Shadow Diamond Slot Review
Shadow Diamond is a 5×4 slot featuring 40 paylines and based on stacked symbols. This means that every spin will see tons of identical pictures on most reels, which results in multiple winning combinations with healthy rewards. The slot will take a liking to the fans of glitz and glam themed games because Shadow Diamond is full of gems and articles of luxury that are shining and sparkly. The most glamorous part of the game is arguably free spins with super stacked symbols that will let you hit a host of exciting cash prizes.
The reels of the slot are located against a night city landscape with tall skyscrapers and lit windows, which creates the atmosphere of moonlit streets, vibrant night life and romantic dates in posh restaurants.
The symbols used in the slot will strike your eye at first glance because the reels are populated with gems of various shapes and colors including green emeralds, red topazes, dark red rubies, blue sapphires and yellow alexandrites. Gems are low-value pics and award up to x15 a line bet, which is less than a total bet. Other symbols that pay out a bit more generously are a diamond-encrusted watch (x20), a diamond ring (x25), an expensive necklace (x30), a man (x40) and a lovely woman (x50).
Bet sizes
A bet varies between $0.40 and $400 and this is changed by increasing or decreasing a line bet from $0.01 up to $10.
Thoughts on payouts
Excluding a wild symbol that has decent rewards, all regular pictures listed above pay the maximum of x50 times a LINE bet. Given the slot has 40 paylines, the max payout is just 20% higher than a total bet per spin. These figures look very skinny for an average 5-reel slot and you will hardly find one with such low paytable values. What’s the point? The slot features stacked symbols, which almost guarantees that every spin will produce more than one single winning combo. If, for example, a diamond ring stops on reel 1 and reels 2, 3 have a full stack of diamond ring symbols on them (to remind, x25 times a line bet), this gives more than a dozen three-of-a-kind combinations. Therefore, you get 10+ basic payouts for that combination or over x250 times a line bet. The same principle refers to all other combinations, including ones where a wild is involved.
Stacked symbols
And now, let’s cover stacked symbols in details. During the base game, each reel has some sections reserved for stacked symbols that can cover a whole reel or a portion of it after the reels come to a stop. Another great benefit is that wilds and scatters are also stacked. This again improves your chances of scoring big.
Wild symbol
A wild symbol is represented by the slot’s logo picture. It helps regular images complete combinations, comes stacked and possesses the ability to make combinations by itself. Hitting two to five wilds, you will earn x10 to x1000 a line bet ($10,000 at the maximum bet).
Free spins
A big diamond is a scatter symbol that lands on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. Full stacks of scatters totaling 12 symbols trigger a feature with 7 free spins. Before the feature begins, you are prompted to pick one of the scatter symbols already visible on the screen to reveal one of five high-value symbols to serve as the only one stacked symbol during free spins, thus giving you plenty of winning potential. Free spins cannot be retriggered.
Summary
The gameplay in Shadow Diamond mainly focuses on stacked symbol effects that are manifested in base game and especially free spins where only one random stacked symbol plays. The max payout in the slot is $10,000 while the max stake is $400, which is perfect for heavy bettors.
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