Slot Wars - Secret City Gold VS Mammoth Gold Megaways

Pragmatic Play has released two real gems this week - Secret City Gold and Mammoth Gold Megaways. Launched just a few days apart, both slots come with big winning power and thrilling bonus features. 

You guessed it - it’s time to face them one against the other in a new episode of slot wars.
Start the battle!

Players can explore the ancient Aztec city settled on a 5x4 grid with 25 paylines starting from €0.25 bet per spin. On the other hand, the release with a mammoth protagonist comes with a quite larger playground of 6 reels and up to 7 rows. 

Since this is a slot with megaways mechanics, it provides up to 117,649 ways to win. However, despite the significant difference in grid size and the number of paylines, these slots come with exactly the same winning potential of up to 10,000x the bet. Another thing in common is the level of volatility, ranked 5 out of 5 by the provider in both titles.

There’s no winner when it comes to the return to a player percentage as well since Secret City Gold has an RTP of 96.06% compared to 96.03% in Mammoth Gold Megaways. Since the difference of 0.02% has an insignificant impact on the gameplay, slots are tied in this round.

Shape Wins is the first feature to help players in cracking Secret City Gold's enigma. It is a modifier that creates a chance for a random pattern or shape to appear on the reels on each spin. 

When appears, the pattern marks a number of random positions on the grid and after any wins are paid, all symbols inside the shape convert into one random symbol type already in it. 

After the transformation, symbols pay left to right for winning combos within the shape while the win is multiplied by a random value of up to 10x.

Landing 3 and more Scatters activates the bonus round with 8 free spins. Here Shape Wins feature is active as well, but the random multiplier generated by the first pattern is collected by a general multiplier whose value doesn’t resets between free spins. 

Also, the general multiplier increases by 1 for each following Shape Win pattern formed. As an added perk, each Scatter that drops during free spins award 1 additional free spin. 

Mammoth Gold Megaways comes with a set of interlinking features, starting with Wild Multiplier. Every Wild appears with a 2x or 3x multiplier that is collected in a meter which is applied to wins. The multiplier meter resets to when tumbles end and if more Wilds land in the current tumble sequence, they multiply the meter by their values. 

To trigger the bonus round, three or more Scatters are required to land at the same time on reels. Before the round starts, the number of awarded free spins is determined by the spin on a wheel of fortune. 

If the number of got free spins is less than 14, players can choose to gamble them for a chance to get more spins. During free spins, Wilds increase it as they do in the base game, but the total multiplier meter doesn’t reset until the round ends and increases by a meter for plus 1 after every tumble.

Both games come with an option to purchase a bonus round and get free spins for 100x the bet. While slots are equally thrilling regarding gameplay, the win in this round still goes to Mammoth Gold Megaways due to tumbling reels and more modifiers. 

Secret Gold City is inspired by the ancient Aztec culture which doesn’t make it quite original theme-wise. Still, in the sea of slots featuring this theme, Pragmatic Play did an amazing job of making the visuals of this game more distinguished, making it stand out from the crowd. 

The Ice Age theme is also seen in slots before, but it is not as common as the Aztec one. Thanks to the superb graphics and animation, Mammoth Gold Megaways is a beautiful-looking game that takes the win in this round only because its visuals have more details compared to its rival.

Pragmatic Play has made two amazing games with equal winning potential and different, yet thrilling gameplay. The tied result in the first important round suggests that this will be quite an interesting battle. 

As it was, with Mammoth Gold Megaways taking the lead in the rest rounds and a win. No matter that it has lost in this episode of slot wars, Secret Gold City is a title every player should try out.