Explore the civilisation of Mesopotamia with Ishtar: Power Zones, a June 2021 release from Ash Gaming in partnership with Playtech. This is a 6 reel, 5 row slot offering up to 15,625 ways to win.
Slot details
Ishtar: Power Zones is a high variance slot which can be played across all devices, from 20p up to a whopping £250 per spin.The design is themed on Ishtar, who was known as the goddess of love, war and justice. The highly detailed visuals are outstanding and the soundtrack matches the theme well.The reels are encased in a blue and gold frame and set against a background of a pyramid on the left and rugged mountains on the right.Symbols are Ace to 9 royals, emeralds, various items of jewellery, a winged horse and Ishtar herself. The latter has the highest value and will pay out x1 your wager.
Gameplay
A random symbol is chosen as a charged symbol before each round and will create a Power Zone in the position where they land. They lock into place and can connect in both directions to make bigger zones. Landing a charged symbol in any power zone, will transform all symbols in that zone to match the charged symbol.The Flames of Ishtar will award you one of the following modifiers depending on the colour of the flame:Blue flames give a random amount of wild symbols added to the reels.Green flames award you with the Goddess mode where you receive respins with a x2 multiplier attached to the power zone wins. The multiplier will increase by x1 on each symbol transformation, and the final spin will be a Fire Spin.Red flames activates the Fire Spins and all symbols contained within the power symbols transform into one randomly chosen symbol.
Verdict
Ishtar: Power Zones is a solid game with a decent variety of features. Although there are no free spins available, the bigger wins come from the Goddess mode feature thanks to the progressive multipliers. The top prize is worth x10,000 your wager but the RTP is a tad on the low side set at 95.62%.