Dive into NetEnt’s newest video slot called Evolution. Just be ready to give up what you think you know about the concepts of evolution itself. Evolution is, after all, about change and growth. With this game you can immerse yourself in watery-sounds combined with an awesome graphics environment that could transport you to new worlds - literally when you score the feature! Still, in the primary Evolution world, there are plenty of gorgeous hues and “fantastical” creatures.
“Evolution” Characteristics
This slot is played on 5 reels with 25-paylines. The coin value goes up to 50 cents and the highest bet per spin is $125. There is a possibility of winning up to 44000 coins per spin - nothing damp or watered down about that prize! As mentioned above, there are 2 different game worlds with this slot. The main game world and the FREE SPINS game world.
The main part, or “first-world”, of the game has sharp graphics and soothing sounds offering up the sensations of being underwater. This primary underwater environment is filled with single cell, amoeba-like, symbols that actually evolve and become the scatter symbols as the game progresses. As the symbols climb the food chain, you might recognize parts of some of the animals we have on this planet, but those parts are then combined with other mythological animal parts to form nothing like we have in this world: Draconius rex, Basilisk pluma, and Albus slugus are examples.
Added to the symbols’ visual transformation, each time a symbol evolves there is a delightful pinging sound that reminded me of movies featuring submarines. One might also imagine the sound being a mini-celebration of life that combines with the delightful shift of the symbol into the new life-form. The background in the first section of the slot is sharp and features a slowly revolving “light from above” which is soothing and non-intrusive to the game itself.
Special Features
The wild symbols appear on reels 2,3,4, and 5 and substitute for all symbols except free spin. Three or more free spin symbols appearing anywhere on the reels will activate the free spins - 10 for three, 15 for four and 20 for all five symbols. In addition to giving the free spins, the player is transported to the additional game world or the Evolution Feature.
As mentioned above, apart from the evolving symbols in the main section, when the free spins are triggered, the Evolution Feature is activated and the player is transported to an entirely new and beautiful world within the main game! Plus not only does the game world itself change, but also the lower symbols evolve into higher symbols and higher “pay-forms”. In other words, every time you get a winning bet line in the free spins section, the lowest valued symbols will transform into higher symbols giving you an extra chance to make bet line wins. Yet another plus is that you can be awarded additional free games within this feature thereby staying longer in the world-within-the-world with the chance to make bigger winning combinations.
Once the free spins round is complete you are thrown back down to the original world via an exciting meteor crash and your profits are added to your balance.
Conclusion
With great audio and graphics, combined with great odds for winning and great chances for free spins, Evolution is sure to be one of NetEnt’s greatest games thus far.
Video Slot game data and features
- 5Reels
- 25Pay lines
- $2,500.00Max cash jackpot
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.25 - $125Betting Range
- 0.01 - 0.5Coin bet range
- 10Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 5000Max coins jackpot
- 250Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
