Gate of Fortunes - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Often, slots divide their paytables into low-paying card symbols and high-paying themed symbols. Gate of Fortunes from Slot Factory mixes it up a bit by depicting each traditional card symbol with a character that represents an Ancient Egyptian theme, divided between the red and black suits. This 5-reel slot also has a free spins round and a bonus game on top of its 15 paylines, so there’s lots to enjoy.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

If you’ve played Slot Factory's Treasure Tomb slot, then you’ll know this developer has a good history when it comes to the ever popular theme of Ancient Egypt. It’s a world of distinctive imagery and immersive atmosphere. Gate of Fortunes takes a slightly different tack. Rather than focusing on pyramids, gods and mummies, it’s full of human looking characters with distinct personalities.

Each represents one of the card symbols, with 2 each of the jacks, queens, kings and aces, one in red and one in black (though it looks more blue). It’s an interesting way to make traditional symbols more exciting. The cards are large and stuck close together, filling the screen and leaving just a tantalising glimpse of the temple behind them. There are mechanical noises as the reels spins, but a pleasant, melodious soundtrack as well. 

Gate of Fortunes RTP and Variance

Ancient Egypt may be famous for its gold, but securing the treasure can be elusive. That applies to Gates of Fortunes as well, which has a lower than average RTP of 94.49%. That’s a bit disappointing, even allowing for the fact that it’s still only theoretical. If you’re lucky, individual spins may deviate higher. What will be reassuring for cautious players is the low to medium variance. That suggests that wins will be reasonably frequent, though high rollers may be disappointed that they’re on the small side.

How to Play Gate of Fortunes

If you know your Slot Factory free slots this format may seem familiar:

1. The most thorough guide to the game rules, paytable, and bonus features is found in the menu, accessed through the button at the bottom right.
2. Here you’ll also find an on/off toggle for sound.
3. Opposite the menu at the bottom left is a button labelled 'bet'. You probably won’t be surprised that this opens the bet adjustor. You use plus and minus signs to raise and lower it, there’s no convenient max bet button or list of available values.
4. Not so logically, the bet menu is also where you find autospin. It’s pretty simple, when you click it the reels start spinning and won’t stop until you hit stop. That means you still need to watch it to make sure it doesn’t exceed your limits.
5. Loss and single win limits, a fixed budget, regular session breaks and practicing on the free demo are all things you can do to make your game more responsible. It’s more fun when you’re the one in control.
6. Luckily, you don’t just have to use autospin. There is a regular spin button floating over towards the right. 
7. Hopefully, your spin will result in matching symbols across a payline, or a triggered bonus feature. Of course, there are no guarantees in slots. That’s the fun, and the risk.

When the fun stops, stop.

Bet & Win Sizes

The minimum bet per line is 0.01. As the paylines are fixed, that means a total bet of 0.15, good for cautious players. The maximum bet per line is 30.00 for a 450.00 total. That’s not so bad for the risk takers among you.

Each symbol has its own bet multiplier that you can use to work out the prizes for three, four or five matches. Red cards and black cards of the same value pay the same. Top wins are as follows:

Any reds, Any blacks - x10

Mixed reds, Mixed blacks - x20

Mixed aces - x40

J - x40

Q - x60

K - x80

A - x150

Chest - x100

Max-win 89x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 94.49%

Gate of Fortunes Bonus Features

Free Spins

Who doesn’t love a free spins bonus? This one is simple, the number of spins you are awarded depends on the number of free spins symbols you find:

3 symbols = 5 free spins

4 symbols = 7 free spins

5 symbols = 9 free spins

During the round, find 3 more symbols to win extra free spins.

Star Gate

Trigger this with 3 Gates of Fortune bonus symbols. There’s a mini-reel to spin and you move along the path a little like you’re playing a board game. As you go you can collect multipliers of up to x20. Every time you land on a question mark, you’re awarded a mystery win.

Gate of Fortunes Review

It takes some effort to stay interesting when you’re depicting a theme as overused as Ancient Egypt, but Gates of Fortune may just about manage it. The base game is intriguing in how it combines themed symbols and card symbols into one, a free spins round is always an exciting opportunity and the Star Gate is a distinctive bonus game with even more chances to win. All in all, it’s well worth a spin.
 

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