With the Frozen Gems slot machine, the Play n GO fellows are testing new ways to mix expanding reels and multipliers using a splitting modifier.
Overview
It is a 5 reel, three row slot from the well-known and impressive Play n Go. It has been carved from ice in the frozen wastelands where a collection of unique Gemstones will be waiting to be collected.
To boost your wins right up to the 10 000x mark you have to play 20p per spin and a complex mix of free spins, multipliers and splitting modifies, this will include wilds as well. The rating of Frozen Gems is 96.63% because the variance is medium high.
About Frozen Gems Slot
In Frozen Gems you have a 5 reel slot which can expand from 243 wins right up to 8748 win way spin. This happens if the reels expand far enough for you. It also has a cascading wins mechanic which has additional unlimited multipliers in the bonus round. It can lead to exciting win trails.
The background of this game is that of an icy realm. In this slot we are looking at a medium to high variance rating.
Symbols and Paytable
The 10 to Ace playing cards represent the low value symbols. The premium icons are the gemstones in green, purple, red and orange. These are not high value though because the top on offers just 1x for 5 on a line.
There is also the W icon which represents the wild. This wild will substitute for all regular symbols to form win lines. It can also bring about 2,5 times the bet for the maximum combination of 5 on a line. Finally, there is a scatter, which is required to unlock the free spins round.
Frozen Gems Slot Gameplay and Features
The horizontal reel at the top of the reel set, as well as the scatters landing on the reels will unlock the additional features. The player should be hitting a mix of free spins, expanding reels and multipliers so as to reach the 10000x payout.
1. Cascading Reels Feature
These are triggered by every winning spin, so the winning icons will be removed. In place of the winning icons, new symbols come in to fill in the blanks, while trying to create a winning combination. This process will be repeated, until no more win lines are created.
Essentially, the cascading wins feature comes with an unlimited progressive multiplier which can go up by 1x.
2. Bonus Wheel Feature
A frozen horizontal Bonus Wheel is above the regular reels. Each symbol here can influence the reel beneath it with a modifier. Bonus wilds are represented by symbols on the Bonus Wheel. The Bonus wilds turn the reel beneath into a fully wild reel, 2x Splitting Scatters and 3x Splitting Scatters.
Splitting Reels result in an increase in the quantity of symbols on the reels, and also in the number of paylines which will be available. This is an Expanding Reel feature. The player may reach 243 ways to win, however with enough splitting symbols, the ways to win can increase up to 8 748.
It is first necessary to land three winning symbols or scatters on the reel below, so as to activate the bonus wheel modifiers.
3. Frozen spins feature
In order to trigger the Frozen Spins feature, three Scatters are needed on the reels at the same time. At this moment a 5x bet win, as 9 free spins is triggered. Another free spin is received by the player for every additional Scatter landed during the feature.
If there happen to be any multiplier active on the triggering spin, it will eventually be carried to the frozen spins feature. After a non-winning spin, the winning multiplier does not reset. The win multiplier during free spins will go up by 1x.
Conclusion
The game is a complex-looking slot and it is also part of a wave of games than try to find the best and it also engages format to rival Megaways. The Bonus Wheel and splitting scatters feels a bit complicated to some extent. With all said, the math’s model is pretty decent here and there is plenty to be excited about.
The whole slots world is entranced by high variance, expanding reel sets and free spins/ multiplier combos right now. This is quite some interesting stuff especially if you understand and enjoy the slot. The game will clearly make sense after a few spins. The regular feature might drop whilst chasing down those big wins.