We Check Out the Super High Variance Pillars of Asgard Slot From Nextgen Gaming With Up to 1 Million Ways to Win!
Videoslots Casino has a new super high variance slot from Nextgen Gaming titled Pillars of Asgard to their casino which is a feature-packed slot with a stagggering up to 1 million ways to win on offer.
Nextgen Gaming seems to have tried to incorporate everything that is great about increasing ways slot, including a buy a bonus pass feature, gamble the bonus buy for a cheaper trigger, multipliers up to 10x, extra spins and even a gamble feature.
It is worth noting that this slot has so many features that there are actually 6 different versions available to operators in terms of whether the Buy a Bonus feature is enabled and the maximum number of ways is limited to either 250k, 500k and 1 Million.
We would seek out the highest volatility offering every single time and generally opt for the buy a bonus feature to get straight into the action.
At the core of this game, you have a 6×4 reel slot with 4,096 Ways, the main focus and winning potential is found in the free spins round where a reel rise feature allows every reel to grow in size increases the number of winning ways each time.
Once a reel reaches 10 symbols in height you are awarded 5 extra free spins (ODIN’S BLESSING BONUS) and this can be done on every single reel giving the maximum 1 million ways. If that hasn’t made you interested to check this slot out then wilds also act as multipliers up to 10x giving the huge potential to such a slot along with one final feature that only activates once every pillar is at its maximum level.
If you are incredibly lucky to increase every single reel to 10 symbols in height then the RISE OF ODIN BONUS is activated which adds a floating stacked wild onto a reel on all remaining spins along with converting all scatters symbols into wilds!
There is so much we could say about this slot, but frnakly you are better off exploring this slots potential for yourself!
Pillars of Asgard Slot – Gameplay and Features
| Pillars of Asgard Slot - Technical Summary | |
|---|---|
| Paylines | uo to 1 Million Ways |
| Variance/Volatility | Very High |
| Free Spins | Yes |
| Multipliers | Yes |
| Re-Trigger Bonus Round | Extra Spins |
| Special Features | Reel Rise Free Games Stacked Wilds Wild Multiplier Buy Pass / Gamble Feature |
| RTP (Return To Player) | 96.552% |
Special Features
Wild Multipliers
When a wild symbol forms part of a win a multiplier is also applied to this in the rnage of 2x up to 10x.
The range of possible multiplier values is also dependent on the number of wild symbols appearing on the screen, for example with 6 wilds all of the lower multipliers are removed giving the option of only 8x or 10x multipliers!
Reel Rise Free Spins
The main bonus feature is triggered by landing 3 or more scatters in the base game awarding 20 free spins, or through the buy a bonus/gamble feature, additional scatters will increase the number of startings ways during the bonus round and can really help in reaching the maximum heights which award extra spins!
- 3 SCATTERS trigger: +1 Row (15,635 Ways)
- 4 SCATTERS trigger: +2 Rows (46,625 Ways)
- 5 SCATTERS trigger: +3 Rows (117, 649 Ways)
- 6 SCATTERS trigger: +4 Rows (262, 144 Ways)
When the columns reach 10 symbols in height then ODIN’S BLESSING BONUS is awarded giving 5 EXTRA FREE Spins and converting any scatters on that reel into wilds!
Rise of Odin Bonus
ODIN awakens when all 6 reels reach their maximum height, this adds a floating stacked wild covering a reel for the rmainder of the bonus round swapping reels for each spin left in the bonus round.
Buy Pass
Instantly trigger the bonus round for a cost of 80x your current bet size, or you can opt for a risky Gamble Buy feature which is a pie based chance of triggering the bonus feature at a reduced stake size cost.
Pillars of Asgard Slot
Overall Opinions
We really enjoyed playing the Pillars of Asgard slot, quite possibly our favourite Nextgen slot released over the last few years, the word potential is possibly overused when talking about slots but this game definitely has it in large quantities.
The growing reel sizes and increasing ways are always exciting with the reward of extra spins when they reach the maximum size, coupled with multipliers up to 10x that can literally transform wins into huge wins, and the final touch is the very final Rise of Odin bonus adding a full wild onto a fully expanded reel set!
In our playtests, we utilised the Buy Pass feature and checked out the gamble option also a few times which might just be too risky to use! Bonus end results varied, taking into account the sheer volatility of this slot the majority of bonus rounds finished in the 10x up to 200x range with our best bonus round being well over 1500x stake!
Whilst we didn’t manage to fully expand every reel to trigger the final feature, we did come very close (check screenshots) and this resulted on our best bonus round win.
If you are a fan of Megaways slots and particularly slots like White Rabbit, then you will love this slot, take note we get the impression this might be even more volatile, with the key being 4 or more scatter triggers to give you a nice head start into the bonus.
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