As the Reels Turn 3 - Blinded by Love

Blinded by Love, the third installment in the soap opera themed slot series called As The Reels Turn, offers its players 5 reels, with 15 paylines on them, plus prizes of $15,000 and features among which you will find scatters, multipliers and the usual free spins.

This slot is the third episode of a series themed around a fictional soap opera show, and it has many things in common with the first two. The setting for the show is the El Paradiso hotel, and the overall design was kept similar to the first installments. It's a quality design, with a good soundtrack, which helps get the player interested in it. The third installment seems to combine the characters and symbols from the first two slots, but also adds a few new ones. Three special symbols are present in the game, including Ivan the fish (scatter), Pampers the cat (expanding wild) and Advance to Next Scene (bonus symbol). The regular symbols include Vanessa, The Don, Matt G, Danny, Mrs. Livingston, Jamie, the El Paradiso logo and the poker chips.

Wagers placed in Blinded by Love use up to 75 coins, 5 per line, at values between $0.01 and $2, with the game's largest bet being $150. The top jackpot is substantial as a result, up to $15,000 being won in the game.

We get the scatter symbol first, acting as a trigger for the free spins rounds. Whenever you get at least three symbols with Ivan the Fish on them, anywhere on the reels, you trigger the 10 free spins and their 3x multiplier. You can retrigger this feature as the free spins are used, if you get at least three scatters again. During the free spins, the player benefits from another feature, the expanding wild.

The expanding wild is available only for the duration of the free spins, so it's not something you will see too often. It's represented by Pampers the cat, and it shows up on the first three reels of the game. It will expand to cover the entire reel when it does appear. If there are two of these wilds at the same time on the reels, the multiplier goes up to 4x for winning combinations formed in that round.

The final feature is called Advance to Next Scene, and it takes the player into the bonus game, where the player gets a chance to win some money by helping Danny pick his clothes for the date he's about to have with Jamie.

Just like the first two installments of the series, Blinded by Love is a quality game, which should prove entertaining enough for anyone that loves soap opera series.