Night Trax

Overview Night Trax

Players are welcomes by ELK studios to play this unusual yet captivating new game that takes the iconic streets of Miami and bathes them in neon light. However, the Tron-style/Miami Vice theme is not the only thing that will have your head spinning. The features and gameplay are also incredibly novel and exciting. Indeed, once you have learnt how everything works and the tremendous value of some of the prizes on offer, players will be begging to play another round of Night Trax.

In terms of the features on offer here, as we have mentioned, they are pretty innovative. To start, we have the Trax re-spin feature, which, when triggered, re-spins all the non-winning symbols on a pay line. Next, we have the diagonal pay line feature, which connects diagonal arrow symbols with arrows of the same colour to create new pay lines. The Splits feature is very similar to the diagonal feature, but it creates multipliers too. Finally, we have the bonus free spins game and the X-iter features, which will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

In many ways, the theme for this game (thanks to the many neon arrows on the screen) reminds one of the dancing arcade games that you might play as a child. The bumping music, super colourful screen and dynamic pace of everything transports you right back to smashing your heels on different parts of the light-up dance floor. However, there is also a strong tone of Miami Vice in the palm trees, skyscrapers, and colour palette. Finally, thanks to the neon grids everywhere, you also get a strong association with the film Tron. However, for whatever reason, it all fits together in an energising and appealing way.

The background for Night Trax is a road illuminated by neon grids and lights, fringed at both sides by the tower blocks and shops of the Miami high street. Cleverly, the background has been dimmed significantly, meaning that the images behind the board are but a shadow compared to the saturated brightness of the symbols on the board. This contrast helps the symbols stand out as though they were neon elements on your screen.

The board is probably the most straightforward part of the design, being just a simple black box with sections delineated for the symbols to sit in. This is perhaps for the best, as there is already a lot going on without the board being another riot of colour.
In terms of symbols for this game, they are comprised of 7 brightly coloured arrows. The most valuable of these is the purple arrow, which pays 10x your total stake for the top combination of 6 on a pay line. Joining these arrows are the special symbols. The first is the wild symbol, which is represented by a W. The second is the scatter; this is illustrated as the game's logo. Landing 3 or more of these will activate the free spins round.

Game Play

Night Trax is a free slot online played on a 6-reel, 4-row playing board with 72 pay lines available to play on. To achieve wins in this slot, players must match a minimum of 3 of a kind on a pay line. Winning combinations can start anywhere on the playing board. To score wins, all you need to do is match 3 or more symbols on a pay line from either right to left or left to right. The betting range for Night Trax is 20p to £100 per spin.

Players can toggle their stake up and down using the coin value adjuster tool located in the menu settings. The current coin value is displayed on the bottom of the reels to the left. Information about the slot, including the paytable and the auto spins options, can be found via the menu button on the left-hand side of the reels.

The volatility rating for Night Trax is in the highly volatile end of the spectrum. The return to player percentage for Night Trax is 95%, a touch under the average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is a weighty 10,000x your stake.

Features

There are five bonus features in this crazy game, so keep an eye out. Each one is explained below:
The first feature in this game is the Trax Re-spins feature. This feature is activated every time that you get a winning combination. When activated, every non-winning symbol on the pay line spins again. The re-spins will continue until no new winning symbols are added.

The second feature in this game is the diagonal pay line feature. In this game, diagonal arrow symbols can connect with other arrows of the same colour on the board in multiple directions until they reach their endpoint, creating new wins.
Next on the feature list is the Splits feature. This feature works similarly to the diagonal arrows feature. However, for this feature, arrows of the same colour split into multiple directions and create multipliers. The more splits that each arrow makes, the higher the attached multiplier. The top multiplier available here is 32x.

The most complex feature in Night Trax, however, is the free spins bonus game. To trigger this feature, players must land 3 or more bonus symbols on the same spin. These scatters that were used to trigger the bonus game, then transform into sticky multipliers for the free spins.

You will start the bonus game with 3 free spins. However, you will be taken to a new board solely comprised of blanks, multipliers and arrows. Every time that a multiplier lands, the free spins count will reset to 3. If you manage to connect arrow symbols with multipliers, they will also turn into multipliers.
There are 3 types of multipliers available to land during the bonus game, they are:
Low Value Multipliers = 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 7x or
Medium Value Multipliers = 10x, 15x, 25x or 50x
High Value Multipliers = 100x, 250x or 500x
When your spins run out, all multipliers are totalled into one value to give you a payout. After this, you will go back to the regular game.

This ELK slot, like many of their newer products has the X-iter feature available on it. Sadly, this is not available to players in the UK. This feature is a bonus buy feature that allows players to purchase access to various levels of bonus play.

Conclusion

If new and different are what you are looking for when searching for a slot game to play, then Night Trax might be precisely what you're after. Its futuristic theme, crazy features, and fun gameplay all help give this slot an appeal that few in the industry have. In terms of paying out, the high volatility is a little worrying. However, this usually means big payouts. At 10,000x your stake as the top win available, Night Trax slot certainly promises that.