Fire Blaze: Red Wizard

Deciding to expand its growing collection of Fire Blaze online games, Rarestone Gaming has designed the Red Wizard title, developed in conjunction with Playtech!

This 5-reeled fantasy-themed online slot machine relies on the Hold and Win feature, complemented by 50 pay lines and some additional extras in terms of Free Spins and Multiplier Wilds!

Enter the magical forest and try to win the maximum prize of 2400x the stake!

Theme and Symbols

If you are into books of magic, magic potions, and mighty wizards, this online game is perfect for you, as it takes you into a dark forest covered in a sinister red mist standing in the background!

To experience the whole magical atmosphere, you need to press the spin button, after which you will hear classic arcade slot machine sounds blastic off your speakers whenever you hit a win or trigger bonus features.

Overall, it is a gorgeous view of beautiful land with forests, mushrooms, and a mysterious atmosphere that uses mist in the distance, while the grid consists of equally beautiful icons, including playing card symbols from 10 to A and more theme-related symbols like...

...potions, rings, spellbooks, and crows.

Red Wizard is, expectedly, the Wild symbol, while the castle is the Scatter and the Flaming Ball symbol is the bonus!

Betting Options and Other Functions

This fantasy-themed online video slot is played across 5 reels, 3-4-4-4-3 rows, and 50 pay lines.

But, before you start sneaking around the forest, you need to set your bets that come with a pretty good range that will appeal to all kinds of punters, starting from £0.2 per spin and going all the way up to £500!

The return to player percentage is also good, with its above-average 96.49%, complemented by a medium variance.

When it comes to symbols, the lowest-rewarding ones are the playing card symbols, paying up to 0.8x the stake for 5 in a combo, while...

...the highest-paying regular symbol is the raven, rewarding up to 3x the total bet.

The Wild Red Wizard symbol appears on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 and substitutes for all other symbols except the Scatter and the special symbol!

Special Features

If you have played any of the releases from the Fire Blaze series, you will be familiar with this pack of bonuses as well.

We should start with the Free Spins feature – to trigger it, you need to land at least three Scatter symbols anywhere across the reels, as they will reward you up to 50x the stake and 6 extra spins!

These extra spins come with a bit of twist, as the middle reel enhances Wilds and Flaming Balls whenever those drop on it!

Plus, all Wild symbols that appear on the middle reel will have a random multiplier of x2, x4, x8, or x16 attached to them, which gets applied to any win that Wild symbol takes part in, while...

...the Flaming Balls will have higher cash values - x5, x10, x15, or x50.

This means that you can access the Fire Blaze Respins feature within Free Spins, plus with a bit of boost on top.

Speaking of the Fire Blaze Respin feature, to trigger it both during the base game and during the bonus round, you need to land at least 7 Flaming Ball symbols on the same spin!

When that occurs, those balls are held in their places, while you get 3 respins to land some more. Each time a ball lands, the number of respins restarts to 3, and the bonus ends if you have no more respins or if you fill all the positions on the reels!

But, here's the kicker!

Land a star symbol during this round, and it will transform into a jackpot prize which is added to your total award – Mini, Minor, or Major Jackpot with a prize of 20x, 100x, or 500x the stake, respectively, while...

...for the Grand Jackpot of 2000x the stake, you will need to fill all the positions across the grid!

Verdict

If you are a fan of the Fire Blaze series, you will indeed disregard the disappointingly low maximum potential of 2000x the stake, as you will enjoy all the bonuses you have gotten used to, as well as an attractive theme and visuals!

Rarestone Gaming keeps recycling the Hold and Win mechanic and, we dare to say, they do it successfully, managing to enrich their slot list each time!