Gems Inferno Megaways: Slot Overview
Gems, gems, gems, stones so shiny they are worth a stack of change. Some of them are, at least, like sizable diamonds, rubies, emeralds and so forth. Kinda weird when you think about it since they're basically just pretty rocks, but what can you do? Due to their alluring appearance and link to monetary value, gems are regular companions when playing online slots, too, and here's another one for mineralogists to savour. Gems Inferno Megaways comes courtesy of software provider Red Tiger and possesses a relatively low tier hold 'n win round as its main feature.
Is Gems Inferno Megaways held in the place where gems are made? Let's suspend disbelief for a moment and pretend valuable rocks are crafted here, deep underground, in a forge by fantastical creatures, forever striving to create the ideal combination of atoms. A rock so close to perfection it mesmerises anyone who beholds its glittering splendour. Oh, dear. It's not always a great sign when the mind wanders on such a tangent at the start of an online slot review. Gems Inferno Megaways triggered such a response, probably because a cursory test run of how it functioned failed to sink its hooks in very deeply. It looks okay for the most part, though bits of Gems Inferno Megaways, like its prize value display, came across as a little dinky. As mentioned, Gems Inferno Megaways looks pretty good, but it doesn't have the usual attention to every single little detail thing that Red Tiger slots usually come with. Or do they? Gems Inferno Megaways got us second-guessing now.
Let's use the cold steel of statistics to anchor ourselves for a bit. Firstly, Gems Inferno Megaways is a medium-high volatile slot, producing two default RTP values, depending on how the game is played. Wager 10 p/c to £/€40 on single spins, and the return value is 95.67%. Alternatively, buy the bonus round for 80 times the bet and the return value shifts to 95.73%. The active gaming area has been constructed using 6 main reels that spin top to bottom, while a 4 symbol bonus reel has been placed up top, spinning in a horizontal manner. The number of symbols landing on the main reels can change, as can ways to win, which maxes out at 117,649 at full capacity.
On to the symbol side of Gems Inferno Megaways, where there are quite a few gems dotted amongst them. Not so much the low pay 10 to A card royals, but the high pays include what look like two ring symbols, a necklace, and a crown. Hitting a 6-of-a-kind winning way across the game board pays 0.4 to 0.6 times the bet for the low pays or 0.8 to 1.5 times the bet for the highs. For a game with no multipliers, those are pretty sad values. There is a wild, though, helping complete wins by substituting for any regular pay symbol. Wilds only appear on the top reel. Chain reactions also form after a winning way hits, as well. This pay system removes winning symbols and replaces them with symbols falling down from above.
Gems Inferno Megaways: Slot Features
Now for the full-blown gem symbols, which can land anywhere on the reels. The Magic Gem symbols have values of 1x to 100x; Diamonds are worth 10x the bet, Red Diamonds are worth 50x the bet, Pink Diamonds are 250x the bet, while the Blue Diamond is the biggest at 2,000x the bet. Only one Pink Diamond and only one Blue Diamond can land on a single spin or a single bonus round execution. The prize on Magic Gems is shown as a monetary value, while all others display a multiplier.
Gem Sack
Gem sack scatters may land on the top reel. When a gem sack hits, it randomly places up to 3 gem scatters of any kind in random grid positions.
Gemmed!
Gemmed! is triggered when at least 6 gems of any kind land. It is a hold & respin bonus round, which starts with 3 respins and all triggering gems locked in place. During the feature, any new gems that land are also locked in place on the reels while resetting the spin counter to 3. Gem sacks may land during the round, but they do not lock in place like gem symbols. Gemmed! ends when the respins have been used or the whole reel set is filled with gems. Then the value of all prizes in view is awarded.
Gems Inferno Megaways: Slot Verdict
Reviewing Gems Inferno Megaways was like the slot equivalent of patronising an expensively pretentious restaurant which serves tiny morsels of neatly arranged food, where after hovering up the dish in 1 or 2 bites, the overriding reaction is, 'Is that it?' Such was Gems Inferno Megaways' lightweight gaming. Actually, Gems Inferno Megaways was light in just about every department, so perhaps that was the point. Perhaps, Red Tiger purposefully set out to design a slot catering for players who like their games on the smaller side? No issues with players differing tastes, btw.
If so, then Gems Inferno Megaways nails its objectives. On the plus side, it was pretty eventful for what it is. As in, there are cascading wins, the gem sack hit every so often, and with a bit of patience, the respins feature is there too. However, even when triggering the bonus feature, Gems Inferno Megaways might still find it tough to drum up much in the way of white-knuckle gaming. It does have the 2,000x Diamond Gem, but beyond that, not a whole lot else. No long list of special symbols, no multipliers, and no freaky new rules to digest. Land gems, get some loot. Hey, some may dig the simplicity?
For those who prefer going big, though, the final nail in the coffin is likely to be Gems Inferno Megaways' winning potential. At 2,553.2x the bet, the max multiplier is relatively meagre by general slot standards these days, diabolically low by Megaways standards. Competitors 5,000x the bet slots like Pragmatic Play's Power of Thor Megaways, which felt odd at the time, seem positively momentous by comparison. Add everything together, and while some may appreciate Gems Inferno Megaways' lightweight for Megaways modus operandi, for us, it was closer to cubic zirconia than a full-blown diamond sparkler.
