Star Wilds Hot Spins Slot

Graphics

Star Wilds Hot Spins transports us to space, or at least that’s what impression we’re given by the glistening, starry background. The symbols float on the reels, similar to how they do on Berry Burst, so if you like that you’ll love this.

This time, though, there’s no fruit on hand but shiny shapes instead. This five reel, ten payline slot gives us Squares, Triangles, Pentagrams, along with the familiar Lucky Sevens and Bells.

It’s an odd road to go down, yet due to the bright colours and mystical background, it works surprisingly well. When making a successful combination, the symbols explode, the wins are displayed on screen and our smiles beam as brightly as the screen.

Gameplay

Each spin of the reel results in an explosion of colours. We’d recommend wearing sunglasses when playing this slot. But it’s the multi-coloured Star symbol which shines brightest, as it’s the slot’s Wild, substituting other symbols to help create winning combos.

The base game is fun enough, but what makes Star Wilds Hot Spins stand out compared to its retro competitors, is the Hot Spins feature. It has to, doesn’t it – it’s in the title!

When we land a win in the base game and our win is at least four times our stake or more, the Hot Spins feature is triggered. All of a sudden, we see the reels split into four separate reel sets. All winnings we’ve accumulated is reserved for this feature. Each time we hit the spin button, the individual reel sets go into motion. The top left one first, then top right, bottom left and bottom right.

If a Star Wild appears, it then appears on the other reel sets in the same place as on the first reel set. So, if it appears on the second, it’ll appear again on the third and fourth. This feature will end after we’ve used up 100 spins or when our balance for the round is below four times the base game stake.

Of course, we don’t have to play the Hot Spins and we can collect our original ein instead, but when there are so many chances to create winning combinations, and the RTP increases up to 99.83%, we’d be crazy not to give it a go.

Verdict

Star Wilds Hot Spins may seem basic at first. But after a few spins we realise it’s definitely beyond that.

Sure, it’s got the retro symbols, it’s got the space-age theme but the Hot Spins feature is definitely something fresh. We can either enjoy a cool, simple slots experience or we can ramp it up a gear and go spin crazy. We know which one we’re going to do.