Aldo’s Journey Slot Review

Slot Review

Written by: Daniel C. White, Founder

Last Updated: October 18, 2023 at 3:31PM (Philip M. Shull)

Read Time: 3 min.

When this slot was announced in January 2019, its working title was Marco Polo, and it immediately became clear that the design and gameplay would be in line with the legendary Italian explorer and merchant. He left Venice, his hometown, in 1271, and began his journey across Asia. He reached China and stayed there for 10 years.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Yggdrasil Gaming has included four locations: Italy, Persia, Mongolia, and China in its game design. However, perhaps due to copyright problems, the main character was named Aldo, instead of the previously announced Marco Polo, and thus the slot itself was named Aldo’s Journey.

When you launch the Aldo’s Journey slot, the first thing that catches your eye is a bright and colorful design made in the cartoon style. The background looks very unusual, because the playing field is located simultaneously in four locations Aldo travels across (Italy, Persia, Mongolia, and China). As for the technical characteristics, the Aldo Journey slot has a 5×5 playing field and 65 lines that form your combinations.

The symbolism of the Aldo’s Journey slot has nothing to do with the theme. On the reels you will find card suits located on coins. They are followed by green, blue, purple, and red gems. There are two types of wild symbols in the game. The standard one is a gold icon with an inscription. The second one is Aldo himself. He is the Journey Wild and appears on every spin in the base game and on bonus features moving around the cells. Both wilds replace images. The medieval compass acts like the scatter and appears only on reels 2, 3, and 4.

Bonus Features of the Aldo’s Journey Slot

The Free Spins feature is activated when there are scatter symbols (compass) on the second, third, and fourth game reels. After that, 7 free spins will be available to you. Please note that the playing field is divided into four territories and a cell located in the center. Depending on where Aldo is located during the launch of free spins, it will be determined which of the five locations will be selected for the free spins draw. There are five options available:

• Italy – In this location, free spins start with x2 multiplier that will increase by one with each spin.
• Mongolia – On each spin, Aldo randomly removes one set of low value symbols, and leaves only high value symbols on the reels.
• Persia – Sticky wild symbols will be added to the playing field at each spin.
• China – The round starts with a multiplier of x2, and you will also see that on each spin, Aldo will create a horizontal or vertical line of wilds.
• Travel – The round starts with a x2 multiplier with all four active modes described above. Aldo activates the relevant features of a certain mode, depending on which area he is in.

However, that’s not all. There is another very interesting feature called Wild Time. It is activated every time Aldo lands in the center cell during the base game. Then you can get from three to nine additional wild symbols, as well as a x2, x3, or x4 multiplier for your winnings.

• Summing it up, I would like to say that Aldo’s Journey is a very interesting and high-quality slot developed by Yggdrasil Gaming. Playing it, you can make an exciting journey around the world, as well as earn good prizes.

Slot Rating

Aldo’s Journey Symbols and Paytable

5	x2
4	x0.8
3	x0.4

5	x2
4	x0.8
3	x0.4

5	x2
4	x0.8
3	x0.4

5	x2
4	x0.8
3	x0.4

5	x1
4	x0.4
3	x0.2

5	x1
4	x0.4
3	x0.2

5	x1
4	x0.4
3	x0.2

5	x1
4	x0.4
3	x0.2

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