Far off the coast of Chile stands Easter Island, one of the world’s most remote inhabited places. Looming large in the popular imagination thanks to its nearly 900 moai, or large stone statues, this fascinating locale provides the theme (and the title) for this new slot from Yggdrasil. Expanding reels, expanding and sticky wilds, and automatic re-spins make sure there’s a never a dull moment in this game.
Theme
Easter Island was settled and developed by Polynesians, so it’s no surprise that this game feels like Disney’s Moana at times. Two massive, talking moai stand to either side of the reels, acting as greeters, cheerleaders, spectators, guides, and helpers as players seek the riches of the island: they even dance to celebrate wins. The reels themselves are set upon a grassy field atop a set of cliffs, with flowers growing below and blue skies above. Gaming symbols include five animal totems, each in its own unique color, a blue wild symbol, and the four playing card suit values. The game soundtrack has a strong island feel, with steel drums (generally associated more with Caribbean culture than with Polynesia) and ukuleles providing a playful, mellow play environment.
Betting Options and Functions
The Polynesian builders of the moai and sophisticated infrastructure once present on the island had a keen eye for detail, and it’s clear that the Yggdrasil design team has taken that approach to heart in this slot. There are 27 fixed paylines in base play, all paying from left to right, with coin value adjustable from 0.004–8.00. This yields an unusually broad per-spin bet range of 0.10–200.00 times the betting currency. Autoplay is available for up to 1000 spins, or without limit. Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via an expanding menu at the lower left corner of the game screen. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is solid at 96.1%.
Features
Where other titles offer scatter symbols, free spins, and bonus games, Easter Island focuses instead on its series of expanding reels, expanding sticky wilds, and re-spins. This series of automatically-triggered bonuses keeps play lively, as anything can happen on any spin.
All wins trigger an automatic respin, with a fun bonus feature built in. If the win is triggered by one of the lower-paying symbols, the respin will occur with the winning symbol taking the place of all lower-paying symbols. Similarly, a win with a higher-paying symbol will trigger a resin with that higher-paying taking the place of all the higher-paying symbols on the reels. This increases the likelihood of big wins. Additionally, any wild symbol involved with the first win will expand to fill its entire reel, then stay in place throughout the respin.
When the initial win is of four- or five-of-a-kind, things get even better for players.
On a four-of-a-kind win, the respin occurs on an expanded set of reels, five-row-tall instead of three, with 65 pay lines instead of 27. For a five-of-a-kind win, the respin occurs on a massive, seven-row-tall set of reels, with a whopping 103 paylines.
Our Take
Though it may not stand as long as the great moai, Yggdrasil’s Easter Island is sure to be a big hit. The charming theme, smart design, and constantly shifting shape of the reels are irresistable.
Video Slot game data and features
- 5Reels
- 103Pay lines
- $4,000.00Max cash jackpot
- 96.1Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.1 - $200Betting Range
- 0.00 - 8.0Coin bet range
- 1Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 500Max coins jackpot
- 103Max coins
- NoScatter Symbol
- NoFree spins available
- NoBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Historical Game theme
- Low Volatility
