The premise of this Quickspin release is a “journey from Midgard to Ragnarok”, but the two vikings hardly move at all when you play. They seem content leaning against the 5×3 grid filled with stone carved symbols of different kinds, and the top-tier character symbols are depictions of Odin and Freya. The cartoonish visual presentation is impressive nonetheless, and this is a volatile and brutalvikings-themeinstallment.
The base game plays out in Midgard, which is situated between Nifilheim in the north and Muspelheim in the south. You get an uncapped progressive tumble wins multiplier to boost your winnings, and the multiplier increases per removed symbol in the bonus round. This can land you payoutsup to 6,804x your stake, and Raven Rising is a sturdy viking adventure that should appeal to all fans of the genre.
The premium symbols pay between 10 and 75 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Wild symbol pays 125x your stake for the same. In addition, the wild steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins. Winning symbols are removed via theTumble mechanic, and this makes new and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps. This process repeats as long as you keep winning, and it gives you indefinite new wins per round.
TheMidgard base gamecomes with awin multiplierthat increases by+1 per consecutive tumble win. The multiplier does not have an upper limit, but it resets to x1 for the next spin.
TheRagnarok Bonus Roundtriggers when3, 4 or 5 Raven Scattersappear in the same tumble sequence, and this awards7, 10 or 15 free spins, respectively. Landing3, 4 or 5 scattersduring the feature awards3, 5 or 7 extra spins, respectively, and you cangamblefor more spins up front if you wish. You can getup to 15 free spinsthis way, but you also risk losing the whole feature. The big difference from the base game is that the progressive win multiplier increases by +1 per removed symbol, and it never resets.
TheBonus Buy featureis available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. If available, you can pay100x your stakefor the Ragnarok Free Spins, and this gives you at least 3 Raven Scatters on the spin that follows. The bonus buy RTP increases to 96.57 %.
We had a good time testing Raven Rising from Quickspin, and we have created a brief and edited highlights video for you, as we usually do. You get to see only the best moments from our 200 spins test session, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.
The cartoon-style visuals are impressive in this release, and the overall presentation is masterfully crafted by Quickspin’s steady hand. The male and female viking just stands there and breathes, which gives off a stoic and understated vibe. The uncapped progressive win multiplier is a welcome addition to the base game, which would’ve been too barebones otherwise.
The big highlight is the bonus round, which is not unusual, but the innovative twist is something we haven’t really seen before. Increasing the win multiplier by +1 per removed symbol can really accelerate the feature to unknown heights, but the6,804x potentialseems kind of tame for a concept like this. It was achieved in 100 million simulated spins, and overall this release is well worth checking out.
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