Queen Of The Seas

Batten down the hatches, weigh anchor and down your grog by the foremast! We're not speaking gibberish, it is in fact the ordinary pirate banter as we prepare to master yet another game of buccaneer misadventures, sword wielding and debauchery. GameArt is captaining this ship of 5 reels and 20 paylines and navigating it steadily on turbulent high-seas of wild substitutions, extra spins with multipliers and scatter awards.
So, let us climb into the crow's nest and see what booty awaits to be collected in Queen of the Seas - arrrgggh!

Theme

It's not like the world is short on pirate-themed games – quite the contrary. So, when creating another one, it's advisable that you bring at least one new thing to the table. And sure enough, the developer did just that – but more on that later, in the Features section.

The immediate impression that hits you hard once you're in the game is – colors. Lots of colors. This game is just too colorful and there's no escaping it or putting it differently. And why not – the part of the world historically frequented by those pirate scallywags was vibrant, lush and bright. However, at certain points, the excessive coloring might be a bit too much for the eyes, as it restrains from focusing on details and smaller elements on screen. The reels are set against the background of a sea-bound pirate galley (perhaps a Man-O-War)? Near a sinister looking skull rock, with bright blue skies, azure seas and a golden wave of riches contrasting each other.
Reels are cleverly divided by separators drawn as ropes, while on each side you can see the amount of lines and on how much of them you've won. Symbols of lower virtue are your usual A, J, K, Q and 10, lovingly crafted and colored. Our heroine, the Queen of the Seas herself is a redheaded beauty who is serving as one of the symbols, with Golden skull being a Wild and a treasure chest serving as a Scatter.Other symbols include a map, a compass, a pirate ship and a parrot. Upbeat pirate shanties sounding from the reels whenever you hit a win combo complete the privateering experience.

Betting Options and Functions

Player's panel is lovingly integrated into the game screen, with a few colorful buttons and transparent displays that show the amount of balance, total bet and current win outcomes. On the very left is the Settings wheel allowing you to turn sound on or off, but also to switch the gambling option on or off. And what that means is, after each win you make during the main gameplay, you can choose to gamble your winnings and either lose it all or double it – if you guess the correct color of the card about to be drawn. The paytable button does exactly what it says: gives insight into cashout values of each symbol, but also provides knowledge on bonus and gamble feature, as well as game rules and a payline diagram. Autoplay can be set from 10 to 500 spins. Also, you can set to bet from 0.01 to 0.50 coins per line.

Features

As mentioned before, the treasure chest symbol serves as a scatter – and it will be your ticket to the one and only bonus feature of this game, which is a round of extra spins. Landing three or more scatters anywhere on reels will trigger extra spins mode (and also the win of 2000x the coin value), but before it begins, you will be presented with a choice. You can play either Pearls – a round of 20 extra spins with x3 multiplier on all wins, Jewels – 15 extra spins with a x4 multipliers, Silver – 10 extra spins with x6 multiplier or Gold – 6 extra spins with all wins multiplied by 10. It's up to you to decide based on how lucky you feel and what budget you're working with. Either way, you should end the round much wealthier than you were prior to it kicking off.

Our Take

It is a bit of a pity that Queen of the Seas is such a simplistic game from a bonus and extra features standpoint. With just extra spins round to look forward to, a lot of players will be disappointed that the break from the main game is not extended to something more. But then, there is nothing inherently wrong with this game. Wild substitutes will at least double your every win (which is something not to be sneered at) and should a maximum of five appear – well then, look forward to a win of 9000x the line bet. Also, the level of attention the details of this game got is rarely seen, resulting in a beautiful, albeit colorful game.

So pillage and plunder as you see fit – and onwards into sea battle!