Asgardian Stones Slot – Free Demo

Stones that fall instead of spin

It doesn't get much loftier than it does in Asgardian Stones from studio NetEnt, if you're after a touch of Norse myth to go with your online slot play. The test session behind this review ran to 490 spins. A wild symbol sweeps over the display in the bonus round, actually in some instances. In this session the bonus round came around seven times in those 490 spins. It produces plenty of excitement and wins in the procedure, and for a journey to Asgard, let's have a glance at Asgardian Stones.

Asgardian Stones' play occurs on a 5x3 reel layout. Symbols fall into place instead of spinning, and wins pay left to right along a payline. It supplies punters with 20 fixed paylines to strike winning combos across. A winning line sets off an Avalanche, in which the winning symbols explode and new ones fall into the gaps, allowing further wins on the same spin.

Also before pressing spin is the question of wager choice. This session used a 1.00 stake, starting from a balance of 1,000.00, for 490.00 wagered in total. Asgardian Stones permits stakes from 0.20 to 200 credits to be fixed, and being a NetEnt launch, two items you can depend on behind the curtain are a published RTP, in this instance, 96.31%, and a moderate volatility mathematical framework. The hit frequency is 20.10%, though 162 of the 490 spins in this session paid something, a rate of 33%. Respectable wins are feasible, too. Of those 162 paying spins, 100 returned less than the 1.00 stake.

Throughout the game, the symbols you'll run into comprise regular pays, a wild and a Bonus Wheel, and pay symbols comprise lesser-paying card values, so A, K, and Q. Three, four or five of A, K or Q on a line pay 0.1x, 0.25x and 1.5x the stake respectively. These are succeeded by higher value symbols. Five of the green goddess pay 15x the stake, and five of the blue god pay 7.5x. Odin is at the top, and hitting a complete line of five Odin symbols will earn you a return worth 25 times your stake. Three Odin symbols pay 2x the stake and four pay 5x. The wild deputises for all other symbols except the Bonus Wheel. Every symbol other than the main-game Wild can also land as a 2x2 or 3x3 Colossal block.

Crushes, wheels and a 4x ceiling

Asgardian Stones ships with several mechanics. Gonzo's Quest and Gonzo's Quest Megaways use the same Avalanche, where winning symbols clear and new ones fall in. One is the Colossal Crush feature, another is free spins, where the Colossal Wild feature comes into action, and the Colossal Crush feature activates when a freshly landed Colossal symbol smashes the rows below it. The crush continues until the Colossal symbol reaches the bottom of the reels or no empty positions remain. Each crush lifts the multiplier by 1x, up to 4x, when triggered.

Free spins can be activated if a Bonus Wheel drops on reels 3 to 5, and punters begin with 5, 10 or 15 free spins. The Bonus Wheel does not set off further Avalanches, and alongside or instead of free spins it can pay a coin win of 1x, 2x or 5x the bet. These can be prolonged when the wheel drops again. A retrigger can add up to 25 extra spins, although none of the seven rounds in this session was extended. Free spins deliver a wild. Free spins are played at the same bet as the round that activated them. It can drop as a 2x2 or 3x3 Colossal Wild and breaks into 1x1 wilds on a win. Four of the seven rounds here awarded 15 spins and three awarded 5, and together they paid 151.80, or 36% of everything won.

Final Minty Score: 490 spins came back at 85.1% against a stated 96.31%, and the Bonus Wheel carried 36% of the winnings across seven rounds without a single retrigger. The game said one spin in five would pay; mine paid one in three, mostly with change.

Seven wheels, no retriggers

These abilities grant Asgardian Stones a max win of 2,000x the wager. The session ended with the balance at 927.00, a return of 85.1% on 490.00 wagered. The biggest win recorded during testing, though, was 56.2 times the stake. It came on spin 20 in the base game through an Avalanche, lifting the balance to 1,047.20, the highest point of the session.

That might not seem like a whole heap of winnings now, contrasted to the 2,000x cap, but the comparatively modest ceiling doesn't diminish the excitement of catching a Colossal Wild during free spins.