Sirenas de la Suerte

That you should never judge a book by its cover is a adage well-established and, we hope, adopted widely by all of us. It's a wise way of keeping your mind open. Granted, the cover of this particular book is beautified by the constant presence of the two gorgeous ladies of the mermaid species, the mythical creatures who were thought to be – in legends and sea tales at least – the harbingers of doom. Despite this popular belief, you won't find any ill fate here. MGA took it upon themselves that you never look at classic, 3 reels, 1 payline fruit machines the same way ever again. Sirenas de la Suerte (literally translated it means “Mermaids of Luck”) is the AWP slot (amusement with prize) that holds so much extra features, mini games and side bonuses that it could make any contemporary video slot green with envy. So let's dive deep into this ocean of wealth!

Theme

There is absolutely nothing straightforward in this, seemingly, ordinary slot game – and you may get a hint of that one you are confronted with unusually big amount of playing options and buttons on the player's panel at the bottom. Ordinarily, we're used to see retro fruit slots paired up with a generic and unimpressive surrounding visuals. Not so in this instance! The marine, underwater theme is lovingly portrayed with the game's background. Beneath the ocean's surface lie colorful corals, seaweed and other plants sprouting from the sandy sea-bottom. A busty lady mermaid waits patiently by the reel's right side (another one floats to the left of it during the Upper Game). Reels themselves are of the simple variety: lemons, grapes, plums, cherries, and lucky number 7s are the ordeal of symbols – with one twist: the same symbols, only with the seashell next to them exist and lining these up with increase your vertical line counter in the Upper Game). Aligning three starfish symbols in the same row will launch a round of extra spins (up to 18 of them). The pearl serves as a wild, while the face of the mermaid is a bonus symbol that is best used in the Upper Game, as landing this one provides more spins there.

Being a brainchild of a Spanish developer, the audio portion of the game will have certain outcomes loudly proclaimed in their native language, although the game itself can have the language set to both Spanish and English. It is a mostly quiet game, with just a few sound effects here and there.

Betting Options and Functions

The Bet button lets you adjust the betting amount of 1, 5 or 10 coins. Any time you make a win in the main game, you can risk it by playing on or collect it with the “Collect” button.

Nudge function – a staple of the AWP type of slots, this will allow the moving of a reel by one position when a winning combination is at hand. You can have either one, two, three of four nudges per spin so you can turn a miss into a win and have the fortune work in your favor.

Hold function – another traditional AWP characteristic will occur at random. Like playing on a “real”, land-based slot, you can hold/jam up to two reels during the spin while the others (or other) are spinning, so you can increase the odds of winning.

Menu can easily be accessed by clicking on the button on the bottom left side of the panel. There, you can set the number of automatic spins from to to infinity, set the auto risk on or off, get to know the rules of the extra features, change language, turn off sound etc.

Features

Where to even begin? Let's start with the palette of side and mini games: in the Upper Game, you can activate the fun fishing game by landing three fished. Also in the Upper Game (which really serves a trove of untold treasures, if you're lucky and skillful enough), landing three crabs will give you access to Add Prize mini game, while three chest will prompt the chest game where you have to guess where the biggest multiplier is hidden. And there's of course, the mini game of extra spins activated by landing three starfish during the main game.

Upper game – this feature is triggered by having the right amount of credits and bonus once you make a win in the main game and collect the prize. You will have just one chance of winning big in the Upper Game, unless a wild mermaid lands and you get more spins.

In additional to all that, Upper Game also holds a Bar Mixed feature, where you can get combinations of different bar figures and land a random and potentially very big prize. Also, did you notice the seahorse figures floating about, unknowingly? Collect them and another extra win happens!

Our Take

There is so much about Sirenas de la Suerte to like, so many intricate additional features that will lure you away from the basic main game of spinning the reels. With low to medium volatility, this game will not hold a life-changing jackpot some might hope for (betting with 10 coins can yield a 10000 coins jackpot). This is a video slot with a major X factor, in that it doesn't set the expectations too high and then delivers beyond anyone's imagination.