What could be better than pirates and an all-thrills slot machine? You’re right... nothing. The 8 Golden Skulls of the Holly Roger is brought to you by Buck Stakes, a Microgaming partner, and is Megaways’ debut slot. Sporting a swashbuckling skull and crossbones theme, it packs an impressive 117,649 ways to win. With features ranging from Rolling Reels to multipliers, you’ll be tapping your way through this high-stakes game for hours.
Kicking off with a little on design, it’s pretty well done, with a cartoon style and decent animations. Every good pirate needs a catchy theme tune, and this delivers just that.
This being said, when pitted against the large numbers of slot games already out there, 8 Golden Skulls of the Holy Roger doesn’t offer anything highly innovative.
These types of games are fit for almost every wallet, with a minimum cost of $0.20 and a cap of $20.00. The game features a 96.86% RTP which is quite above the average, but it also holds a fairly high volatility rating - making it pretty hard to hit the maximum payouts.
When looking at the math, the maximum payout amounts to 6000x your stake. However, once the game hits, there will more than likely be a higher potential given the opportunities to win during bonus rounds.
The game is packed full of features that are mostly quite common to slot games of this caliber.
Although this isn’t anything groundbreaking, they work together in quite a fun way to offer plenty of small wins - even if the higher payouts are more difficult to obtain.
As a Buck Stakes and Megaways’ slot game debut, 8 Golden Skulls of the Holy Roger is quite a good addition to the world of slots. There’s some work to be done before the studio wins recognition within the mainstream, but it’s something achievable down the line. The game is fun and catchy to play and appeals to the pirate within us. It also holds a volatile opportunity for a whopping payout.