Mid-Life Crisis

It’s very difficult to get used to the fact that we’re getting old. Especially as we get closer to certain age. We feel our skin gets looser, our body weaker, our brain slower. But there’s a fun way to overcome all these unpleasant feelings of insecurity – get wild in Vegas or stay at home and play “Mid-Life Crisis.” I bet the latter will make you laugh until your stomach hurts.

This is an amusing 5-reel, 9-payline progressive slot, provided to us by Realtime Gaming. Its characters, as well as special features are as funny as it gets – a bold, middle-aged guy, who’s trying to get younger, three hot ladies (or as they call them, Lovely Ladies), and a number of objects that represent certain signs of middle age crisis, especially in men – expensive cars, Jacuzzis, Harley bikes, adventurous parachuting ventures, etc.

As this is a progressive slot, one may think that there won’t be much choice when it comes to betting sums. However, “Mid-Life Crisis” will prove you wrong. Even though there is only one coin value (and it’s not very low, $0.25), you still get to pick the number of lines you want to play on, and the number of coins you intend to place per payline. It’s true that the bet amounts can get very high, but if you decide that you want to go for the ultimate prize – the $100,000 jackpot, you will need to spend quite a decent amount per spin, since you can only win it if you play with all five coins per line

Bonus Rounds:

To make things funnier, you’ll see two bonus rounds in “Mid-Life Crisis.” The first is triggered when you see a gold medallion necklace, a middle-aged boldie, and a toupee on the reels (those are supposed to be three Mid-Life Man symbols). That’s when a full-package Mid-Life Man will stand up before the reels and award you with some bonus credits. The second bonus feature is a bit more proactive: three Lovely Ladies scattered anywhere on the reels will open a Pick Your Poison Bonus Round, in which you get to choose between an adventure or Krazy Al’s Miracle Youth Tonic. Both those award bonus credits, but the Youth Tonic Feature is the funnier of the two, because it presents you a number of hilarious characters.

Jackpot:

If you’re up for a little ride on a fancy, $100,000 worth sports car, you will need five cars on a payline, with a maximum bet. And when you get them, they will even let you pick the color of this valuable car, any you’d like! However, if you’d rather take money instead of the car, that’s possible, too. It’s just that easy to overcome mid-life crisis these days.

Speaking of easy, this easy-going slot is made for everyone. Perhaps it doesn’t share the thrill and brightness of classic, themed video slots, but it offers just as much, if not even more fun. And it also raises our awareness about what just about any of us may become when mid-life strikes.