Arena de Toros Slot
WorldMatch has been turning out a lot of slot machines lately, and one of its more recent is Arena de Toros, an animated and romanticised insight into the well-known ‘sport’ of bullfighting.
Despite the crimson red that dominates the screen, this title is rather colourful, and accurately captures the spirit and rush of adrenaline that this pastime provokes in its audience. Few of us ever get the chance to witness such death defying stunts, and even fewer with a pleasant bull charging into the centre of the arena.
Presented in a 3x5 reel that has up to 20 paylines, users can not only defeat the bull, but also cement their everlasting love with the seductive woman that the bullfighter has fallen in love with. It’s the stuff of telenovelas.
Let’s Begin
This is probably ingrained into you by now, more so if you’re an avid slot gamer, but you not only need to match up imagery but also bet with some cold hard cash. Of which there is always a limit, in this case between 0.05 and 2.00.
Apply whatever you want to however many lines you desire and you will be on your way to being a champion that everyone knows and all bulls fear. If you’re unsure of the lines in operation, you can click the ‘Lines’ button, not only will it change the volume you begin with, but it will also dedicate the positioning of each of these lines.
The Autoplay option has a diversity of between 5 and 1,000: what this means is whichever number you select will equal the number of times the reels will spin without you needing to manually do so. A clever way of speeding up the process.
In a similar vein, the Max Bet feature will instantly set your bet to the highest figure and start the game rolling.
A Flurry of Red
With red drapes framing the scene, ten conventional tiles adorn the 5-reels, while three more are the extra features you can expect to experience should you play well enough.
Five out of the ten tiles are card values, plain yellow upon red, and winning you the least amount of cash. The remaining five however are the images of an exoetic flower, the infamous hat of the traje de luces (suit of light), your stunning potential love, the chiseled features of the fighter himself, and finally the dreaded bull.
The bull will reward you 1,000 coins when you discover five of them in a row, which is a much nicer way to end your play than being skewered by the beast.
While the cards are pretty assuming and rather boring, the specific images have an animation style that is similar to what you may see from pixar - it’s a very notable aesthetic that is exclusive to the activity, and in turn is part of its charm.
Lone castanets branded with the word ‘FREESPIN’ is (obviously) where you will bag yourself some extra spins 10 to be exact, not to mention a welcomed x2 multiplier to help ramp up the money. The lips of the beautiful raven haired senorita is the tile that will open up the bonus game feature, while the reddest rose, elongated across one whole column, is the joker of the piece.
Such Sweet Kisses
If you’re expecting to have a battle with that bull during the mini level you’re in for a shock because it’s actually a tangle with another human that you’ll be given, and a more romantic one at that.
Before a challenge such as this, courage goes a long way, and when it comes from a stunning audience member who you’re madly in love with that only helps fuel your determination further. When you get three or more bonus game icons you will be presented with a kiss from your beloved - the longer and more passionate that smooch is, the more money you will generate.
A Load of Bull?
Overall this is a decent title from the respected company; it won’t win any awards for being the best around, but neither will it traumatise players in such a way as they’ll never play the slots again.
The graphics are a bit terrifying in all honesty, the way they look verges on creepy, especially that of the bullfighter, but that is an aspect that can be overlooked for the most part. As for the jackpot it is very disappointing, and some may even wonder whether it would be worth bothering with, but now you know what the game involves, you can make that decision for yourself.
