The Mask

If you've seen the movie, you know the pace is fast. This is something that NextGen gaming's developers have also paid attention to. The Mask is a slot full of action where the random bonus features pop up look like tight. Since the game has a slightly higher variance, it doesn't slam shut all the time, but we can promise you won't get bored.

The game has many sides (just like Jim Carrey!). In the base game you get to take part in some more mysterious spins. The background image depicts the bank where Stanley works as well as a silhouette over a dark city. In the various bonus features, you get to play with other character traits in graphics and sound instead.

All sounds and all videos (there are quite a few of them) are completely authentic. The game is licensed according to all the rules of the art. However, we should perhaps say that the symbols are drawn, this with the real characters as models.

Stakes and winnings

In the Mask, you play on 20 lines that run across five reels and three rows. They pay both ways, so you can win from both left to right and right to left. As a general rule, you need to get at least three in a row from the furthest reel to take home a win. Only the Wild symbol (The Mask in person) pays for just two symbols.

To select a bet, click on the coin stacks you see next to the spin button. Here you choose your preferred bet from 1$/0.10 euro to 500$/50 euro. Coin values range between 10 cents and 50$.

In the Mask, the risk is slightly higher than the average for online casino games this is despite the fact that you can win both ways. However, the game is by no means a high-risk slot. The Mask RTP is 96,53%, which can be seen as a very good figure for being a slot from NextGen. Unfortunately, this game developer usually skimps a bit with the payback in their slots.

Symbols

In the Hollywood film there are four main characters, namely Stanley, The Mask, Tina Carlyle (played by Cameron Diaz) and the dog Milo. These four are also included as symbols in the game with the movie as the theme. The Mask acts as the joker while the other three character icons are high win symbols. In addition, there are two medium win symbols (a yellow hat and a pile of banknotes) and five playing card symbols (A, K, Q, J and 10 respectively). There is quite a big difference in payout between the high paying and the low paying icons respectively.

Functions

It is almost mandatory to fill such ones branded slots with many features. NextGen does not want to be inferior to competitors such as NetEnt (see, among other things Jumanji and Planet Of The Apes) and in the Mask, you have thrown on with specialers of various kinds.

Wilds

The first feature we are going to mention is the Joker feature of the game. A gold-framed the Mask figure is partly a substitute symbol and partly a high-profit symbol. With five in a row, you win 150 coins per line. Since the lines go both ways, the profit is then in practice 300 coins.

Scatter symbols and free spins

The scatter symbol is in the form of the exterior of a nightclub with the text ”bonus” in golden letters. At least three such symbols will give you both free spins and a cash win in coins.

If you get 3 scatters you win 10 free spins. Four scatters give you 15 free spins while five scatters give you 25 free spins.

There is no extra special feature to discover in the free spins round. Instead, the four wild functions occur a little more frequently.

Four features of random wilds

You can get a whole range of wilds on the screen without the need for any special feature to be activated. However, there are also no less than four random wild features.

At the beginning of each round, that is, right after you have pressed the spin button, one of four wild bonuses can be activated.

1. Alarm clock – With this feature you get a block of 2 x 2 wild positions on the screen. The graphics that present this feature are really delicious!
2. Whirlwind - The mask symbol flies around the screen and transforms every occurrence of one of the paying icons into wilds.
3. Horn - The Mask enters the action and honks a horn to turn a random number of symbols on the screen into wilds.
4. Masked unmasked bonus - The dog places a mask symbol over a block in the size of 3 x 3 positions. If a Stanley symbol should appear within this block, it will turn into a joker.

Summary

Some vending machines that carry a theme from the world of cinema are real kiosk walkers. Others are the exact opposite. Microgaming's old The Dark Knight is an example of the former (however, it no longer exists) while a slot like Phantom's Curse certainly isn't. The Mask has a theme that we think may be interesting to many, even among those who have not seen the film. The reason is that the game offers a high-class gaming experience and can boast a lot of both interesting and exciting features. We definitely think NextGen Gaming has done an excellent job with this game.