The Legend of Musashi
By Peter & Sons
Overview
Step into a realm of honor and legendary combat with The Legend of Musashi, an enthralling online slot from the innovative minds at Peter & Sons. This captivating game plunges you into the world of Miyamoto Musashi, the famed Japanese ronin, philosopher, and swordsman, celebrated for his undefeated record across 61 duels. Visually, the game presents a serene yet powerful setting, featuring a calming Japanese building complete with a sloped tiled roof, traditional lanterns, and smooth wooden floors—a departure from typical Peter & Sons aesthetics that adds a unique charm. Built on a dynamic 6-reel, 4-row structure, The Legend of Musashi offers an impressive 4,096 ways to win, promising abundant opportunities for cascading victories. With its High volatility and a staggering 20,000x max win potential, this slot is designed for thrill-seekers and patient players alike, inviting them to chase epic payouts in a world steeped in legend.
Gameplay & Features
As well as cascades, The Legend of Musashi's remaining features include Power Mode, Monster Multipliers, Monster Free Spins, Super Free Spins, and abonus buy.
• Power Mode
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Whenless than 3 scattersland, they arecollected. Every65 collected scattersactivatePower Mode. Now, players are awarded3 to 10 ninja star lives. When awild hits, it becomes anexpanding wild and takes up 1 of the lives. When all lives have been used, Power Mode ends. If it so happens that there are more wilds on screen than there are lives, wilds are transformed from left to right until the lives are gone.
• Monster Multiplier
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This is awin multiplierthatincreases by +1 on each new cascade. When no more cascades occur, the multiplierresets. However, there is an exception. During Super Free Spins, the multiplier does not reset.
• Monster Free Spins
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Having3 scattersin view awards10 free spins, plus 2 extra free spins for every additional scatter. During free spins,wilds are transformed into expanding wilds, and the multiplier resets after each free spin. Each time a scatter hits, an extra free spin is awarded, and the starting value of the multiplierincreases by +1.
• Super Free Spins
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When650 scatters have been collected, Super Free Spins are awarded. These are the same as Monster Free Spins, except themultiplier does not reset until the feature ends.
• Buy Free Spins Buy Scatters
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Where available, players have the option of buying free spins (10-16 are randomly awarded) or buy into Power Mode
Final Thoughts
Gotta admit, reading up on Miyamoto Musashi while doing background research for The Legend of Musashi did invoke a positive mood going in. The guy does indeed sound like an absolute legend, and not just because he walked away the victor from scores of duels. As well as being an accomplished swordsman, he was also an accomplished penman, writing such texts asThe Book of Five RingsandThe Way of Walking Alone. Here are some of the precepts found within the latter - 'Accept everything just the way it is', and 'Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.'
The Legend of Musashi then had a lot to live up to in some ways, and the first look, well, it wasn't amazing and lacked the Peter & Sons spark we've come to expect. Not that there's anything wrong, the game looks alright, but at the same time, it's nothing super special. On paper, the features showed promise, and there are positives in that regard. In practice, The Legend of Musashi felt a little lacklustre, and it's hard to say exactly why. There's no doubt with the sort of weaponry The Legend of Musashi is armed with, thrilling events can certainly take place. The game claims to producewins of up to 20,000x, after all.
Patient players, maybe those looking to mix zen and gambling, perhaps, have the chance to be rewarded with Power Mode or Super Free Spins - should the requisite number of scatters be collected. Six hundred and fifty scatter symbols are most likely going to take a while to be collated, and in the meantime, question marks arose as to whether The Legend of Musashi style of play is gripping enough to hook potential players in for the long haul. Admittedly, full reel wilds and multipliers on a 4,096 win ways matrix can work rather well, so The Legend of Musashi is worth a demo if it all looks dandy.
