re better off setting a lower bet level, something that can extend your gambling budget, increasing your odds of activating the bonus rounds. The bonus is your best shot at closing in on that 8,000x maximum prize, as all wilds become sticky during free spins and the wild multiplier doesn’t reset until the end of the bonus.

Keep in mind that like all video slots, Hand of Midas 2 runs using a random number generator, so all wins are randomized. Each spin is independent of the other, so rather than trying to follow bogus strategies and myths, you’re better off making efficient use of your bankroll to get a more satisfying experience.

Hand of Midas 2 Slot Bonus Features

The action in Hand of Midas 2 revolves around a traditional grid made up of five reels and three rows. There are 20 paylines to look out for, with wins capping out at 8,000x your stake, an improvement compared to the previous game’s lower 5,000x cap. To score winning combinations you’ll need to put together three or more identical symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. The more symbols you have in a combination, the better the payout.

There are 11 payout symbols, divided into two distinct categories. Low paying tokens are represented by royal card symbols from 10 to A, although this time around they take on a sculpted, Greek look. These symbols have payouts starting from 0.10x your stake and capping at 2.50x your bet.

The high paying symbols are far more varied, including a golden wine goblet, a bowl of fruit, a treasure chest, Midas’ daughter Zoe (who has already turned to gold), Dionysus and King Midas himself. Payouts this time around start at 0.50x your stake and cap at 20x your bet when landing five King Midas symbols.

Hand of Midas 2 also comes with some immensely helpful functions such as a turbo mode and quick spin function to speed up each spin. You can also activate an autoplay function with up to 1,000 consecutive spins. The game also features a battery saver mode that cuts down on animations to save on your device’s power.

These basics set the stage for Hand of Midas 2’s special features which are scattered across both the base game and free spins.

Wilds

Wild symbols in Hand of Midas 2 are crucial. Although they have no payout value of their own, they can step in for any missing pay symbols to help put together winning combinations. They can also enhance existing wins by adding to their symbol count.

But the biggest advantage wilds bring to the table is the wild multiplier. During every spin, wilds can land with a multiplier of up to 10x which is absorbed by the golden hand on the right-hand side of the screen and applied to any wins they form part of. If you have several win multipliers, these are combined to give you an even better payout.

Wild multipliers are boosted further during free spins.

Scatter Symbol

The golden hand of Midas serves as the game’s scatter symbol. These appear on reels one, three and five and you’ll need all three appearing in a single spin to activate the bonus rounds. Whenever you collect three scatter symbols, you’re also awarded a win worth 2x your stake.

Scatter symbols are also present during the free spins bonus and two of these will add more bonus rounds to your tally.

Free Spins

Upon activating the free spins bonus, all triggering scatter symbols turn into sets of three mini reels. Each mini reel can award up to three free spins, so you could manage to get an initial 27 free spins. Once the mini-reels have awarded their free spins, you move on to the bonus rounds.

The gameplay remains largely the same as the base game, although this time around, any wild that lands remains sticky on the reels. Any wild multipliers you gather from these symbols also remain active for the duration of the bonus, so you can potentially build a much higher overall wild multiplier.

When landing two scatter symbols, these are also turned into mini-reels with each awarding up to nine additional free spins. The bonus ends once you run out of free spins.

Hand of Midas 2 Slot on Mobile

I fired up Hand of Midas 2 on my Android phone, using a Chrome browser and was satisfied with the mobile experience. The game works in both landscape and portrait mode, with some subtle changes to the interface that better suit smaller screens and touchscreen controls.

Otherwise, the game is seamless across all platforms, with the same graphics, win potential and features. You can also play it on iOS devices running on modern browsers like Safari, Firefox and Opera.

My Ending Thoughts

Hand of Midas 2 builds on the great mechanics of the original with some interesting twists. The main difference here is that wilds in free spins don’t necessarily land with a win multiplier. While this may seem like an outright negative at first, once you consider the increase in win potential going up to 8,000x from the original 5,000x, it’s an understandable change.

The math model is very solid with a high volatility that is matched by a range of RTP values that max out at 96.07%. It makes for an even experience across the board, even if I found it quite challenging at times.

So, overall Hand of Midas 2 is a great successor to the original game, although I do wish that this sequel was bolder with the special features that it could turn into gold.