The Phantom of the Opera branded slot has opened to rave reviews at Microgaming online casinos like Royal Vegas, 32Red and Gaming Club. The game loads with the announcement “Take your seats. The opera is about to begin”. The reels are set in the background of the opera stage and you listen to music from the original show.

The Phantom of the Opera is a 243 ways to win online slot. Despite being rich in bonus features the total bet is only 30 times the line bet. The game logo is the wild symbol. It can appear double stacked in the base game. This symbol also awards the highest line payouts. A combination of five symbols pays 300 times the line bet. The famous mask of the Phantom is the scatter symbol. It appears only in the base game and awards payouts multiplied by the total bet.

The high paying symbols are the characters in the story. They are depicted from the 2004 movie version of The Phantom of the Opera. The main characters appear expanded over two rows. The characters include the Phantom, Christine, Raoul, Carlotta and Firmin and Andre as one symbol. The low paying symbols are also associated with the opera and include rose, music sheet, perfume dispenser and binoculars.

The chandelier of the opera house comes crashing down in the climax of the story. In this Microgaming branded slot the Chandelier Bonus is randomly triggered in the base game. As it falls down it converts up to three reels totally wild. The mysterious letter written by the Phantom can appear on reel 5 in the base game and will award up to 20 times the total bet.

The action lies in the main bonus feature that is triggered when three or more scatter symbols appear on the reels. You can choose from three features that are named after hit songs from the opera. Music of the Night awards 10 free spins. In each free spin the Phantom can award one or more of the following features: 4x payout multiplier, 3 wild reels, 5 randomly placed wild symbols and 5 additional free spins. All I Ask of You also awards 10 free spins in which Raoul and Christine become dancing wilds. They waltz to different positions on the reels in each spin and award benefits based on their orientation. The benefits include multipliers, wild reels and wild blocks. Masquerade is a 3-level pick objects bonus game on the second screen that awards cash prizes.