Pragmatic Play frequently explores the Aztec and Mayan themes, a popular choice among game developers. However, Fortunes of the Aztec manages to provide a visually appealing backdrop. On the left-hand side, you'll encounter a picturesque waterfall, while on the right, a classic Aztec pyramid dominates the scene. In the centre, there's a well-designed 6x4 grid adorned with Aztec-themed ornaments. The reels take after colourfully carved stonework that contrasts the surrounding vegetation perfectly. The sounds are equally thematic and will immerse you into the ancient adventure when enabled.
The soundtrack is nice too, so while there's nothing extraordinary to tickle the senses, Fortunes of Aztec doesn't put a foot wrong audio-visually either.
As for symbols, lows are represented by vine-covered carved 9 to A card ranks, then stylistic representations of a fish, a head, a red backgrounded mask, and a gold backgrounded mask. Wild symbols can appear on reels 3 to 6 to substitute for any pay symbol. Winning symbols are removed and replaced via the Tumbling mechanic, and this process repeats as long as you keep winning.
Fortunes of Aztec's scatter symbol appears on all but the leftmost reel in the base game and in free spins. Hitting 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters in the base game awards 12, 15, 20, or 25 free spins, respectively.
Win Multiplier occurs when all symbols from an entire reel are cleared as part of tumbling, the global win multiplier (which starts at x1) increases by +1. When a tumbling sequence ends, the multiplier up till that point is applied to the total win.
Fortunes of the Aztec caters to those who love gameplay that has both classic and original elements to it. If no feature gets activated, the base game is still interesting but as soon as wilds, scatters or other special symbols or features appear on the screen, it gets to the whole new level.