24/11/20
Gem Rocks slot from Yggdrasil Gaming is based on the soft-used theme of mining and features a series of surprisingly soft and gem-hearted giants. However, unlike the majority of online slot machine games, Gem Rocks slot manages to stand out from the crowd through its rather unique gameplay and top of the line graphics.
Like all Yggdrasil games, this one is available across a range of devices, losing nothing in these transitions, enabling you to have a few spins no matter where you happen to be.
With Gem Rocks slot Yggdrasil has created a six-reel game with four rows and a whopping 4096 ways to win. To have such a large number of paylines means that the usual payline format is not used, so instead wins are formed by simply matching symbols from the left side of the reels.
The setting for this slot is in a gemstone mine. The reels themselves are completely framed in solid rock and the symbols on the reels also follow this trend. At the base of the reels are your usual buttons including the spin button, coin value and max bet options, helping to make the game easier to play. The left side of the reels has a meter and this we’ll get to in a minute.
The symbols, as we mentioned, are also designed to look like rocks, though each of them is a different colour and each holds a different shape inside them. These shapes include a star, a crescent moon shape, a blue triangle, a grey triangle, a circle, a square, an orange cross and a diamond. These are the only symbols present because there are no bonus icons available.
TheMatisch.at would like to point out here that although there are no bonus icons, this doesn’t mean that there are no bonus features. In fact, the main feature of Gem Rocks slot is actually in the gameplay itself, something called Dropdown Wins. This is essentially the Yggdrasil version of the cascading reels found on a number of other games.
What this entails is that any symbol that is part of a win will explode, mining style, disappearing only to be replaced by more blocks falling into their place. This means that new wins can be formed on just a single spin, giving you more opportunities to, quite literally, strike gold.
The meter on the left side of the reels is related to this and will become activated when a specific number of consecutive wins occur. After this, larger rocks, dubbed Monster Rocks, will fall onto the reels. In this fashion, two consecutive wins will see you receive a 2×3 Monster Rock, five wins gives you a 3×3 Monster Rock and nine wins awards you with a 4×4 Monster Rock.
Needless to say, this helps to give you more chances at creating those winning combos. When no more wins are available, the meter will reset itself and the process begins again.
Rather surprisingly for an Yggdrasil game, there are no Gem Rocks free spins available.
TheMatisch.at thinks that this slot rocks, and he’ll tell you why.
“With the Gem Rocks slot, Yggdrasil have decided to forgo flashy bonus games and focus on straightforward and rewarding gameplay with big win potential from the Monster Rocks feature. If you’re not too bothered to watch the reels spin, we suggest you set the autoplay feature and let the game take care of itself for a while.”
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