Legend of Hydra: Power Zones

Legend of Hydra: Power Zones Review

This epic game uses larger than the standard grid of 6 reels and 5 rows. It allows for 15,625 ways to win instead of using pay-lines. As long as you get 3 to 6 matching symbols landed on adjacent reels from left to right, you will get wins. The RTP is 96.56%, which is above the standard. You can play Legend of Hydra: Power Zones with wagers from 0.10 to €200 on mobile devices and desktop. The jackpot win per spin is 10,000 times your bet, which when playing with the maximum bet makes €2,000,000.

The extra features in Legend of Hydra: Power Zones are a lot and are connected with each other. Central to the gameplay is the Power Zones system. It is created by highlighted fiery symbols which can be any of the standard paying ones. The more of highlighted positions you land, the larger zones you get. You activate them by landing a charged symbol inside the zones. These special symbols turn all position in the zones into itself. The more Power Zones you create, the faster you advance you towards triggering each of the 4 extra features. This also gives you better payouts.

You activate the 4 Hydra features one by one and each corresponds to a different Hydra. They add extra wilds, additional Power Zones, multipliers to the values of the wins in the zones. One of the hydras fills the Power Zones with a Mystery symbol. Besides activating the 4 Hydra Zones, you can trigger 12 to 50 free games. These you can retrigger as well. During the free games, the Power Zones never get deleted. After their end, you win an extra spin – the Mega Spin, during which you get a Mystery symbol inside all Power Zones.

The Design

The game is set on a dramatic place with pillars of a high structure and water splashing on them. You will see the 4 hydras on the left side of the grid next to the reel 1. The grid is not very big and takes around one-third of the screen and is positioned in its centre. The reels are black and on them, you can land spheres with the 4 card suits. There is a blue one with a crescent and one with the sun or star sign.

There are also 4 male and female characters, a king and a queen. You can land gold coin bonus symbols and crown wilds. You will see the highlighted zones and the charging symbols. The soundtrack is dramatic and includes the sounds of crystals and a melody playing. The atmosphere is intense, epic and adventurous. The images are precise, clear and look great.

Legend of Hydra: Power Zones Gameplay

The pay-table includes 6 glowing spheres in different colours each at the low end. There are 4 medium-value characters and 2 premiums of the king and queen. There is a wild and scatter.

The 6 glowing spheres include the 4 card suits, the sun and the moon. These pay the same for 3 to 6 matching ones from left to right on adjacent reels. The 4 characters have a bit higher value and also pay the same. The most rewarding of all symbols is the king and queen.

The gold crown symbol with the word itself is the wild that substitutes for all except for the bonus symbol. The scatter is the gold coin with the word ‘BONUS’ carved on it and the 4 heads of the hydra.

Legend of Hydra: Power Zones Features / Bonuses

There are enough bonus features in Legend of Hydra: Power Zones to entertain you. They are connected with each other, so advancing in one feature moves you forward to the other. One of the main modifiers used in all stages of the gameplay is the Power Zones. You will notice these as highlighted fiery areas. They get created by special Charged symbols that look like blazing dark spheres. Any symbol that lands inside these areas in the base game and free spins can be a charged symbol. Exceptions are the wild and bonus symbols.

Every time charged symbols hit the reels, they become fixed in their positions. These will stay in place there for the following spins until they get activated. The Power Zones will connect horizontally and vertically creating a grid. The Power Zone grid enlarges more and more with each added charged symbol. When you land a charged symbols inside a created Power Zone, it converts all positions in its zone into the same symbols of itself. This often results in wins.

You can have many zones on the reel and the smaller ones can merge into larger fewer zones. After the conversion of symbols, the created Power Zones are removed from the grid in the base game. Each landing of a charges symbol in a Power Zone of at least 2 symbols results in symbol transformation. This works similar to the mystery symbol feature in many slots, but not entirely the same way. The activation of a Power Zone with a Charged Symbol always fills parts of a Hydra Feature meter in the base game.

Another bonus mode is the triggering of the 4 Hydra Features. You unlock them by filling their respective metres. You can unlock each one by one. This happens by landing charged symbols inside the Power Zones. The latter leads to symbol transformation as we mentioned above. The faster you get charged symbols inside the highlighted zones, the faster you will trigger the active Hydra Feature. The larger highlighted zones give you better chances to land charged symbols in them.

Filling the meter of a current Hydra unlocks its respective feature. The turquoise Hydra’s feature is the first one and it adds up to 11 wilds on reels 2 to 6 on any spin. The blue one is second for activation and it gives you up to 9 extra Power Zones on any spin.

The purple Hydra feature is third and it adds up to 4 Win Multiplier Power Zones on any spin. These zones multiply the value of any winnings in which they take part in by the value of the win rate. Multiplier Power Zones is applied to symbol wins inside their zones. The value of the multiplier is x2 at all times.

The Multiplier Power Zones can display only one value. The latter you see on the uppermost right corner of the Power Zone. The Multiplier Power Zones can be added to a normal Power Zone. In such a case, it converts the whole zone into a Multiplier Power Zone. You may have a Multiplier Power Zones added to another one. Then, the multiplier value of the larger zone remains unchanged.

The fire breathing turquoise and white Hydra Feature is fourth. It can add up to 3 extra Power Zones to any spins. This feature also transforms all Power Zones on the reels into a Mystery symbol on any spin. After you unlock all 4 Hydra Features, you can fill the meter again. This triggers a free respin with a random Hydra Feature activation.

The third bonus game is the Mighty Hydra Free Games. Landing 3 or more bonus symbols of the gold coin with 4 hydras in a spin triggers them. This happens as follows:

3 bonus symbols = 12 Free Games;

4 bonus symbols = 18 Free Games;

5 bonus symbols = 25 Free Games;

6 bonus symbols = 50 Free Games;

Landing 2 bonus symbols during a free spin retriggers 3 more free games. Hitting more scatters on a free spin gives you more extra free rounds as explained above. By triggering the Free Games, you create the first Power Zones. They form from the triggering bonus symbols that become the new zones. Once created, the zones are never removed from the reels during free spins.

While you play the free games, the Hydra Features aren’t active and you won’t charge their metres. After you run out of free spins, a Mega Spin starts. During it, all Power Zones turn into the same Mystery symbol. this has the great potential to ensure you wins!

The Conclusion

If you are looking for a game with a completely new mechanic and features with filling of metres, play Legend of Hydra: Power Zones! The rounds are exciting and unpredictable. You aim at increasing the Power Zones and activating them with charged symbols. The max win per spin is 10,000x bet, which is an attractive jackpot.