Fury of Hyde Megaways

Fury of Hyde Megaways: Slot Overview

'With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.' So said the lead character in the classic Gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, a thrilling look at the duality of humankind. Some might say we have a multiplicity of inner characters, each fighting to have their voice heard or their whims satiated, held in check (or not) by repressions, morals, ethics, laws, and our own inner codes. One of these characters has the chance of springing loose to cause mayhem in an online slot from Yggdrasil partner Jelly titled Fury of Hyde Megaways, the first release in the studio's planned Curious Cases range of games.

Fury of Hyde Megaways is also one of Jelly's first Megaways slots, on licence from Big Time Gaming, with several more on the way. Since Robert Louis Stevenson's book was published in 1886, it's to the energetic world of 19th century London that players are thrust into to experience the game. This was when the British capital was transformed into the largest city in the world with the greatest population, the biggest port, and was the centre of world finance. A city where practically anything could happen, and where, with the help of his homemade serum, Dr Jekyll would transform into Mr Hyde, going on to perform unspeakably immoral acts, though what these were aren't really detailed in the book. However, Jelly's gloomy representation of London, with its overcast skies, and mysteriously lit windows, makes it easy for participants to speculate over what those deeds might have been.

From the cobbled streets of ye olde London, we turn to Fury of Hyde Megaways' inner workings to find a highly volatile math model producing a return to player value of bang on 96%. The gaming itself takes place over a 6-reel grid and a 4-symbol horizontal tracker reel on the top position, providing anywhere up to 117,649 ways to win on each spin - a pretty straightforward Megaways setup so far. Any device can be used to play Fury of Hyde Megaways, which has bet levels of 20 p/c to $/€20.

At the core of the action is the cascade system which removes winning symbols from the reels when they hit, shifting other symbols in to replace them. If a new win forms after symbols cascade, then the cascade system repeats the process. Players get a win when three identical symbols land left to right on adjacent reels starting from the first reel onwards. Six-of-a-kind wins pay 0.6 to 1.5x the bet when made up of the low 10-A symbols, or 5 to 10x the bet for six serum bottles, science kits, books, Hydes or Jekylls. These latter two symbols have the same values - Jekylls replace Hydes when Hyde Free Spins are triggered. Wilds substitute for all paying symbols when they hit and only appear on the top tracker reel.

Fury of Hyde Megaways: Slot Features

Like the main character in the story, Fury of Hyde Megaways is a mix of various gaming elements, some standard Megaways extras, some newer. The list of features is made up of mystery symbols, Hyde Super Spins, free spins, and bonus buys.

Mystery Symbols

Pocket watch mystery symbols can land in any position on the board. Mystery symbols all reveal the same matching regular symbols, which can be anything except the scatter or wild.

Hyde Super Spin

Winning symbols on the top reel reveal a letter behind them. If the word H-Y-D-E is fully revealed in all four positions, players get one Hyde Super Spin after wins have been evaluated. On the free Hyde Super Spin, any of these may occur:

• Symbol removal – at least one symbol is removed, starting from the lowest.
• Multiplier increase – an increase of x2 or x3 is applied to the win multiplier.
• Minimum Megaways – ways are increased to 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000 or 117,649.

Free Spins

The golden scatter symbol is present on the main reels in the base game or the tracker reel during the bonus round. Landing 4, 5, 6, or 7 of them awards 10, 12, 14, or 16 free spins. In free spins, the win multiplier increases by +1 after each cascade. Triggering Hyde Super Spins awards +1 free spin, and any increase to the multiplier or the minimum number of ways from it continues until free spins end.

Fury of Hyde Megaways: Slot Verdict

Whether on purpose or not, Jelly has effectively stepped in to provide competition for iSoftBet's Twisted Tales slot series, as Fury of Hyde Megaways has a look and feel not a thousand miles away from a game such as Moriarty Megaways. Like Moriarty Megaways, Fury of Hyde Megaways deals with a couple of famous characters from literary history, or should that be two sides of the same character? The subject matter was a good choice, too. There's something really thought-provoking about the Jekyll and Hyde story, the way people can have a metaphorical voice on one shoulder and an opposing voice on the other shoulder whispering in their ears, trying to guide their choices. The Jekyll and Hyde story serves as a cautionary tale for what can happen when too much devotion is paid to repression or the corollary release of chaotic desire.

Interestingly, in Fury of Hyde Megaways, you want the Hyde side to cut loose since that's where the Hyde Free Spins come into play, which is possibly the most innovative aspect of the slot. It's a little similar to the sort of the things Storm Gaming has used in slots like Payday Megaways and Hyde Free Spins are a welcome occurrence in the base game or bonus round. Other than this feature, Fury of Hyde Megaways comes with a fairly standard, though enjoyable, arsenal of Megaways extras such as cascades, mystery symbols, and free spins with a progressive multiplier. It's a combination of bits and pieces which have worked well many times in the past, and work just as well in Fury of Hyde Megaways, too.

And so, players looking for some tried and proven features with an interesting theme-inspired twist on top are able to find all that in Fury of Hyde Megaways. Stirring in a thickly enticing atmosphere and winning potential of 10,000x the bet means players get a sturdy foundation for the rest of the Curious Cases series to launch from.