Medusa's Gaze: Hold & Stone by Triple Cherry places a five-reel, three-row game in the world of Greek mythology. Its 25 paylines provide the ordinary matching-symbol play, with Medusa appearing as the Wild. Giant-symbol Free Spins and a Link Bonus built around held cash prizes give the game two different feature directions.
Quick take: Medusa's game shifts between oversized central symbols and cash prizes that stay put while respins add to the collection.
Theme and Gameplay
Medusa is more than the name above the reels: she is also the Wild symbol to watch among ordinary line results. The compact board keeps those combinations within a familiar shape before a feature changes the way its positions are used.
The distinction becomes clearest when comparing the two bonus formats. Free Spins turn the middle of the reels into a giant-symbol area, while the cash feature keeps individual prizes in their positions. One draws attention to a large central result; the other asks you to follow what has already been collected and what a later respin adds.
Slot Features
The Free Spins round begins with eight spins and uses giant 3×3 symbols across the middle three reels. Nine central positions share one oversized symbol, making that part of the result the feature's defining change. The surrounding reels still matter when reading the resulting line combinations.
In Link Bonus, the triggering cash-prize symbols remain held while subsequent respins can land additional prizes. The useful thing to follow is the collection itself: existing symbols stay in place as new arrivals add to the board.
The game also offers purchased access to Free Spins where available. This provides another way into the giant-symbol round, with the outcome still determined by its spins.
Feature focus: Read the two features differently: the giant symbol changes the central reel area during Free Spins, while Link Bonus preserves individual cash prizes and gives respins opportunities to add more.
RTP and Win Potential
Link Bonus has Mini, Major and Grand prize tiers worth 10x, 100x and 1,000x the bet respectively. The game's overall maximum win is 1,169x. Grand is therefore a named feature prize within a game whose total advertised ceiling is higher.
My Thoughts On This Slot
The held-prize mechanic is a fitting use of Medusa's theme. Watching cash symbols stay fixed gives the title a concrete connection to what happens on the board, while the giant-symbol round offers a different kind of change.
Someone seeking a complicated chain of upgrades may find the appeal here more direct. The attraction is following two clear transformations of a conventional reel set: a larger central symbol or a growing collection of held prizes. That makes this a comfortable choice for players who enjoy familiar line play with distinct bonus formats.
Final Take: Medusa's Gaze: Hold & Stone gives its mythological theme a useful role through fixed cash prizes and giant-symbol Free Spins.
