Grand Melee - Pokie in Australia

Description

Slot name:	Grand Melee
Software:	Thunderkick
RTP:	96.00%
Volatility:	Average volatility
Paylines / Reels:	-/-
Max. Win:	x5000
Features:	-

If you're playing a fantasy video game or role-playing game, your character will most likely be armed with ranged or melee weapons, or a combination of both. Small weapons, such as a bow, are good because they allow you to destroy enemies before they even come within shooting range. Unless, of course, they have a weapon with a longer range than you. But don't forget about powerful melee weapons, such as an ax or mace, to simply smash a few pixelated heads. Today we dive into the Grand Melee slot machine from software developer Thunderkick. This is a slot with a sticky winning symbol and re-spins, which breaks the rules by which such games are usually played. Anyway, something new, so why don't we have a little fight and see what happens?

The first impression was surprisingly calm for a Thunderkick game. It's not that there's anything off-putting about the look or sound of Grand Melee, but it didn't catch your eye like Thunderkick pokies often do. Below we see a crowd of spectators watching the show, which takes place on a gaming matrix located on a raised stage, flanked by several striped pavilions and trees. Further back, a castle looms large in the background, reinforcing the idea that players have traveled back in time to Middle Ages Europe to take part in the Grand Melee.

The creator describes Grand Melee as a highly volatile slot, with a default theoretical return to player of 96.17%. And we, in turn, invite you to try playing Grand Melee for free. Afterwards, you can choose a suitable online casino, where this product is available in real money mode.

Review of the Grand Melee slot machine

The gaming grid in this slot machine consists of 5 reels with 4 symbols on each, which uses an unusual system of interconnected payment methods. Essentially, the winnings start from the leftmost reel and must be connected to each other on at least 3 adjacent reels, flush or corner to corner. If this sounds confusing, the paytable has a handy picture of how it all works.

The pay table also shows the values of the 10 regular paying symbols. The 5 lower value symbols are 10-A card symbols, which are worth 1-1.5 times the bet for winning the 5 low paying symbols, and the 5 higher value symbols are symbols of different colors and types. A win consisting of 5 matching premium symbols pays between 3 and 10 times the stake.

How to play Grand Melee slot

Users have already described the gameplay of Grand Melee as more than original. There are no wild symbols, but there is a scatter, and a few special symbols can land during the re-spins feature. Another feature worth looking out for is the free spins.

Sticky Respin feature

When the Sticky Respin feature is randomly triggered, a random symbol (not Symbol Upgrade, Symbol Expansion or Game Area Expansion symbols) is selected and displayed above the reels. If at least 5 selected symbols appear anywhere on the grid, they become “sticky” and are locked in place. During the re-spin feature, landing new selected symbols also locks them in and the remaining positions are repeated. If there are no new symbols selected, the winnings based on sticky symbols are evaluated and the feature ends. During re-spins, special symbols may also appear:

• Symbol Upgrade - This symbol can appear to turn all instances of sticky symbols into more valuable sticky symbols.
• Symbol Expansion - This symbol can turn into a sticky symbol and then expand vertically across the entire reel.
• Playfield Expansion Feature - This symbol can appear on the screen as a sticky symbol and add a new row to the top of the grid. The grid can consist of a maximum of 7 rows.

Bonus game

Landing 5 or more scatter symbols triggers the bonus game. This can also happen during the Sticky Respin feature if the scatter symbol appears in the area above the reels, meaning it gets stuck during re-spins. In this case, re-spins continue until new scatter symbols appear. The number of free spins is equal to the number of scatter symbols at the start of the round, and the bonus game can be retriggered. To track your progress, you can use the bonus counter located under the reels. The counter resets to zero between each spin and the free spin. Supposedly, the symbols are selected so that they appear more often, but nothing is said about this in the game description.

Payout table

• 10 - x0.2-x1;
• J - x0.2-x1.1;
• Q - x0.2-x1.2;
• K - x0.3-x1.3;
• A - x0.3-x1.5;
• character in a blue helmet - x0.5-x3;
• character in a green helmet - x0.6-x3.5;
• character in a purple helmet - x0.7-x4;
• character in a red helmet - x0.8-x5;
• character in a golden helmet - x1-x10.

RTP - 96.17%