Sonic Links
By Just For The Win
Overview
Dive into Sonic Links, a vibrant slot from developer Just For The Win, offering a thrilling modern take on classic fruit machine aesthetics. Set on a clear 5-reel, 3-row game panel, the sleek visual design boasts a striking purple palette and a distinct patterned background, immediately drawing your eye to the four potential prize values awaiting next to the grid. This slot provides 25 fixed paylines for landing winning combinations, featuring familiar symbols like cherries, lemons, stars, and diamonds, alongside dynamic Wilds that can appear up to 1x3. Designed for players who appreciate High Volatility action and the chase for substantial rewards, Sonic Links aims to deliver powerful payouts, culminating in an exhilarating Max Win of 5,000x your bet for those who hit the ultimate prize.
Gameplay & Features
The four prizes displayed on screen can be won during the Link & Win bonus round, while Sonic Links' other extra is a round of free spins.
• Sonic Free Spins
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Landing3 scatter symbolsin view onreels 1, 3, and 5triggers a spin of theSonic Free Spins wheels. The first wheel spins to award10 to 25 free spins; then the second wheel spins to award awin multiplier of x2, x3, or x5. All line wins during free spins are subject to the activated win multiplier. If 3 scatter symbols land during the feature, players win the same number of free spins as was originally awarded.
• Link & Win
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Landing3, 4, or 5 Coinsanywhere on the reels in the main game triggers the Echo Chance. With the Echo Chance, players have a chance of triggering theLink & Win feature. However, ifat least 6 Coinshit, then the Link & Win feature isguaranteed to trigger. Link & Win starts with3 spins, and when new Coin symbols land, theyreset the spin counter. Coinslock in viewand award either acash valueor theBig, Major, or Mega prize, worth 25x, 80x, or 300x the bet, respectively. Otherwise, if all positions on the grid are filled with Coins during the feature, players win the Sonic prize, worth5,000x the bet
Final Thoughts
After the test run was done and dusted, we sat there, waiting for the punchline, staring blankly at the screen, 'like a dog that's just been shown a card trick', as Bill Hicks put it. Sonic Links started out dull, then slid downhill from there. There's nothing especially bad about it from a technical or numerical perspective, as such, It's just the theme, features, and gameplay combination is completely devoid of creativity or any kind of spark.
We dug deep to find a compliment to pad out the feedback section with, but nothing came to mind. There is little noteworthy about Sonic Links, with the exception of a fairly banging tune. From the tiresome fruit theme use to the equally tiresome features, the conclusion is best summed up by a question - what was the point? Sonic Links is like the opposite of a passion project. It's the type of game a development team cobbles together on a Friday afternoon, so they've got something to hand in on Monday morning. Where the only condition management put in place was that the game had to have a Link & Win feature and pack a 5,000x top prize. Besides those stipulations, the crew were free to fill in the blanks with their imagination.
Except not really, because there is nothing imaginative to be found in Sonic Links. It's similar to the sort of mediocrity Just For The Win was occasionally mired in during the early days before pulling away to make more playable slots. Well, that mediocrity appears to have dragged them back for a reunion. There may well be players into this predictable style of gaming, and we could not be happier for them. For us, though, Sonic Links was so uninspiring; playing it was like teetering on the event horizon of a creative black hole that was busy sucking the passion, innovation, and joy out of game design.
