On a planet somewhere far away in the galaxy, scientists are in a battle against time to develop robots that can help in the next ‘astrocalypse’. They are desperate to get The Destroyer robot finished asap, but they have trouble with robots exploding when they come face to face with cloned versions. This Quickspin’s backstory to Warp Wreckers Power Glyph in a nutshell, and it might make more sense once you’ve settled into the gameplay.
It’s nice to see the Glyph series once again take a detour from the Ancient Egypt theme, like Quickspin also did inGhost Glyph, and the4,726x potentialhas also been improved since that release. It’s still far lower thanGolden Glyphand its sequel though, but you get an action-packed and charming installment with plenty of Power-Up modifiers to keep you going in all stages of the game.
The robot premium symbols – Unit Robot, Jetta Robot and Grabber Robot – all pay 10x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while the low pays award between 2 and 4 x your stake for the same. Landing 5 of any robot type on a payline awards 5x your stake, and theWild and Power Glyph Wild symbolsboth pay 50x your stake for 5-oak wins. The wilds also substitute for regular pay symbols, as they usually do.
Winning symbols are removed from the grid, and each cascade increases theglobal win multiplier by +1. No new symbols are added to the grid though, so only existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps. A wild is generated in the middle position if the winning line consists of 3 or 5 symbols, and you get a Power Glyph Wild if you win with premium robot symbols.
If the Power Glyph Wild is used in a subsequent win, it triggers a modifier from the Power-Up Stack that shuffles with each spin (seen on the left-hand side). You get a random line-up of4 Power-Up modifiersper base game spin, and once activated as described above they play out one after another:
You need toclear the grid completelyof all symbols except wilds to trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards6 free spins. The global win multiplier increases per cascade as in the base game, but it does not reset between spins in the bonus round. You win+3 extra spinsif you manage toclear the grid again, and you getThe Destroyer symbolat the end of the Power-Up Stack. This symbol gives you+1 extra spin, as well as a randomly placed2x2 wild symbol.
We managed to activate all 4 Power-Up modifiers at the same time, and this eventually cleared the whole grid for us. The bonus round is then triggered at 1:48 into the 3:34-minute highlights video, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.
We have to say that Warp Wreckers Power Glyph made a great first impression on us, with its snappy high-paced gameplay and engaging sci-fi theme. There are moments of frustration created by this kind of concept though, like when you almost clear the grid, or when you burn through your 6 hard-earned bonus round spins with little to nothing to show for it. That’s just par for the course with a game like this though, and we still enjoyed the heck out of this thing most of the time.
We’ve seen similar concepts in action before, of course, like Play’n Go’s Moon Princess, but Warp Wreckers Power Glyph does not come across as a copycat effort. The gameplay is equally adorable though, and having several modifiers in escrow creates a certain tension. The4,726x potentialwas observed in 100 million spins during testing, which is decent, and while this is not the most potentially lucrative installment in Quickspin’s Glyph range, it’s definitely the most charming, so far.
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Golden Glyph 2- is a somewhat underestimated installment in Quickspin’s Glyph series, and it comes with a 7×7 cluster pays grid. You spawn power glyph wilds from empty cascading positions, and this triggers modifiers from the bottom reel. You can get up to 4 roaming power glyph wilds at the same time in the free spins round, and a win multiplier up to x50 can lead to 29,500x payouts.
Sparky and Shortz- is a charming Play’n Go robot slot, and it comes with 5×3 reels and 10 betlines. Stacks of matching symbols increase the win multiplier, and a Boost Meter can increment it by up to +10 per stacked reel. This Boost Meter is always doing its thing in the bonus round, which can lead to payouts up to 10,000x your stake.
Gigantoonz- is a recent installment in Play’n Go’s popular Toonz range, and it comes with an 8×8 grid with cascading wins. Winning symbols charge the Quantumeter, which hands out 3 regular modifiers topped off by the 4th 2-step Gigantoon Mega Wilds modifier. There is no bonus round, and you can win up to 4,000x your stake.
