Join Van Helsing on a vampire-hunting quest in Tales of Darkness: Midnight Heat, the fourth release in Novomatic’s popular horror series. It’s a 5 reel, all ways pays video slot that comes with a bonus round where you can win up to 15 free spins on reels that can expand up to 10 rows high to offer up to 100,000 ways to win. Play from between 50p and £12.50 per spin.
Classic horror design
Like the other video slots in the Tales of Darkness series, there’s a Gothic feel to the design in Tales of Darkness: Midnight Heat. Set against a cemetery backdrop, the reels include lower value royals alongside a goblet, a pair of bracelets, a black crow and vampire hunter Van Helsing. Top of the payers is the female vampire. She awards 1.6, 4 or 20 times your total bet if you land 3, 4 or 5 in combination. Appearing on reels 2, 3 and 4 only is the wild. As usual, this substitutes for all the standard symbols.
Free spins with 3 modes
The full moon is the scatter. Land 3, 4 or 5 of these on the same spin and you’ll pocket an award equal to 1, 4 or 20 times your total bet as well as triggering the Midnight Heat Bonus feature. Once the round is active, you’ll spin the bonus wheel. This determines how many free spins you’ll receive and how big the reels will get. There are between 5 and 15 free spins available.
Expanded reels with up to 100,000 ways to win
You then spin the bonus wheel again to determine which mode you’ll play. The Hot Free Games are played on a machine that’s between 5 and 8 rows high which offers up to 32,768 ways to win. Between 6 and 9 rows are active in the Hotter Free Games which can offer up to 59,049 ways to win. Best of all are the On Fire Free Games – these play out on a 7-10 row machine which offers up to 100,000 ways to create a winner.
Simple chills
Like most video slots from Novomatic, Tales of Darkness: Midnight Heat is a relatively simple game. The design isn’t from the top drawer but does the job. The base game action is straight forward but the free spins can explode into life courtesy of the expanding reels.
The variance is in the medium range with top wins of 500 times your bet per spin or free spin (capped). If you’ve enjoyed the other games in the Tales of Darkness series, expect more of the same in Tales of Darkness: Midnight Heat. It’s a pity that wins are capped – if they weren’t, Novomatic would have been onto a real winner here.
Join Van Helsing on a vampire-hunting quest in Tales of Darkness: Midnight Heat, the fourth release in Novomatic’s popular horror series. It’s a 5 reel, all ways pays video slot that comes with a bonus round where you can win up to 15 free spins on reels that can expand up to 10 rows high to offer up to 100,000 ways to win. Play from between 50p and £12.50 per spin.
