Phantom of the Opera Slot

Graphics

Set in the opera house in which the epic story takes place, Phantom of the Opera’s game visuals are rightly sumptuous. The Phantom, Raoul and Christine make up our high-paying symbols and can appear stacked to aid multiple wins in this 243 Ways system. A Letter, Rose, Opera Glasses, Poison and Monkey Music Box make up our lower-paying symbols, though it is in the Phantom of the Opera’s bonus features that the graphics really spring into life.

The Music Of The Night Free Spins and All I Ask Of You Free Spins bring the show’s characters onto our reels, while the Chandelier Bonus sees the ornate chandelier - an integral piece of the show’s gripping climax - swing across the reels in epic fashion.

Gameplay

Microgaming does justice to Lloyd Webber’s musical not just through incredible game design and well crafted visuals, but also through excellent devising of the game’s bonus features. The Letter Bonus launches when we land the Letter symbol anywhere on the fifth reel, delivering us a cash prize of up to 20 times our stake. The Chandelier Bonus activates randomly, bringing the opera house Chandelier down onto the reels.

There it swings, turning up to three reels fully Wild in dramatic fashion. But our main Scatter is the Phantom Mask. When we find it three or more times across the reels, we can choose from either the Music of the Night Free Spins, All I Ask of You Free Spins or Masquerade Pick Bonus. The free spins features include music from the show and offer 10 free spins with a random Phantom on each spin and 10 free spins that benefit from Dancing Wilds, respectively.

The Masquerade Pick Bonus gives us a choice of opera masks from which to choose. Beneath these masks lie various cash prizes, extra picks and the chance to level up to further masks and prizes.

Verdict

Microgaming was a shoe-in to adapt the Phantom of the Opera show into a slot, with its catalogue of movie-slot adaptations under its belt. Small wonder, then, that Microgaming chose to use the characters from Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film as this slot’s main characters.

The Music Of The Night Free Spins and All I Ask Of You Free Spins bring the music of the show to the slot, while the Masquerade Pick Bonus, Letter Bonus and Chandelier Bonus offer as much bonus diversity as the show does plot lines.