Knight's Saga - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

At the last count, there were 350 Skywind free slots available at various online casinos around the world. Based in the Isle of Man, which is a particularly tax-friendly territory, the company has spread its enviable reputation far and wide. It is quite likely that you will have come across other Skywind creations, such as Skywind's Respin King slot, and it is easy to find free play demo versions.

Knight’s Saga has a five-reel, four-row grid with 50 fixed paylines. The minimum bet value is 0.50 and the maximum is 2,500. There are 11 regular symbols: the princess, the knight, the crown, the ring, the pendant, the rose, and the five highest-value playing cards. There are also two wilds: a blue horse and a gold horse.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

For a game based on the savagery of jousting and sword-fighting, Knight’s Saga has a fairly restrained setting with a sepia backdrop of a forest and a simple golden grid with red ribbons, green reels, simple illustrations, and an inscrutable knight standing on the right-hand side holding the free games counter on his shield. The soundtrack is a very generic orchestral score that echoes numerous sword-fighting movies. The animations are discreet and the overall effect is tasteful and workmanlike.

Knight's Saga RTP and variance

The return to player is 96.12 per cent and the volatility or variance is medium.

How to play Knight’s Saga

Knight’s Saga is a 50-payline slot.

1. Click the plus and minus arrows to either side of the total bet value to change the bet settings.
2. Click ‘auto’ to enter automatic spin mode with options for 10 to 99 automatic spins. Alternatively, you can choose ‘until feature’, which means the auto mode will cease whenever a special feature is triggered. Press the button again, now reading ‘stop’, to exit autoplay. The autoplay button will display the number of spins remaining except when you select ‘until feature’.
3. Click the turbo button for faster play. Some animations and sounds will be skipped. Click again to exit.
4. Press the play button or the spacebar to spin the reels at the current bet. Press again to stop. 
5. Click the ‘i’ icon to call up the reference page that describes the different game components.
6. Your balance is displayed to the bottom left on the black bar.
7. Only the highest win per line will pay. Winning combinations pay from left to right only. Coinciding wins on different paylines are added.
8. Wins will show to the bottom centre of the screen.
9. Always play gambling games responsibly. If playing for money, make sure you stay within the limits of what you can afford to lose. Remember that you can lose just as easily as you can win. When any game stops being fun, you should stop playing.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The bet size ranges from 0.50 to 2,500.

The paytable values are for three to five matching symbols. The highest multiplier values, which are for five matching symbols, are as follows:

• Wild = 500
• Princess = 400
• Knight = 350
• Crown = 300
• Ring = 200
• Pendant = 150
• Rose = 100
• Ace, king, queen = 70
• Jack, ten = 50

Max-win 500x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.12%

Knight’s Saga bonus features

Wilds

The golden horse wild appears on reel one only and substitutes for all other symbols. The blue horse wild appears on all reels except reel one and also substitutes for all other symbols. Both symbols can also increase the win multiplier in the free games.

Free games

You can collect up to 50 free games, which will be stored on the right of the screen. You can keep them there and add to them for as long as you like up to 50. When you wish to play the free games round, simply press the start button above the free games counter. Once you have reached 50 in storage, the free games round will begin automatically. 

Each free game begins with a win multiplier of 1x. For every gold horse that lands, the multiplier is increased by 1, with every blue horse that lands on the same winning line also increasing the multiplier by 1. The multiplier can increase to a maximum of 6x. All free games are multiplied by the total bet. Free games are collected and saved separately for each bet amount. If you change your bet, the number of collected free games will change accordingly.

Knight's Saga review: our verdict

To be honest, this slot is a little uninspiring. The theme is rich with visual possibilities but very few of them have been exploited. The gameplay is perfectly satisfactory and the betting levels are fine; however, while the free spins are welcome, it feels as if a proper bonus game would have complemented it well. The RTP isn’t spectacular either, so we feel that this is not one of Skywind’s best efforts. It is worth a look, but don’t expect too much.

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