Developed by Thunderkick, the online slot sensation Beat the Beast: Cerberus Inferno takes players on a thrilling journey with its 5-reel, 3-row layout, offering an adaptable gameplay experience that shifts from 9 to an impressive 243 ways to win. This game is part of a series, each instalment known for maintaining a consistent design in its lower-value symbols, which in Cerberus Inferno are represented by a series of stone and metallic-looking royals from 10 through Ace. These symbols provide a solid foundation for the game's theme, which dives deep into Ancient Greek mythology.
The high-value symbols in Beat the Beast: Cerberus Inferno are more specific to its unique theme, drawing heavily from Ancient Greek icons. These include, in ascending order of value, sceptres, helmets, vases, a golden statue of Cerberus, and a formidable blue Cerberus that appears enraged. The game design ensures that low-value symbols require a minimum of three matching symbols to form a winning combination, while the higher-value symbols offer payouts with just two matches. The blue Cerberus symbol stands at the pinnacle of value, rewarding players with an impressive 150 times the stake for a sequence of five.
While Cerberus' Inferno may not be overflowing with an array of features, it does introduce an intriguing double wild mechanism. The first wild is the standard variant, capable of substituting for any regular pay symbol to aid in the creation of winning combinations. This wild has the distinctive feature of appearing stacked, capable of covering an entire reel, thereby significantly enhancing the possibility of wins. The second wild, distinguished by the Golden Cerberus Emblem, not only serves the substitutive functions of its counterpart but also embodies the role of the scatter symbol. Landing 3, 4, or 5 of these scatter symbols anywhere on the reels not only results in a stake multiplier of 2x, 20x, or a generous 200x, respectively, but also triggers a round of 10 free spins.
The free spins round transforms the gameplay dynamics significantly by replacing the standard 9 paylines with 243 win ways. This alteration means that winning combinations can be formed with three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, regardless of their row position, starting from the first reel.
