Final Thoughts
That's it, really. The process of alchemy is presumably a complicated one of bringing the right regents together, chanting specific words in the correct tone, or performing a complex ritual in just the right way (we're guessing). Yet, Alchemy, the slot, is a lot less sophisticated and basically involves sitting through a fairly low thrills base game until enough sun symbols hit for the chance to transform premium symbols in what was a fairly low thrills batch of free spins. As far as symbol upgrade bonus round slots go, there are a number of more enticing options out there.NetEnt'sGorilla KingdomorThunderkick's Pink Elephants slots are three which scored higher on the fun meter, just to name some examples. Alchemy does have the expanding full reel wild, but its low number of paylines, compared to the previously mentioned games' ways system, does diminish the wild's effectiveness.
The numbers bear this out. No one's saying a decent win or two isn't possible for the right mediaeval chemist while playing Alchemy, yet the review and official numbers suggest otherwise. Technically, Alchemy might be able to transform some lead into gold, and should players pull off the transmutation process, Strom Gaming has slapped a €250,000 win cap in place. That might sound impressive, but keep in mind the best result achieved during the studio's own simulated spins was1,541x the bet. So, some gold, but not a whole lot of gold.
The other question is whether players will want to stick around long enough to see if they can make the 'magic' happen. Anyone into retro looking slots might be lured in, perhaps, since Alchemy is one of those games which looks a lot older than it actually is. However, for others, it's going to be whatever the opposite of love at first sight is. Not hate per se, yet, words such as ambivalence, distaste, or just meh, feel like some of the appropriate responses here.
