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Lava Lava Review

While many developers try to mimic the shape of a volcano with the reel setup in different ways with a theme like this, Thunderkick has taken a different and more traditional approach in that regard. You get a fairly standard 5x3 grid with 15 paylines (albeit with a tilted camera angle), but the gameplay is highly explosive with the hallmark innovative twists to “ordinary” features that the crafty Swedes have such a knack for.

The so-called Multiplicative Wilds can boost line wins by up to x32, depending on how many wilds are involved, and we really like what they’ve done with the usually dormant scatter symbol. The Exploding Scatter removes all symbols on the same reel and row, before it’s collected in the Bonus Round Meter. The feature comes with up to 3 semi-sticky wilds per free spin, and these remain in play for 3 wins. This can lead to solid 10,000x payouts, but you will be dealing with adjustable RTP ranges.

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The 3 tiki masks and the top-tier golden flower premium symbols pay between 10 and 30 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins. The Wild symbol can land anywhere, and it steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete winning combos. The wild pays the same as the top-tier golden flower symbol, and it plays a central part in all stages of the game.

The more wilds you land on a payline, the better the multiplier boost will be. Your line win gets a multiplier boost of x2, x4, x8, x16 or x32, respectively, when you land 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 wilds on the same payline.

Scatter symbols explode when they appear, removing all symbols on the same reels and rows. Wild symbols and other scatters are not removed however, and the symbol removal triggers an Avalanche. Existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps in the base game, and scatters are collected in the Bonus Meter.

Landing/collecting 3 scatters within the same Avalanche sequence triggers the Bonus Round, and you start out with 10 free spins. You get +5 extra spins for the same during the free spins round, and the Avalanche feature now comes with both new and existing symbols to fill the gaps.

The Avalanche process goes on as long as you keep winning and/or you land new exploding scatters, and 1 to 3 wilds are randomly placed on the grid at the start of each free spin. The semi-sticky wilds come with 3 lives each, and a life is used only when the wild is part of a win. This means that the wilds are not removed via the Avalanche mechanic until all 3 lives have been used.

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The tilted angle makes the grid look mighty powerful, not unlike the volcanos towering on either side, and we had a very good time testing Lava Lava from Thunderkick. We’ve created a brief and edited highlights video for you, as usual, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

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Review Summary

Thunderkick has wisely avoided the cliché of trying to make yet another release with a volcano-shaped grid. Instead, they’ve baked the explosiveness of the theme into the gameplay itself, and the result is a highly entertaining, volatile beast of a game. The combination of multiplicative wilds and symbol exploding scatters is enough to keep the base game interesting, and the pyro visual presentation is a highly satisfying experience as well.

Everything is taken up several notches when the game finally erupts into the bonus round, as 1-3 wilds per free spin, with the staying power of 3 lives each, can wreak havoc to the tune of 10,000x your stake on a very good day. Overall, this is a classic Thunderkick release, where simple and known elements are used in new and innovative ways, and it all comes together in a highly satisfying and potentially lucrative way.

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Gold Volcano - is the ultimate slot to try if you’re looking for the volcano-shaped grid experience. You get plenty of features as the lava level gets ever-closer to eruption, including both wilds and multiplier wilds, and the whole grid expands when the mountain finally explodes as the bonus round triggers. The max win is 10,000x also in this release.

Hyper Burst - is an Yggdrasil Gaming volcano installment, and it comes with 6x4 reels and 25 paylines. You get a reel-expanding respin per win, and the multiplier keeps increasing up to x10, as you’ll also benefit from colossal symbols up to 4x4. This can lead to payouts up to 12,800x your stake.