If you were a fan of WMS's 2013 release, the original Spartacus: Gladiator of Rome, then the 2017 sequel, the Spartacus: Call to Arms slot, should be high on your must-play list. WMS has upgraded the game visually and added new features that give a fresh take on this familiar theme. Read on to find out why the follow-up is a worthy sequel to the original.

Like the original, the Spartacus: Call to Arms slot game is a sword and sand yarn based on the bloody saga of the Colosseum. The gaming screen boasts refined graphics, with a main reel positioned between two stone columns. These harbor bonus reels with four symbol positions. Central to the slot are Roman gladiators, featuring symbols including male and female warriors, bronze shields, lions, daggers, swords, metallic masks and coins across its 40 paylines. The Spartacus online slot also features a high number of low-level base game payouts, with powerful wilds and Call to Arms free spin bonuses. These can payout a fortune via the bonus reel multipliers. With a fair 96.05% return-to-gamer level, this is a follow-up game that's highly playable.

The Spartacus: Call to Arms online slot can be played from 0.01 to a maximum stake of 50.00, suiting a wide range of budgets. Although there are plenty of base game symbols, the basic rewards are fairly low, due to the nature of the game's potentially very rewarding bonus features. So, even the highest-paying Spartacus fruit machine warrior symbol only pays 3.2x your spin for five icons. But fear not, these small wins simply keep things ticking over until the frequent bonus rewards are triggered.

Column Reel Multiplier Bonus

When the wild symbol sticks on the bonus reel in the Spartacus: Call to Arms video slot, it moves to a random location on the main reels (excluding wilds and bonus icons). The fun starts if you match two or more symbols that are part of a winning combo: with higher and higher multipliers paid for more matches. The multiplier starts at x3 for two matches, rises all the way to 50x for seven, and an insane 500x for eight!

Free Spin Call to Arms Bonus

When you spin the bonus logo on reels one, three and five, the free spin bonus feature is triggered. The prize is twice your spin value, plus ten free spins. Another ten spins are awarded if the bonus icons are matched again. The most lucrative element of the free spins is matching two or more symbols on the bonus reel, which features more escalating multipliers. The multipliers payout from 4x for two matches, rising to x100 for seven and 1000x for eight. Whatever your gaming budget, the free spin multiplier can really make your day if you strike it lucky.

Our Verdict

The Spartacus: Call to Arms online slot is a high-quality sequel to the original WMS Spartacus slot, with enough new elements to make it well worth playing. The interesting bonus features make it an enticing proposition for those happy to swap low-base game rewards for powerful feature payouts.