Bonus Review

Joker Jewels is our favourite from the new set of Playtech DC Comics slots, and features Cesar Romero as the hysterical, pale-faced, chemically-disfigured villain.

 Nobody ever played the role better, and this game brings him to life brilliantly alongside Batman and Robin, with some of their best gadgets appearing on the reels and yielding some highly imaginative feature rounds along with the central protagonists.

The Batman vs The Joker Free Games feature is triggered by spinning the green Bonus symbol simultaneously on Reels 1, 3 and 5. All wins in this feature are multiplied by the Bat-Tastic Multiplier Meter. If you choose the Caped Crusader or the Clown Prince of Crime, you can add a 5 times multiplier to their side of the multiplier meter.

Whilst this feature plays out you’ll need to keep an eye out for the wild symbol during the feature as this move the multiplier meter to the left or to the right – there is no set amount of free spins as the feature ends when the multiplier meter lands on ‘End’.

The Joker Random Wilds feature can be activated on any spin in the base game, at which point his distinctive laugh will leap out of your speaker and he’ll reward you with up to 9 smile wild symbols in any position on any spin.

As with other Playtech DC Comics slots, there’s also access to the four way DC Superhero Progressive Jackpot. This is awarded semi-randomly in the base game – there’s no specific trigger for it, though it’s slightly biased in favour of higher-spending players. Once you’re awarded the progressive round you’ll be taken to a tile-turning game that works in a similar way to the Marvel equivalent that preceded the DC games, though this version is a little more exciting: Instead of turning tiles until three match up, you’ll accumulate points in specially-designed boxes next to each of the four differently-sized jackpots, with the larger pots requiring the most points.