Overview
Embark on an exhilarating quest deep within a central Mexico rainforest with Quickspin's Azticons Chaos Clusters, a slot that redefines the Aztec genre. This visually stunning game invites players to navigate the ancient land of Tenoch, past captivating waterfalls and howler monkeys, towards the hallowed Twin Temple. Quickspin has meticulously crafted a vibrant jungle environment, complete with exotic statuary and satisfyingly clinking block sounds, creating an almost ASMR-like immersion. The action unfolds on a distinctive grid featuring 7 reels and 5 to 9 symbols per row, utilizing a dynamic Chaos Clusters™ cluster pays system where wins ignite from just 5 partially connecting matching symbols. This High Volatility adventure promises a thrilling ride with a staggering 25,000x Max Win potential, appealing to players seeking both immersive themes and monumental payouts.
Gameplay & Features
Azticons Chaos Clusters doesn't have a huge number of features, but what it has weaves together neatly and includes tumbling reels, Turning Twins, and Sacred Free Spins.
• Tumbling Reels
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The Tumbling Reels feature triggers afterevery cluster win. It removes winning clustersfrom the board, allowing new or existing symbols to drop down to fill any gaps. If a new cluster is formed after the symbols drop down, then the Tumbling Reels trigger again.
• Turning Twins
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After anywinsor tumbles, the game checks to see if anysymbols of the same size and value are aligned in a horizontal directionon the grid. If so, there is a chanceall of the symbols between them are converted into the same symbol, thus triggering a win and the Tumbling Reel mechanic.
• Sacred Free Spins
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Pyramid bonus symbolsappear on any column, and landing4 of themawards7 Sacred Free Spins, plus 3 additional spins for each symbol in view beyond 4. During Sacred Free Spins, there's aprogressive multiplierthat starts on x1 andincreases by +1 following a winning tumble. Free spins can beretriggered, awarding +3 additional free spins when 4 scatters hit, plus 1 free spin for each additional scatter.
• Buy Sacred Free Spins
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Trekking through bush can be hard, so to take a chopper ride straight to the temple, abonus buybutton has been provided. Clicking it allows players to pay150x their staketo land at least 4 bonus symbols on the next spin, thereby triggering the bonus round. Buy free spins comes with anRTP of 96. 49%
Final Thoughts
Quickspin might not be as famous for makinggrid slotsas some other studios are, but when they put their minds to designing one, the results aren't half at all. It's clear Quickspin poured a lot of thought into Azticons, and the final product speaks for itself. The verdant jungle location starts the game on a positive footing, and it just gets better from there. While Aztec slots are plentiful, Azticons mix of class act looks and sounds quickly push it above most, and that's before factoring in the features. One competitor game which came to mind right away wasRelax Gaming'sCluster Tumble. There's something ultra-satisfying about how clusters form, explode, and clink in both of these games that induce an almost Zen-like state.
Azticons can't really match the length ofCluster Tumble's crazy long cascade chains, but it has one or two other tricks up its sleeve to entertain. One is the Turning Twins feature which, like the Doubler in Cash Truck, is ingenious in its simplicity and was capable of creating some outrageously good results in the review. In fact, one Turning Twins trigger produced an absurd circa 3,000x hit from a single cluster win. As you might have guessed, this was during free spins, after we'd scored a solid multiplier to go with it. Azticons is no walk in the park, though, and the game slapped us silly on several occasions with ease. The mega win followed a bonus round which reluctantly eked out a 3.5x win, for example. Ouch, to be sure, meaning Azticons can flow both ways and, at its best, is capable of hits as high as25,000x the bet. It might be interesting to know that the max win frequency during Quickspin's simulations was1 in 23,273,238, which compares quite favourably to many others.
Azticons is as capriciously volatile as any other, but when it's on, its collection of features, led by Turning Twins, multipliers and the Chaos Clusters system, plus chunky symbol values perform exactly how a top tier cluster paying grid slot should.
