Emerald’s Infinity Reels

Overview Emerald’s Infinity Reels

Relax Gaming is a game designer which has been on the come up for some time now, creating smash hits such as Kluster Kyrstals, which took players by surprise with its instantly likeable gameplay and multicoloured theme. Now Relax Gaming are back with their newest game, Emerald’s Infinity Reels, an excellent combination of the Infinity Reels game mechanic and a tried and trusted theme in the luck of the Irish.

Emerald’s Infinity Reels is all about relaxing into the calming music and serene background and biding your time until one of the exciting bonus features springs into life. Although this can take a little while, it is worth it when it happens, as the features are both fun and rewarding.

The main one being the unique Infinity Reels dynamic which adds reels to the grid with each set of winning symbols. Other features include a lucky re-spin bonus, multipliers, and a free spins round with added scatters. Although Irish-themed slots seem to be ubiquitous at the moment, Relax Gaming has at least brought something new with the Infinity Reels dynamic and a fun waterfall background, separating it from the endless green pastures so typical of this genre.

Theme and Symbols

The theme as mentioned for this online slot game is the well-trodden Irish/magical Leprechaun theme that seems to be so in vogue now. Relax Gaming create a bucolic setting for Emerald’s Infinity Reels, using a sunny forest as the background. At the centre of this high-resolution natural landscape is a waterfall, which is cleverly used as the board for the game. Looking around the screen, players should feel a peaceful calm descended upon them, which is emphasised by the tranquil soundtrack.

Regular symbols for this game perhaps unsurprisingly take the form of 3 different coloured gemstones with clovers growing around their edges. They come in yellow, green and red, and award players 0.40x, 0.50x and 0.60x their stake respectively. These low-end symbols are then followed by the picture icons which make up the higher value symbols. Amongst these, there are a leprechaun’s smoking pipe, beer flagons and the cheeky ginger leprechaun himself. This game has no wild symbol as it is centred around the Infinity Reels concept, however, it does have a scatter symbol (the harp) which is used to trigger the free spins feature.

Game Play

Emerald’s Infinity Reels slot game is played on a 3×4 format with the special Infinity Reels game engine, first developed by the Australian software developer ReelPlay. The Infinity Reels game engine keeps adding more reels to the board window with every new winning collection of symbols. This increases your chances of creating more and bigger wins.

Wins for this game are granted when matching symbols land on a pay line together on the same spin, starting from the leftmost reel. Pays are calculated by multiplying the number of matching symbols with the attributed value for the symbol.

The betting range for Emerald's Infinity Reels is 20p to £50 per spin, meaning a wide range of coin values are offered to players. The volatility for this slot is very high, however, there are a lot of dead spins, so be prepared to wait a while to get the game going. The return to player percentage is 96.60%, just a touch over average. The maximum win achievable for this slot on one spin is a temping 24,056x your stake.

Features

At the centre of gameplay for Emerald’s Infinity Reels is as we have mentioned, the novel Infinity Reels mechanic, which will trigger re-spins and add new reels on the right-hand side of the board for every winning spin. To land a winning spin, players must land matching symbols across the reels, starting from the left-most reel.

In doing so the reels will move to the left and the new winning symbol is added to the board from the right. As this is happening, the reel at the right-hand side will re-spin. If this re-spin lands another winning symbol, a scatter or one of the x2 multiplier symbols, the Infinity Reel mechanic will trigger again, adding yet more reels.
This game mechanic has no limit and will continue to occur until the right-hand reel does not land one of these three symbols when re-spin.

You will notice that throughout the game, the multiplier x2 icons are liable to land on any of the re-spins. Landing them on the left reel will see the multiplier applied to the number of collected symbols up to the most recent spin. Any multipliers that are still around at the end of the game do not apply to winnings.

Not all of the bonuses rely on the Infinity Reels mechanic, however. If you land three of the harp scatter icons on the same spin, you will trigger the free spins round. This gives players 12 free spins with every further scatter that is landed granting another 2 spins to the running tally. Again, there are no limits to this bonus both in terms of how many times you can trigger the feature and how many free spins you can accrue. Landing the x2 symbol in the free spins round doubles the number of all types of symbols collected on the board.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, this game is about collecting symbols by matching those on the board. If you do this, you can’t go wrong. The relaxing graphics, easy-going game mechanics and fun leprechaun cheekiness of this slot make for a highly enjoyable romp through the enchanted Irish woodland. If that wasn’t enough to whet your appetite, there is also a thoroughly motivating top payout of 24,056x stake.