If there's one person you wouldn't want to mess with, it's Zeus. God of the sky, thunder and lightning, Zeus is regarded as King of the Gods, which makes him a force to be reckoned with – both literally and figuratively. Having appeared in countless online slots before now, it's time for Relax Gaming to give us their interpretation of him.
Promising electrifying gameplay and a battle for supremacy, Relax Gaming are leaving behind the desert landscape of Money Train 4 and taking us into the clouds to seize destiny by the reins and come face to face with the mighty Zeus and his thunderbolt in Titan Strike.
With RTP options up to 96.09% (96.50% feature buy), this highly (4/5) volatile release can produce wins up to 5,005x bet.
Unsurprising when you're dealing with a God of greek mythology, but everything in Titan Strike is very greek. We find ourselves in Greece on a sunny day with bright blue skies. In the distance we see mountains (probably Olympus given the subject matter), whilst in the foreground our attention is given to a number of temples carved out of stone.
Plants, trees and vines add some greenery to the scene, whilst the symbols on the reels are exactly what you'd expect – a variety of greek symbols and characters. Most of the attention is given to two specific points though – the bonus meters above the reels and the lightning strike collection to the right, similar to that of Push Gaming‘s 10 Swords sword collection. Everything is tied together with a bold soundtrack that sounds pretty much how you'd expect it to.
Titan Strike Base Features
Taking place across 5 reels, wins are formed on Titan Strike by matching at least 3 symbols on adjacent reels, beginning with the leftmost reel across 1 of 15 fixed win lines. Symbols begin with non premiums which are 4 greek symbols – Sigma, Psi, Omega and Delta. Land between 3 and 5 of a kind of any of these to see wins between 0.50 and 8x bet.
Premium symbols consist of greek characters – Cyclopes, Medusa, and one with horns that may be a Satyr. Land 3 of a kind of any of these to see wins between 1 and 1.20x bet, increasing to values between 10 and 20x bet for 5 of a kind matches. The highest paying symbol is Zeus himself, awarding wins between 2 and 100x bet for matches between 3 and 5 of a kind. Finally, Wild symbols are available and substitute for all symbols except Bonus symbols and Lightning Strike symbols. Land between 3 and 5 of a kind Wilds to see wins between 10 and 200x bet.
Lightning Strike
All of the action in Titan Strike relies on one feature that is available both in the bonus and base game – Lightning Strike.
Lightning Strike symbols can land on reels 2, 3 and 4. When 3 or more of them land in view, a cash prize is awarded.
To the right of the reels is a meter, which denotes the cash prize awarded depending on the number of Lightning Strike symbols in view.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 Lightning Strike symbols award prizes of 1x, 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x, 500x or 2,000x bet respectively.
Only the highest win amount in each Lightning Strike combination is awarded.
Collection Meter
Additionally, every Lightning Strike symbol that lands in view will increase the collection meter by +1. This sits above the reels. There are 5 stages to the collection meter, and each requires 150 Lightning Strike symbols to be full.
Completing each of the first 4 stages awards Free Spins, whilst completing the fifth stage awards Super Free Spins.
For each of the first 4 stages, any Free Spins triggered through collection will be played at a bet size equal to the average bet when each Lightning Strike symbol was collected within that stage.
For the fifth stage, Super Free Spins are played at a bet size equal to the average bet when each Lightning Strike symbol was collected within all stages.
Titan Strike Bonus
Bonus symbols can land on reels 2, 3 and 4. Land 3 Bonus symbols to trigger 10 Free Spins.
During Free Spins a Lightning Strike symbol is fixed in the centre of reel 3, meaning fewer Lightning Strike symbols are required to trigger cash prizes. More Lightning Strike symbols are also added to the reels during Free Spins, meaning they land more frequently.
Lightning Strike cash prizes remain the same as they are in the base game – 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 Lightning Strike symbols award prizes of 1x, 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x, 500x or 2,000x bet respectively.
Each Bonus symbol that lands during Free Spins awards an additional +1 spins.
Super Free Spins
Land 2 Bonus symbols on reels 2 and 4 and a Super Bonus symbol on reel 3 to trigger 10 Super Free Spins.
Only one thing changes during Super Free Spins – there is a Lightning Strike win guarantee. The highest win awarded from Lightning Strike feature will then continue to be awarded on every spin that follows alongside regular wins.
Only the highest win amount in each Lightning Strike combination is awarded. When a new, higher win is triggered this will replace the older win as the new amount awarded on each spin.
Buy Feature
Players in appropriate regions can skip straight to the action with 2 Buy Feature options.
- 10 Free Spins – 40x bet (96.45% RTP)
- 10 Super Free Spins – 80x bet (96.50% RTP)
The RTP values above are based on the overall setting of 96.09%.
The maximum win available in Titan Strike is 5,005x bet. If the sum of a single game round exceeds this, the game round will end and 5,005x bet will be awarded.
First Impression
Titan Strike is a pretty simple release, with nothing really standing out. We've seen plenty of collection meter games before, like 7 Gold Gigablox from 4ThePlayer. There's nothing wrong with a collection game, but there is very much a ‘seen one, seen them all' kind of vibe that you get from them.
Where Titan Strike does offer some differences is in the collection meter (which uses average bet sizes, similarly to Book of 99 from this team) and Free Spins having one symbol stuck into position.
It's Super Free Spins where things are really interesting though, with the highest Lightning Strike prize awarded so far continuing to be awarded on every spin that follows. When the the right combinations land, wins are possible up to 5,005x bet – a far cry from the 100,000x or 150,000x bet of Money Train 3 and 4, but still a decent win.
Finally, maths is highly (4/5) volatile and RTP options are available up to 96.09% (96.50% feature buy), so as always it's worth checking this. It doesn't really stand out as a flagship release, but Titan Strike is a fine addition to the Relax Gaming catalogue, and perfect for fans of this kind of thing.
*The screenshots taken of games reviewed on this site are taken from Demo Play, as reviews are often written before games are released for real play.
