Gem Strike Slots
Gem Strike has a free spins bonus, multiplier trails, and even cascading reels! This game has a grid filled with precious gems. There are diamonds, minerals, and more. The gems all come in various colors. There are orange gems, green gems red gems, blue gems, and mixed color gems. There's no shortage of glitz and glamour here!
The gems are laid out on a dark grid and have a cartoonish quality and subtle glow. Each gem has a different design and texture. You can bet as little as $0.25 or as much as $25.00, depending on your preference. You can play Gem Strike in both demo mode and real money mode. So if you're hesitant to spend money on a slot like this, feel free to try out a few rounds of a free game (or as many as you want really) before you decide to bet any real money. It's a great way to personally gauge the votaltity of the slots, especially if you don't understand volatility in general.
The lightning strike symbol is the scatter symbol. If you trigger 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols, you'll activate the Free Spins Bonus Round. There are also increasing multipliers with these rounds. The wild symbol is the rainbow gem, and it can substitute for all other symbols to create winning combinations, apart from the scatter symbol. All the winning lines are paid from left to right. If you are playing the base game, the Multiplier Trail can increase your wins up to x3 of your bet amount. If you are in the midst of a free spin round, your wins will have an x5 multiplier attached. The top paying regular symbol is the purple gem, followed by the multi-hued blue gem, the square orange-red gem, the emerald gem, the turquoise gem, the white gem, the orange gem, the solid blue gem, and the angular red gem.
Free Spins Bonus
The Free Spins Bonus round is no doubt the best part of this game. When you land enough scatters to trigger it, you; 'll receive either 15 free spins for 3 scatters, 30 free spins for 4 scatters, or 50 free spins for 5 scatters, which is very generous. When you're playing in free spins mode, the multiplier trail rises on each win, starting with x2 multipliers that increase by x1 on every spin. The max multipliers achievable during this bonus round is 5x. The multiplier trail makes the Free Spins Bonus round better than it would be otherwise, especially when you consider how many free spins are won thanks to the scatters.
Conclusion
If you love gem-based games, which is a surprisingly booming market, I would say this is the slot for you. I enjoyed the great numbers - like the 50,000x maximum prize. The allure of this slot is in its simplicity and graphic cues to the earlier days of the games. I thought the bonus rounds were excellent. I'd play this game again in a heartbeat, especially after a long day of work. It's ideal for simple, fast and satisfying entertainment - plus great win potential!