Suncather Gigablox

Overview Suncatcher Gigablox

Suncatcher Gigablox is the latest game from the Swedish game developer Yggdrasil. The theme for this slot is beautiful gems and cut-glass shapes and how they interact with the sunlight. This means lots of light bending prisms and rainbow colours presented in an appealing kaleidoscopic fashion, as symbols fall onto the reels. We have never come across this theme before here at Slots 777, in fact it could possibly be entirely new to the industry. Whatever the case, Yggdrasil has created something genuinely hypnotising in this new Gigablox slot.

The features for this game include, first and foremost, the eponymous Gigablox feature, which sees linked reels that are made up of 2x2 or 3x3 colossal symbols. These symbols count the same as 4 or 9 regular symbols, respectively. This game also has a wild re-spin feature. In this bonus, when the wild lands, it expands to fill the whole reel. This wild then locks in place for a re-spin. Finally, a golden bet feature doubles the cost of each spin it is active on to give you 3x more wilds, boosting your chances of triggering the other features. All bonuses will be explained more fully later in this review.

Theme and Symbols

As we have discussed, this slot game is framed around the extraordinary colours and dazzling displays that occur when light bends inside a prism or structured glass shape. This is immediately recognisable as one of the most colourful slots we have ever reviewed. Still, due to Yggdrasil’s design quality, the theme doesn’t seem tacky, only quite fascinating and beautiful. If you were trying to be critical, you could say that it is just a derivative of the ever-popular gems theme that grace almost 1 in every 3 slots these days.

The background for Suncatcher Gigablox, as is probably sensible, is just an opaque black background. The intelligence of this lies in the fact that the symbols generate so much light and colour that you need a plain background to appreciate the light show properly. This is the same concept as to why you need a dark night sky to enjoy fireworks. The pleasing contrast is something that immediately catches the eye.

Thankfully, the board for this game is just as dark and helps compound the effect of the background, once again giving players that pleasing contrast between the symbols and their surroundings. The only thing separating the board and the background is a thin strip of reflective material that takes on the colours of whatever symbol is nearby.

The symbols for this slot are comprised entirely of gemstones; there are 7 of these in total. The most valuable of the standard gems is the red jewel which, if you land the top combination of 5 on a pay line, pays out at 10x your total stake. This game’s wild symbol is the shimmering white cut glass prism that reflects all the colours in its centre. This symbol can land on all of the reels and helps form winners by substituting in for other regular symbols. The wild is also the most valuable symbol on the board, paying 25x your total stake for 5 on a pay line. This symbol you’ll remember is also the key to unlocking the wild re-spins feature.

Game Play

Suncatcher Gigblox is played on a 5-reel, 3-row playing board with 10 fixed pay lines. To create winners in this game, players must match 3 symbols in combination from left to right on the reels. The betting range for Suncatcher Gigblox is 10p to as much as £1,000 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, use the bet adjuster tool located at the bottom of the playing window.
Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu via the plus button.

The spin button is located underneath the centre of the reels. You can set up auto spins in the game’s menu.
The volatility for Suncatcher Gigblox is rated in the middle of the range. The return to player percentage for Suncatcher Gigblox is 96% which is perfectly average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 1,430 x your total stake.

Features

There are 3 features in this game; each one is described below:

The first feature you will no doubt encounter is the Gigablox feature. This feature sees huge, outsized symbols fall onto the reels in 2x2 and 3x3 size combinations. Each of these is equal in value to 4 or 9 regular symbols, respectively. The game guarantees you to land at least one of these Gigablox per spin. However, things get more interesting when multiples of these symbols land. When this happens, you are more likely to score bigger wins.

The second feature in this game is the wild re-spins feature. This feature is triggered whenever a wild symbol lands on the reels. The wild then expands to fill the entire reel on which it landed, turning the whole reel wild. This expanded wild is then locked in place for a re-spin. If in this re-spin another wild lands, it will also expand and become locked in place before another re-spin occurs.

This process continues until no new wilds are found. The ideal situation with this bonus is to turn all 5 reels wild. If you manage to do this, the game will award you 500x your total stake as a bonus payout.

Finally, there is the golden bet feature. Suppose you fancy risking a little more for a higher chance of triggering some features. In that case, the golden bet bonus allows you to double the cost of each spin in exchange for 3x as many wilds landing on the reels in the base game, giving you a greater chance of triggering one of the features.

Conclusion

With an original theme, an exciting Gigablox gaming dynamic and some serious payouts, Yggdrasil have swung for the fences in their latest slot. The crazy top betting option of £1,000 per spin has also not gone unnoticed. Although this is a game for a broad spectrum of gamers, this doesn’t stop the high rollers from making some serious cash.