The Great Albini 2

Will the Great Albini 2 slot magic up some great action for you? Let’s wave our wands about a bit and see…

Software provider Foxium released the original slot in 2019 based on a traditional circus magician with the symbols levitating on screen. This is the sequel of course.

With great game mechanics and bonus features in keeping with the game’s theme, players looking for a fun slot experience should keep reading.

Let’s look behind the curtain at this magical show from Foxium.

The Great Albini 2 Design

The look of this slot immediately draws you in as the curtains open to reveal a vintage magician’s stage lit up by various spotlights. You could say that it’s magic!

A wooden planked stage is backed by a dark blue curtain with gold trimming, drawn back on either side of the grid. To the left of the grid, the Great Albini himself is standing fully suited and booted with his cane in hand. It’s got that Victorian feel about it and reminds us of the Bust the Mansion slot, with a sprinkle of magic thrown in.

The play grid’s background blends in with the curtain behind it: a cartoon-style cloudy night sky. This changes during bonus features; the grid background blends with the stable environment like an optical illusion.

All of the play buttons sit below the reels of play, made up of various rectangles and squares of different colours.

The Great Albini 2 Gameplay

Magic is the critical factor of play here, of course,  as the Great Albini stands ready to fling his cane in the air and introduce features to the 5×4 grid (the same setup as the 5 Star Knockout slot from Northern Lights Gaming).

With each spin of the reels, new symbols appear, and combinations of 3 or more across 40 paylines being counted and payouts added to the kitty. If you like 40 as a pay-line number, you could also try Kings of Crystals from All41 Studios by the way. Just saying.

There’s a decent range of betting stake options, from low stakes at 0.20 coins per spin to up to a riskier higher stakes at 12.00 a spin. Find the perfect bet size between these two stakes and set off your spin.

Symbols that appear across the grid are all related to the magician, with plenty of nods to the magical arts.

The deck of cards 10, J, Q, K and A make up the low value symbols in various bright colours with a golden trim.

For bigger returns, you will be hoping to land the higher value symbols: the Lucky Cups and Knife symbols pay out 3x and 4x respectably. The most lucrative returns are scored from the Great Albini and his glamorous assistant Lily. The latter pays out a decent 5x the stake for 5 across a payline, whilst the main character in this slot returns 10x the stake set.

There is also a Scatter Wizards symbol in play to access the bonus features and a sapphire Special, coin purse Collect and a Wild symbol.

Magical Bonuses

Along with the Wild symbol that can substitute for other main game symbols and complete winning paylines, there are more magic bonus features to play for on the Great Albini 2 slot.

Bonus money gems on reels 1-4 offer cash payouts to lucky players. To trigger a cash payout relating to each symbol, you will need to land the Collect coin purse symbols on the 5th reel. The blue gem can pay up to 9x the stake, the purple gem between 10x and 20 and the red gem up to 50x the stake.

If 3 of the Scatter symbols that show Albini and Lily drop on a single spin, the magic duo will reward 3 re-spins during which no main game symbols appear. Throughout this feature, only bonus money gems, Lily and Albini, appear, with Lily awarding more spins and Albini bringing multipliers into play. The 3 spins reset every time a gem, Lily or Albini symbol drops, with the feature coming to an end when only blank symbols appear on the grid.

Quite a nice feature if you can manage to pull that particular rabbit out of the hat.

The Great Albini 2 Summary

If you want some magic in your life, then the Great Albinbi 2 slot is a good way to do it and offers some enjoyable gameplay at the same time. The bonus features can lead to some solid payouts from multipliers and main game symbols. “Shazam!”, we say.

Wombat Score: 3.8/5