The Rift Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
Thunderkick
Three scatters open ten free spins on The Rift, and every Wild that misses a line stays put until it finds one. Across three bonus rounds of 20, 20 and 15 spins, the Rift Seal never added a single extra spin, which left an 815x cap looking a long way off.
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Where the Rift Seal fills
One method to appeal to the hearts of gamblers is by letting them realise that the slot in question is able of handing out wins large enough to finance a long weekend in Lisbon. My session ran 390 spins at a stake of 5.00 from a starting balance of 5,000.00. That is what drew me to The Rift in the first place in all honesty. Over those spins I wagered 1,950.00 and won 1,700.50, a session return of 87.2%. Promise, however, can be spotted in most slots these days. The balance peaked at 5,487.00 on spin 112, fell as low as 4,711.00 and finished at 4,750.50. If you wish players to return for more, it'll require more subtlety than that. Of the 390 spins, 113 paid, 57 of those paid less than the stake, and the longest run without a win lasted 25 spins.
It is available on all devices from 0.10 to 100 credits per spin. The 17 paylines are fixed and always active, and every win is a multiple of the total bet.
Burning Books at thirty times the stake
On the reels you will spot symbols such as Burning Books, Stopwatch, Octopus Pendant, Potion Vial, coins and wilds. The latter, along with the Burning Books, are the most rewarding, awarding 30 times your stake for 5 of a kind, and the scatter, depicted by the Rift logo, pays anywhere.
Five of a kind pays 17 times the stake for the Stopwatch, 12 times for the Octopus Pendant and 10 times for the Potion Vial, while the Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze Coins pay 6, 5, 4 and 3 times.
Three rounds, no seal
3 scatter symbols anywhere on the reels awards 10 free spins. Four scatters raise that to 15 free spins and five scatters to 20. For every third Rift Seal step lit by a scatter landing during the bonus, 2 additional spins are added to your count. Each of those steps also adds 1 more Sticky Wild to every remaining spin, so a completely filled seal is worth up to 6 extra spins and 3 extra Sticky Wilds. I saw no additional spins added in any of my three bonuses while testing the slot. They landed on spins 59, 63 and 83, gave 20, 20 and 15 free spins, and paid 85.00, 330.00 and 145.00.
Wilds not on a winning line during the free spins turn into Sticky Wilds until they form part of a win. Two scatters anywhere trigger a Rift Spin, a single respin in which Wilds outside a winning line stay put and the rift wheel adds 1 to 3 more Sticky Wilds at random.
Sticky Wilds that wait for a line
Despite the somewhat basic game layout, I quite liked The Rift. Dead or Alive and The Dog House Megaways also use sticky wilds during free spins.
The Minty Summary: The max win is capped at 815 times your stake. My best result was 332.00 on spin 63, or 66.4 times the stake with Free Spins included. The promise is not of the explosive kind, so to speak. Free Spins accounted for 560.00 of the 1,700.50 I won, or 33% of the total. But it's there nevertheless.