The Inca Empire was no less exciting or mysterious than the Aztec Empire, despite being less well-known in online slot games. Tawantinsuyu, which means “four united,” was the name the Inca gave to their kingdom. In the early 16th century, it was the biggest empire in pre-Columbian America. Many people’s imaginations have been sparked by stories of stone buildings emerging from the jungle or forest, as symbolized by the Inca civilisation that gave the world Machu Pichu. Play’n GO, captivated by the legend, has created Legacy of Inca, a slot machine game set in South America and featuring, among other things, free spins with stacked wilds and a bonus round called Temple Spins.
With the usual Play’n GO flare, the players are transported to a dense jungle or forest filled with exotic plants and intricately sculpted stonework. It’s hard to tell if this is the site of a flourishing civilisation, but the fact that nature has taken over suggests that people may have left this area a while ago. This is only a hunch, though, and I may be completely wrong. What’s more obvious is the studio’s mastery of ultra-professional presentation, the kind that only a company like Play’n GO could master.
Let’s switch gears and go into the less flashy but no less crucial area of statistics. Since RTP has six different options depending on the market, with the highest setting being 96.29%, it’s a good idea to check the Legacy of Inca help file to double-check the setup. The game has been given a 6 out of 10 for volatility, making it significantly less challenging than average for a PnG. The game is played on a 5-reel, 3-row matrix, and bets range from 10p/c to £/€100 every game round.
Twenty paylines are available in Legacy of Inca, and winning combinations of three, four, or five symbols across are possible. Five low-paying J, Q, K, or A symbols pay out 5 times the wager, while five mid-paying toucans, snakes, or jaguars pay out 10-12 times the wager. The three highest-paying characters each pay 15–100 times the wager for a complete line of them. Last but not least, wilds substitute for other pay symbols and can appear anywhere on the reels to assist form winning combinations. If you get five wilds on a payline, you can win 750 times your wager.
Slot Machine with Inca Themed Features
While Legacy of Inca is easy to pick up and play, it lacks the bells and whistles of the somewhat comparable slot Legacy of Dead. The scatter is the only other symbol in this game.
No Risk Turns
When three or more scatters appear on the playing grid, free games will be awarded. You can win anything from three to ten free spins, fifteen, or twenty free spins at the outset, all determined by a spinning wheel. Each free game starts with anywhere from 1 to 9 additional wilds on reels 2, 3, and 4. Wild symbols can also appear on Reels 1 and 5 as the reels spin. It’s also worth noting that getting 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 scatters in view awards 1, 5, 20, or 100 times the wager, accordingly.
Temple Whirls
When two scatters appear during a free spin, the player receives Temple Spins. That’s right, the wilds you saw during the initial free spins you triggered will still be there when you play the Temple Spin bonus round. Wild symbols can still appear on reels 1 and 5 during free spins. A spin of the Wheel of the Gods might also provide anything from three to eight spins in the Temple. Due to the absence of scatter symbols, further Temple Spins cannot be triggered during this feature. When the Temple Spins bonus round is over, though, ordinary free spins resume. Free spins and Temple Spins count against the maximum of 55 allowed free spins.
The Inca Judgment: A Slot in History
Legacy of Inca, after careful consideration, seems like a respectable addition to Play’n GO’s many Legacy/Dead/Book family online slots. It has a smooth interface and a pleasant visual style that goes to great lengths to faithfully replicate the Inca Empire (or Play’n GO’s version of it). It’s hard to determine how historically accurate Legacy of Inca is, but it pulsates with life and adds credence to the idea that the Incan Empire can compete with any of the other prominent ancient civilizations in iGaming.
Legacy of Inca was once thought to be a carbon duplicate of Legacy of Dead, however the two games are really rather dissimilar. Legacy of Inca eschews the ‘book of’ format in favor of a straightforward, if nonetheless appealing, bonus feature—a second-screen Temple Spins bonus game—and additional wilds during free games. However, there is a sense that this formula has been seen before, and that Play’n GO has previously employed the idea of imbedded free spins in a slot whose name escapes me at the moment. If there are any missing links, astute readers are welcome to fill them in below. Legacy of Inca has established solid features, leaving only winning potential, and with a maximum payout of 6,500x the wager, it easily outclasses most standard ‘book of’ slots.
The bonus round here is somewhat reminiscent of the free spins inside free spins action seen in Cat Wilde and the Lost Chapter, which is to say, it’s back. However, there are some key differences, and while Legacy of Inca may not be “wow, drop everything to check this out,” it is really well-made, looks great, and gets right to the point in terms of its functionality.