Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball is a rather strange slot. Partly it seems like a high-end slot, and on the other hand parts of the slot seem to have been put together from pieces found from the trash can. A truly perplexing combination. Perhaps the production team ran out of time and money? Of course, the truth is that the slot originates from a physical product, and as such is a port into the online world. If you can stomach the outdated look there’s a free spin feature and a good RTP to be had here.

Theme

Crystal ball here refers to the titular symbol that works as a wild and scatter. You’ll find a wizard as well potions and unicorns on the reels, with a dark forest in the background.This is where the theme ends, as the rest of the slot is quite bland. In other words, this is a normal classic slot with a few themed symbols. The music and sound effects offer no respite from this nostalgia attack either.

Betting Options and Functions

Five fixed paylines on five reels with a bet range of 0.01 to 2 coins per line. The total bet never gets too high here, so this slot certainly won't bankrupt you. The slot offers quite a high variance, with the wizard as the highest paying symbol. Three to five symbols from left to right trigger a win, with possible wins ranging between 5000 and five times your line bet. The crystal ball scatter offer up to one thousand times your bet plus ten free games.

Features

Three, four or five scatters on the reels launch the ten free games, which can be retriggered with the same. At the start of the bonus rounds, a bonus symbol is randomly chosen, and it will work as a scatter and pay out the same as the wizard combination. When at least two or three bonus symbols are present the reels are stamped full of wilds.

On any normal win, you can choose between a card or ladder gamble, or of course simply collect your wins. On the ladder gamble, a win will climb you higher, whereas a loss will drop you one step down. You can collect at any point. The card gamble functions with 50 - 50 chance of doubling or losing the whole pot.

Our Take

It’s a bit hard to get excited about this slot. I am sure it worked wonders as a one-handed bandit, but it just doesn’t function all too well as an online slot. These days players except a lot more effort to be put into the productions and Crystal Ball has pretty much none. The game has good RTP and low bet level, which might keep you spinning for a while. But even so, there’s plenty of other slots offering better entertainment and bigger wins.