Stellar Ways
Stellar Ways
The Basics
Just when I thought I’d seen the last of those space-gem themed games, along comes 1X2 Gaming with Stellar Ways slot.
With more than just a nod to Starburst and its predecessors, how will this release match up? Well, it comes with 486 pay-lines – which is many more than the original… Not as many as the Joyful Joker slot though, I’m just saying!
So let’s shoot for stars slot fans – it’s time to give it a spin.
The Graphics
The see-through reels are set in a backdrop of outer space. Which is dust and stars mainly with the odd asteroid thrown in too; your standard space-gem -game design. However, I really liked the sci-fi soundtrack that comes with this slot. It’s a soothing electro tune that really will take you to a galaxy far far away… It makes a change from The Green Knight slot (medieval) and Finn and the Swirly Spin (Irish)!
The Play
Stellar Ways slot vomes with 5 reels, 3 rows and 486 pay-lines. Well actually it’s 243, but the game pays out both ways, doubling your win ways. Compared to pay-line games, even ones like the Gold Collector slot with its 50 lines, that’s a decent portion of ways to win. You can place your intergalactic bets from 0.10 to 100.00 per spin.
To create a winning combination, land 3x or more matching icons on adjoining reels. And talking about wins, the maximum on offer in this slot is 1,500x your stake.
Pay Table
Your reel icons include a mixture of interplanetary jewels that come in hues of red, purple, orange, blue, yellow and green as your low value symbols. While the red and blue planets are the more lucrative icons. Hit 5x of the silvery blue ones and you’ll be awarded with 70x your original bet. I say!
Finally, the Wild icon is the star of the show. It will show up on reels 2, 3, and 4 only and is responsible for the game’s one and only bonus round.
It will also do the usual Wild job of standing in for all other symbols to make extra wins for you.
The Bonuses
Wild Re-spins
Whenever the Wild icon hits the reels, it will set off this feature.
Next, it will expand over the whole reel and lock in place and you’ll be given a re-spin of the other reels. If a new wild hits on the re-spin, it will also expand and lock giving you a second re-spin but this time with 2 wild reels.
Hit a third, and you could end up with the entire middle 3 reels wild. As you can probably imagine, my fine friends, this can give you some whopping great big wins.
The Monkey Verdict
Stellar Ways slot is basic my fine friends. So it won’t be for you if you’re looking for HD graphics and lots of bonuses. That said, it’s a decent Starburst copy and the wild re-spin feature is always a good way to keep the smaller wins coming in.