I have avoided writing about the Tomb Raider online slots game for the simple reason that Lara Croft is highly popular. And I tend to shy away from that which is highly popular. I did not pick up a Harry Potter book until five years after the first was published.
But I cannot avoid Tomb Raider. There is no denying that this is a highly popular slots game from the Microgaming line-up. What makes it popular—other than featuring Lara Croft—is its many ways to win. And that, as we all know, is what make a slots game ‘hot.’ And ‘hot’ Tomb Raider is.
In addition to the Wild, which is the Lara Croft symbol in which you see only her face (there are five symbols of her total), there are four other bonus games for players to trigger here.
The first is the Free Spin with Rolling Reels. This is triggered by landing at least three of what I refer to as the Green Artifact. Five free spins are awarded, but these are not ordinary free spins. On these particular free spins all symbols that are a part of a winning combination will dissolve, causing the symbols above to roll down, hopefully this creates more winning combinations. And each time a consecutive win is made (meaning that when a combination dissolves to create another combination) the multiplier will increase up to 5x.
Tomb Raider also features a Super Mode. This is a randomly triggered feature with five free spins. The Super Mode has randomly place multiple Wilds that are in place throughout all five spins.
There is the bonus game called Global Adventure. When a player lands a Passport in the middle of a reel it is held until all five reels have the Passport in the middle. Global Adventure is then triggered. Players will then get to choose a place to begin looking for the fragments of the Hidden Sword; there are five fragments.
Inside the Global Adventure Bonus is a Hidden Treasure Bonus. Players can win all wins for that chosen location, a 2x multiplier, a bonus value or entry into the Shootout Bonus.
In the Shootout Bonus players are shown a collection of discs. Players ‘shoot’ the discs, which are hiding winning values. After all but the last disc is shot, the player then wins the amount hidden behind the remaining disc.
A bit overwhelming right? But with plenty of ways to win it is no wonder how this online slots game came to be so popular. And, thankfully, it is the bonus features that have made this slots game ‘hot’ rather than just Lara Croft herself. An online slots game’s popularity should come from the game itself rather than just its theme. And Tomb Raider does deliver that.
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