When playing slots I care for graphics and overall experience, gambling is about fun and spending a good time, after all, isn't it? So yeah, graphics, colors, themes contribute to the overall experience. There is an extremely wide range of slots these days, so for any kind of payout you are likely to find many slots with different themes, so why bother with the boring ones?
IMO slots with royals aren't really interesting, a lot depends on the provider also. I personally really like
Relax,
Yggdrasil, and
Thunderkick.
Ah, absolutely agree with this. And the providers you mentioned ROCK! Also ELK Studios, Play'n GO, and Push gaming have some really cool slots with amazing visuals.
The main ideas why Royals should remain in history are:
- Lazy solution
- Don't contribute to the thematic experience
- Ruin the possibility of players to fully immerse into the storyline
- Slots without Royals are more 'graphically rich'
- It's better for providers to invest the time creating Royals into creating themed symbols
What a load of rubbish. You know why "lazy" solutions are the best? Because they are usually the simplest format to represent something. Numbers 2,3 and 4 are all trying to say the same thing in a slightly different way. "Royal" figures can be represented in any form you like and do not need to be restricted to a certain graphical representation, they are simply a different way of showing certain numbers. There is good reason that "old" stuff has lasted for such a long time and it's because no one came up with better solutions that were easily memorable - people aren't going to bother trying to relearn how to use a deck of cards because some marketing nobody decided that royalty was bad. It seems these people have nothing better to do than sit around all day trying to reinvent the wheel.
It's not necessarily rubbish. Some of the most popular slots these days like Jammin Jars, Reactoonz, Goblin's Cove, Starburst, Gonzo's Quest, and many more are actually slots without Royals. If they remain popular and widely played, I guess players do enjoy them even without the Royals. As for why Royals still exist, it's obvious in the reposnses that for some players they provide a simpler experience and that's perfectly fine and acceptable. Nevertheless, I think that we'll see less and less from them as most new games come without them while providers try to focus on the visual experience more.
I think the shift is obvious even in crypto casinos. Proprietary provably slots used to be so simple, but now casinos are releasing more graphically advanced solutions. I think that's going to be the main trend moving forwards but we'll see.
