Playtech draws inspiration for Storms of Ice from Viking battles taking place as an icy storm rages. As the slot is developed by Playtech it’s safe to say you’ll receive a high-quality slot packed with innovative gameplay.
About Storms of Ice
The icy action takes place on 5 reels with 25 active paylines and is available to play on desktop and mobile devices from 5p up to £500 per spin. Storms of Ice is a medium to high variance slot with an above-average RTP of 96.47% with 2.99% contributing to the progressive jackpot pot.The design here is exceptional with mountains, trees, and a huge lake forming the backdrop. The reels are occupied with low-value royals, along with an owl, and 3 Viking warriors. The white-bearded warrior is the most lucrative paying 20x for 5 on a payline. The game has 2 wild symbols a gold and silver symbol.
Gameplay
Although Storms of Ice has only one bonus feature it can be quite lucrative, moreover, the game is part of Playtech’s PowerPlay Jackpot where 3 progressives are up for grabs.Both gold and silver wilds land stacked 3 symbols high. After landing a fully stacked gold wild on reels 2, 3, or 4 the respins feature triggers. Partially stacked gold and silver wilds present on the reels transform into a single Satellite Wild, which substitutes all regular symbols.The Ice King appears before the feature begins, and a respin is given, the gold, silver, and satellite symbols move one reel to the left. The respins keep coming until the wilds all drop off the left side of the reels.After each respin the multiplier increases 1x, 2x 3x to 5x. Each winning combo receives the relevant multiplier for the respin. After the wilds disappear off the reels the game returns to the base game.As for the 3 progressive jackpots, these can trigger randomly during the game, the current values can be seen on the left-hand side of the reels:Mini – Starts at £200Peak – Starts at £3,000Mega – Starts at Unlimited
Verdict
Not all slots with excellent gameplay come with lots of features and Storms of Ice is one of them. Although not graced with a plethora of features it’s a superb game with enough going on with the respins and increasing multipliers, plus the chance to trigger one of the three progressive jackpots.
