Cold As Ice

Winter is coming to online slot gaming in Bee-Fee’s Cold as Ice. This winter-themed slot, with a design inspired by the classic slot gaming aesthetic, keeps players warm with sleek design, a gamble feature, and numerous win multipliers as high as 100x. Instead of the usual free spins and bonus features, this slot’s biggest payouts come through its many ways to trigger win multipliers.

Theme

Most winter-themed slots are tied into a holiday theme, but this game’s design is simply ice cold. The reels, against a deep blue backdrop, are surrounded by snow and ice in different shades of lighter blues and whites. Gaming symbols include frozen versions of those found in the first, analog slots that began this now-booming genre: watermelons, cherries, lemons, plums, melons, golden bells, sevens, and sets of red dice. The star symbol acts as scatter – meaning that a win is triggered whenever three or more such symbols appear on the reels, regardless of their position. A very cool, laid-back soundtrack accompanies play, with slick drumbeats and synthesized tones.

Betting Options, Functions, and Features

The gaming structure of Cold as Ice is every bit as sleek as the name might suggest. There are 5 fixed pay lines, with bet-per-line adjustable from 0.01–10, for an overall betting range of 0.05–50.00 times the betting currency. Autoplay can be toggled on or off, a deviation from the norm in slot play, where this feature is selected for a finite quantity of spins. Detailed paytable information and sound options are available at the lower corners of the game screen. Information regarding the overall theoretical return to player ratio is not available, usually an indicator worse than usual odds for players.

Unlike most modern slot games, where players have to wait for free spins, bonus games, or other special features to have a chance to hit a max payday, Cold as Ice uses win multipliers to offer this possibility on every spin. As previously mentioned, the scatter symbol provides one such chance. In addition to its own payout, the appearance of three or more scatter symbols provides a bet multiplier of 5, 20, or 100, depending on how many symbols are involved in the spin.

Bee-Fee’s design theme also adds the potential for big wins via fruit symbol multipliers. Nine of the same fruit symbol on the first three reels adds a triple win multiplier; twelve of the same adds a quadruple win multiplier; and when the entire set of reels is taken up by fifteen of the same fruit symbol, all winnings are multiplied by five.

Our Take

Cold as Ice might be the answer to the age old question: what’s cooler than being cool? It’s nice to see a slot that is as streamlined as this one – there are no clumsy extras, just potential for big payouts every time the reels are spun. This definitely falls under the category of high-variance slots, which may not every player’s cup of tea, but for those willing to wait for their big paydays, this is a likely favorite.