The company also offers a progressive jackpot system through their network of interrelated casino operators. Several top-rated online casinos that are connected to our site are powered by Microgaming software. Microgaming keeps on extending and improving its portfolio. In this way the company aims to maintain and further improve its position in the online gaming software market.

 

Skin & Layout

Back to Basic

When opening a random Microgaming casino the first thing that stands out is how orderly and logical the skin and layout is. No fancy 3D images or eye-catching animations, but a clear arrangement of buttons that share a common look. From looking at the skin and layout it appears clearly that simplicity and orderliness have been chosen over jazzy graphics and screaming animations, as is the case at Playtech casinos.

Arranging the Buttons

The first page you will enter in a Microgaming casino is naturally the games section. This page is filled with 10 different category buttons for the different types of games. On the right side of the screen you will find a sort of menu bar to switch to pages like 'news', 'my account', 'bank', 'help', and 'contact us'.

All-in-One

The whole software interface functions as an integrated system. When you click for example on the news button in the menu bar, the news page will load into the interface, and not into a separate screen or external browser. This is a clear advantage over Playtech casinos, where every page loads into a new screen or internet browser. The software of Microgaming functions as one integrated package, which makes it simple and user friendly.

 

Graphics & Sound

The Style that Suits You

At Microgaming casinos the look of the table games is somewhat arcade-like. The graphical quality is good, but the images look less realistic than at Playtech. Whereas Playtech has clearly done a lot of effort to create a realistic three-dimensional look of the casino environment, Microgaming has consciously chosen to avoid this.

A Matter of Taste

This is not a bad thing at all; it is just a matter of personal taste. At Microgaming some of the table games look flat and the cards and the chips are two-dimensional. Other table games, like roulette or different variants of Blackjack, look more three-dimensional. Yet in general, Playtech games look more spatial and more real-life than Microgaming games. It's up to you which of the two looks you prefer.

Need for Speed

About the look of the games can't be disputed, but everybody will enjoy the possibility to play games at a fast pace. And it is precisely the speed of the games which is a slight disadvantage of Microgaming games. Whereas in Playtech casinos everything goes instantly and without any time delays, in Microgaming casinos at some points you have to wait a second or two to make your next move. This problem can unfortunately not be undone by setting the game speed to 'fastest'.

No Matter of Live and Death

The time delays are not so immense that one has to wait for minutes for a game to load, a bet to be placed, or a card to be dealt. It is just that each time the dealer hits you with a card, you place a bet, or you hit the re-bet button, you have to wait for a second for the game to be continued. This issue is not determinative for the overall software quality, but it does influence the enjoyment of the game to a certain degree.

The Sound of Gambling

The sound effects in Microgaming casinos are of good quality and contribute to a good gaming experience. An original aspect of the sound effects is the possibility of turning on background noises. In this way one hears the background noises of a real casino: Slot machine tunes playing, people talking and laughing, footsteps, and the dealer talking. The nice thing about the background sound is that it makes you feel like you are in a real casino, without being distracted or annoyed at all.

Summarizing, we can say that the game play is somewhat slow, the graphics are arcade-like but of good quality, and the sounds are very original.

 

Game Variety

An Extensive Collection

When looking at the sheer number of available games, the game offer at Microgaming is just astonishing. It offers over 300 different games divided over the different gaming categories; however some categories are a bit overrepresented.

From the 300 games more than two thirds of them are slot machines. While having choice is always a good thing, having 200 different slot machines is somewhat superfluous. However, the 100 remaining places are dispersed reasonably well because all standard table games are represented, as well as the video poker games.

Unique Features - Presence and Absence

What is a real good feature about the software provider is that one can play tournaments and Sit & Go's (small 5-player tournaments) against other players, either for real money or for free with a small real money price pool. When looking at the Microgaming portfolio it stands out that there are no arcade games like in the Playtech collection.

Microgaming does have a live game feature, albeit not so far developed as the live gaming feature of Playtech, the company promised rapid progress in this area. So, in some areas Playtech manages to outclass the Microgaming portfolio with further developed unique features. Yet all in all, it can be concluded that the game variety at Microgaming Casinos is really good.

Microgaming casinos provide the players with a broad collection of games, equipped with good arcade-like graphics and nice sound effects, brought together in an all-in-one no-nonsense interface.

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